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Open Sugar Kettles

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Brusly, Louisiana.
Open sugar kettles, originally used to produce granulated sugar, were phased out beginning about 1830. This kettle purchased from Cinclare Plantation in the 1960s by Vernon and Joyce Peavy Caffarel, was last used to water . . .

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

Southfield Centre

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Southfield, Michigan.
The Territorial Road (present-day 10-1/2 Mile Road) east of the Rouge River was Southfield Township's economic hub during the mid-nineteenth century. In 1831 Archibald Green, one of the township's earliest settlers, opened a . . .

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

The Aldie Mill

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Aldie, Virginia.
The Aldie Mill A working Gristmill – 1796 – 1971 Charles Fenton Mercer – Owner Statesman – Educator Mt. Vernon-Ketoctin Chapters NSDAR Dedicated – October 8, 1971

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Our Glorious Dead

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Leesburg, Virginia.
“Their Bodies are buried in Peace But their name liveth for evermore” 1917 † 1918 Russell T. Beatty, Corp. † Frank Hough, Lt. Charles A. Bell, Pvt. † Alexander Pope Humphrey, Pvt. Charles E. Clyburn, Pvt. † Robert A. Martz, . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cross Store & Post Office (site)

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
Social gathering places for women were less available than for men at Custer. It was not acceptable for nice women to enter saloons or gaming establishments. Most of the socializing for women took place at socials held in . . .

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

Miner's Cabin

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
Miners lived a very simple life with a few added comforts. Some made lanterns from lard cans, wire and candles, that they used as they traveled to and from work. A miner's day began early and ended ... remember seeing a long . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mary Smith Kelsey Peake

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Hampton, Virginia.
Born free in Norfolk in 1823, Mary Peake devoted herself to the education of African Americans. About 1850, she founded the Daughters of Zion to aid the poor and the sick. A seamstress by day, Peake violated state law to . . .

(African Americans • Education • War, US Civil • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Mining Tools and Implements

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
Miners on the Yankee Fork started their mining endeavors with gold pans, shovels, rockers and hammers. As mining practices changed, more tools were needed. Varied mining methods, including hydraulic and hard rock, also . . .

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

Friar Junipero Serra

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, Mexico.
En el bicentenario de la muerte del heroico misionero mallorquino Fray Junipero Serra forjador de la grandeza espiritual, cultural y material de la Sierra Gorda pueblo y gobierno queretanos le dedica este monumento. a 1713 O . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War: Abolitionist, Scout, Spy and Nurse

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Cambridge, Maryland.
The Slavery Conflict Deepens During the 1850's the deep-rooted conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery Americans intensified. The 'abolitionists' were united around the common long-run goal of abolishing slavery. But . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • War, US Civil • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chinese Businesses

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
Businesses in Chinatown included laundry services, a harness and shoe shop and a Chinese place of worship known as a joss house. A few residents made a living by growing vegetable gardens or raising pigs and chickens and . . .

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

Custer City

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Custer City (ghost town), Idaho.
Searching a hillside across the Yankee Fork in August of 1876, James Baxter, Eldon Dodge and Morgan McKim stumbled upon a rich vein of ore, exposed by a snow slide, that became the most famous mine on the Yankee Fork. Named . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Crew of the Yankee Fork Gold Dredge

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near Bonanza City (ghost town), Idaho.
The dredge operated 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, using only 3 men per shift. The winch man (1) was in charge, controling (sic) the dredge from his vantage point four stories above the deck. From there he could raise and . . .

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

Yankee Fork Gold Dredge

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near Bonanza City (ghost town), Idaho.
Starting in 1872, the valley bottom along the Yankee Fork, was hand placered in the search for free gold. Later, the Snake River Mining Company tested the ground along the stream and found gold still remained in the deep . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Republic of West Florida

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St. Francisville, Louisiana.
The Spanish fort, San Carlos, at Baton Rouge was captured in a rebellion by the citizens of the Florida Parishes, and a Republic was established under the blue flag with a white star. St. Francisville was the capital This . . .

(Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Mission at Jalpan

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, Mexico.
Jalpan...voz nahuatl que significa lugar sobre la arena del cerro, arena que torno argamasa magnifica de barroquismo y exhuberancia petrea, orgullo arquitectonico de donde partiera la empresa civilizadora que llego hasta la . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chronology of the Saint James Mission of Jalpan

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, Mexico.
Franciscanos del Colegio de San Fernando Cronología Participantes en la construcción del templo y evangelizadores de la misión de Santiago Apóstol de Jalpan Con motivo del 273 aniversario de la fundación fernandina de la . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sierra Gorda Franciscan Missions UNESCO World Heritage Site

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, Mexico.
Patrimonie Mondial World Heritage Patrimonio Mundial A título de la Convención concierniente a la protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural, las Misiones Franciscanas de la Sierra Gorda figurán en la Lista del . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Francisco Javier Mina Federal Secondary School

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, Mexico.
En este edificio funciono la Escuela Secundaria Federal Francisco Javier Mina En memoria a quienes hicieron posible su fundacion C. Ing. Manuel Gonzalez de Cosio Gobernador Constitucional del Estado C. Prof. Salvador Rivas . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eugene A. Carr

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Cadet U. S. Military Academy 1846 ?Bvt. 2nd Lt. Mtd. Rifles July 1 1850 ?Second Lieutenant June 30 1851 ?First Lieut. 1st Cav. March 3 1855 ?Captain June 11 1858 ?Trans. To 4th Cav. Aug, 3 1861 ?Colonel 3rd Ill. Cav. Aug, 16 . . .

(Notable Persons • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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