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Basilica of the Immaculate Conception

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Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Begun in 1852 and completed in 1889, this is the fifth Catholic Church in Natchitoches. The first was associated with the French colonial Fort St. Jean Baptiste. Proclaimed a minor basilica by apostolic decree from his . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Illini Supersweet Corn

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Urbana, Illinois.
Illini Supersweet Corn In 1953, John R. Laughnan discovered that kernels of mutant corn were "unusually sweet." Within eight years, Laughnan had developed the "Illini Supersweet" hybrid that revolutionized the sweet corn . . .

(Agriculture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anthropology and Society

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Urbana, Illinois.
Anthropology and Society During the mid-twentieth century, two anthropologists made landmark contributions to their field. Julian H. Steward developed cultural ecology, a method for studying cultural change by analyzing the . . .

(Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis and Clark

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near North Fork, Idaho.
Hoping for an easy river trip to the Pacific, Clark explored the first few miles of the rugged canyon of the Salmon below here late in August 1805. His small advance party camped near here with poor but friendly Indians. . . .

(Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nez Perce Trail

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near North Fork, Idaho.
Following high ridges, buffalo hunters cut an old Indian trail along a direct route from Lewiston past here to Lemhi Valley. This trail was not available to Lewis and Clark in 1805, but an early missionary -- Samuel Parker . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gibbonsville

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near Gibbonsville, Idaho.
British investment in a large Gibbonsville mine after 1880 made this an important gold camp until 1899. Discovery of a major lode here in 1877 and construction of a good wagon road to a Utah and Northern Railway terminal in . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Battery A,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. George W. Schofield. The battery served four pieces, kind and caliber ?unknown, in this position from about May 26. It? also served the four 24-pounder siege guns on the ?line of Hovey's division, in a battery, not in . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Battery A,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Lieut. Jacob C. Hansel; Lieut. Frank B. Fenton; Capt. Peter Davidson. The battery served two James rifles, one 10-?pounder Parrott rifle and one 6-pounder gun in this ?position from the morning of May 22 to about June ?2, . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. 2D Artillery;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Lieut. Augustus Beach. The battery served four 6-pounder guns and ?two 12-pounder howitzers on the investment line ?from the morning of May 21 to May 24, when it ?went with the 1st Brigade, 9th Division, 13th Corps, ?to . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. 11th Battery,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Lieut. Cyrus Sears; Lieut. Fletcher E. Armstrong; Capt. Frank C. Sands. The battery served two 6-pounder guns, two ?12-pounder howitzers and two James rifles on the ?investment line from May 19 to May 26, when it went . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Battery G,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. Frederick Sparrestrom; Lieut. John W. Lowell. By a collision between the transports "Horizon" ?and "Moderator", about 3 a.m., May 1, while the battery ?was crossing the river to Bruinsburg, Mississippi, ?the . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Friedenshuetten

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near Wyalusing, Pennsylvania.
Moravian mission founded at Wyalusing Indian town by David Zeisberger in 1763. It served as a model for subsequent Indian missions. It was abandoned in 1772, when pastors Ettwein and Roth led some 200 Indians to the mission . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Which Way Did Lewis & Clark Go?

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near Sula, Montana.
This marker is composed of three panels on a common support The Mystery May Never be Solved Experts disagree on the exact route Lewis and Clark took over this divide. No one knows where they camped on that cold snowy . . .

(Exploration • Natural Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jerry Fahey’s Cutoff

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near Gibbonsville, Idaho.
Original construction of the wagon road was relatively simple. With a little luck and a lot of sweat, the ten foot wide path only needed the removal of a few large rocks and trees. By the turn of the twentieth century the . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. 6th Battery,

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. Henry Dillon; Lieut. Samuel F. Clark. The battery served its pieces in temporary positions near the Jackson Road from May 19 to about May 31. One section served two 12-pounder howitzers in this position from about . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Yost's Independent Ohio Battery;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. T.D. Yost. The battery was Company F. 32D Regiment Ohio? Volunteer Infantry, prior to the Battle of Champion's ?Hill, May 16. Two 12-pounder guns and four 3-inch ?rifles captured in that battle were turned over? to . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Battery L.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Capt. William H. Bolton. The battery served four James rifles in this ?position from about May 25 to the end of the siege ?July 4, 1863, except that after about June 15, one ?rifle, in charge of a daily detail including . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Logan's Approach

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Beginning of Logan's approach to the Confederate Third Louisiana Redan. Work on it commenced, May 26, 1863, in charge of Capt. A. Hickenlooper, Chief Engineer, 17th Army Corps.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Manila Village

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Jean Lafitte, Louisiana.
At the turn of the 19th century, in nearby Barataria Bay, a group of Filipinos built raised structures on stilts above the water which became known as Manila Village. These shrimp drying platform structures became the . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Keystone Theatre

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Towanda, Pennsylvania.
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(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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