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The 140th Anniversary of the San Juan de Dios Hospital

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, Costa Rica.
Al Hospital San Juan de Dios en el 140 aniversario de su fundacion Por los valiosos servicios que esta benemerita instititucion ha brindado a la ciudadania. Asociacion Pro-Hospital San Juan de Dios 23-julio-1845 . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Milo L. Starks

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Sweden, New York.
Milo L. Starks Home of Civil War hero, led 140th NY infantry on Little Round Top 7/2/1863 wounded 4 times, killed at Laurel Hill, May 14, 1864

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

Illinois 33D Infantry

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Casualties: Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, wounded 13. Champion's Hill, May 16, killed 1, wounded 2; total 3. Big Black River Bridge, May 17, wounded 13, In skirmishers, May 18, 20 and 21, Capt. Henry M. Kellogg killed, Assault, . . .

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

Illinois 99th Infantry.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Col. George W.K. Bailey; Capt. Asa C. Matthews; Lieut. Col. Lemuel Parke. 1st Brig., 14th Div., 13th Corps. Casualties: Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, killed 4, wounded 19, total 23; Big Black River Bridge, May 17, wounded 9; . . .

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

Clarkson Community Church

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Clarkson, New York.
Clarkson Community Church Clarkson's first pioneer church. Oldest church on Ridge Road west of the Genesee River, in Monroe County. Organized as a congre- gational society in 1816. Erected 1825. Dedicated 1828. Clarkson's . . .

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Richmond Military Settlement

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Richmond, Ontario.
In August, 1818, some thirty disbanded veterans of the 99th Regiment, led by Captain G.T. Burke, arrived in newly surveyed Goulbourn Township. These formed the advance party of a military settlement planned and supported by . . .

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

1732 1799 To Honor and Commemorate

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Murray, New York.
1732 1799 To honro and commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington and the men who fought in the American Revolution and sleep in the Town of Murray. Robinson Smith, Life Guard of Washington Asa . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Philip Boss

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Clarkson, New York.
Philip Boss artist and cabinet maker, lived here from 1820 to 1830. Moving to Rochester, then, he achieved great popularity as a painter of portraits

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County of Carleton/Richmond Agricultural Society

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Richmond, Ontario.
County of Carleton Agricultural Society 1844 - 1944 Presented by Ontario Department of Agriculture in recognition of One Hundred Years Service September 8th 1944 ——————————————— Richmond Agricultural Society 1844 - 1994 . . .

(Agriculture • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Henry R. Selden

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Clarkson, New York.
Henry R. Selden 1805-1885 Lieut. Gov. and judge lived here. George B. Selden inventor of "Selden Patent" for automobiles was born here

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

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

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Richmond, Ontario.
St. Andrew's was the first Presbyterian congregation in Carleton County and was served primarily by itinerant preachers until the 1840's. A wooden church was constructed on this site in 1847 and replaced by the present brick . . .

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

Clarkson

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Clarkson, New York.
Clarkson Established April 2, 1819 as part of Murray; named for General Matthew Clarkson, early land owner and Brigidier General, New York State Militia. Clarkson Congregational Church oldest rural church structure in Monroe . . .

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

Loyal Orange Lodge #151

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Richmond, Ontario.
Built before 1863 in Classical Revival Style, this building began its life as a store operated by George Brown in 1863 and then by James and Robert Brown around 1900. The first floor was used as a bank from 1905 to 1970 but . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hannan Homestead

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Perinton, New York.
Hannan Homestead occupied since 1810 by Hannan family. James Hannan, pioneer and 1812 soldier; son and grandson Perinton Supervisors.

(Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walworth

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Walworth, New York.
Walworth known as Douglas Corners 1801 - 1825. Here Stephen Douglas of Conn. built first house.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Indiana 1st Battery Light Artillery

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
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(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Richmond, Ontario.
In memory of those who served We will remember them Honor Roll Richmond and District Servicemen Killed in Action

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Braulio Carrillo Colina

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, Costa Rica.
Benemerito y arquitecto del estado costarricense Braulio Carrillo Colina Nace en 1800 Muere en 1845 Los que tratan de seducir la ignorancia nunca tendrán por resultado otra cosa que causar inmensos males a la sociedad su . . .

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Charles Lennox

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near Richmond, Ontario.
Charles Lennox was appointed Commander-in-Chief of all the British North American colonies and Governor-in-Chief of Lower Canada in May 1818. He received a mandate to improve the colonies' defences and inland navigation . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Canoe Camp

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Orofino, Idaho.
Welcome to Canoe Camp One of 38 sites of Nez Perce National Historical Park These grounds have been inhabited for thousands of years by the Nez Perce people, but are best known as the place where the Lewis and Clark Corps . . .

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