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Stamp Mill

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
In 1881, 52 men worked in the mill with the different machinery and refining processes. Imagine the noise generated by the numerous pounding stamps and other machinery as it crushed and processed the ore. Each month, more . . .

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The Hurricane Shoals Covered Bridge

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near Maysville, Georgia.
On this site in 1882, the original Hurricane Shoals Covered Bridge was completed, spanning some 127 feet at the cost of a mere $1,433. Vandals burned the old bridge in 1972, spoiling a community landmark and transportation . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chilean Mill and Jig

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
The vibrating jig liberated the heavy minerals from most of the lighter waste material as water was forced upward through a screen with a shot bed consisting of lead shot or old nuts and bolts. Pulsating action combined with . . .

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Blacksmith

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
The difficult work of mining required the use of many rugged and reliable tools that could stand up to the physical demands of day-to-day use. It was also a necessity to have equipment that was simple enough to be repaired . . .

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Custer Jail (site)

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
The jail at Custer seldom housed a criminal and was unique in its construction. The walls were 2" x 6" lumber laid flat on top of each other similar to log buildings. The floor and ceiling had the same size boards laid on . . .

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Empire Saloon

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
After a hard day of work, many townspeople sought rest, refreshment and entertainment. There was no shortage of drinking establishments in Custer and, at times, no shortage of consumers. At least five saloons were in . . .

(Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Transportation

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
Over the years, many different modes of transportation shipped supplies and transported people and ore. From the 1870s through the early 1900s a shift occurred from a reliance on oxen, horses and mules to power generated by . . .

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McKenzie Residence

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
This house, built in the 1880s, eventually became the home of the McKenzie family. Kenneth and Lillian McKenzie lived here with their three children: Doris, Claude and Maxine. With a stained glass window over an arched . . .

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J. Arthur Rank

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, United Kingdom.
Industrialist and Film Producer worked here

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stony Ridge Convention

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Located at this site, James Bell's tavern was a meeting place for Anti-Federalists. Members of the Anti-Federalist movement from the Cumberland frontier, led by Robert Whitehill, met in 1788 to oppose the US Constitution, . . .

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Charles X

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, United Kingdom.
last Bourbon King of France lived here 1805-1814

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John Bannister Gibson

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Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania.
Born November 8, 1780 in the home of his parents Colonel George Gibson and Ann West Gibson 124 northwest of this marker HIS FAME WAS UNEQUALED

(Politics) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General Pasquale Paoli

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, United Kingdom.
Who fought tirelessly for the freedom of Corsica lived in a building on this site 'Babbu di a Patria'

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Town of Penelope

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Hico, Texas.
Founded by International and Great Northern Railroad in 1902. Named for child of official. Settled by Anglos and Czechs from Zee Vee, older town (1/2 mile south) founded in 1893. New town prospered; incorporated, 1913. Good . . .

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Dromgold Farm

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Dromgold, Pennsylvania.
The tract of land containing the Dromgold Farm was initially settled by Benjamin Cunningham in 1828. It remained in the Cunningham/Dromgold family until 2009, when it was bequeathed by Benjamin's great-great-granddaughter . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Mexican Constitution of 1917

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, Mexico.
El H. Ayuntamiento del Municipio de Huimilpan, Administración 2015-2018, devela esta Placa Conmemorativa del: Centenario de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 1917-2017 "Primero el pueblo de México . . .

(Civil Rights • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monument to Kershaw County’s Confederate Dead

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Camden, South Carolina.
In 1883, the Ladies Memorial Association of Camden unveiled this monument dedicated to Kershaw County’s Confederate War dead. Confederate General John Doby Kennedy of Camden laid the cornerstone with a Masonic trowel once . . .

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Privy

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near Maysville, Georgia.
Guernsey ranch owned by A. Luther and Bertha Pittman H. Freeman Donated by: Children and Grandchildren Jefferson 2000

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Monument to Lt. Col. James Polk Dickinson

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Camden, South Carolina.
Lt. Col. James Polk Dickinson (1816-1847) was born in Camden. He studied law and served in the State Legislature from 1842-1848. Contemporary accounts described him as “proud, high spirited, and restive under control.” He . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Mexican-American • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Warren County War Memorial

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Vicksburg, Mississippi.
{Front-South} Lest We Forget Here are recorded the names of Mississippians from Warren County who gave their lives in order that we, trusting in God, shall not fear the power of adversaries. Grant unto them, O Lord, . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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