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St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown Parish

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
This first Episcopal congregation in Georgetown was founded in 1796 by the Reverent Walter Dulany Addison. Other founders and benefactors include Thomas Hyde, Thomas Corcoran, Benjamin Stoddert, and Francis Scott Key. . . .

(Architecture • Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colonel Ninian Beall

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
Born Scotland 1625 - Died Maryland 1717 Patentee of Rock of Dunbarton Member of the House of Burgesses Commander in Chief of Provincial Forces of Maryland in grateful recognition of his services "upon all incursions and . . .

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

Potomac No. 5

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Georgetown, District of Columbia.
Potomac No. 5 F.A.A.M. Chartered April 21, 1789 Potomac Lodge has occupied this site since 1859

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Viet Nam Veterans Memorial

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Dayton, Ohio.
The land for this memorial was donated by the City of Dayton and its people in respect and tribute to the Viet Nam Veteran. “This is a living memorial…today is a celebration of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. No . . .

(War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mary Thompson Farm

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Southfield, Michigan.
The land upon which you stand was generously donated by a very remarkable woman, Miss Mary Elizabeth Thompson. Her great-grandparents and grandparents were pioneer settlers of Southfield Township. During a time when it was . . .

(Agriculture • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Timmerman Junction Oregon Trail Kiosk

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near Bellevue, Idaho.
(Five panels in the kiosk deal with the history of Goodale's Cutoff and the surrounding area) Idaho's Emigrant Trails Westward-bound emigrants entered Idaho after crossing Thomas Fork Valley. They soon encountered the . . .

(Natural Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wink Junior High and High School

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Wink, Texas.
The Wink School organized in April 1928, at which time an independent district formed and the first board of trustees was elected. The Wink Junior High and High School, built in 1929, is a two-story building with running . . .

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

Goldsmith

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Goldsmith, Texas.
Opened as oil field June 14, 1935, with flow of 1140 bbls. of crude oil daily from discovery well. Within a month, shacks and tents housed 350 people. Harry L. Tucker in May 1937 platted town of Ector City. Name later . . .

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

Moberly

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Moberly, Missouri.
(side 1) Moberly, the “Magic City,” grew from the town platted by the North Missouri R.R. (Wabash) in 1866 to a transportation center with a 6,070 population by 1880. The North Mo. acquired the site when it took over the . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bannock War

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near Fairfield, Idaho.
Angered by white encroachment on Camas Prairie lands which had been guaranteed to the Bannock Indians by treaty, Buffalo Horn's band went to war May 30, 1878 Trouble had been brewing on the reservation for years, and the . . .

(Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gold Mines

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near Fairfield, Idaho.
More than a century ago, Rocky Bar, Happy Camp, and a number of other South Boise mining towns flourished in a remote mountain wilderness 30 miles northwest of here. Discovered early in 1863, they were so hard to get to that . . .

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

Sangster’s Station

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Clifton, Virginia.
During the Civil War, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederate armies. Sangster's Station, located 1-3/4 miles to your right where Colchester Road crosses under the . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Buckely Store

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Clifton, Virginia.
“From a pin to a plow” was the Buckley Brothers' motto for their general store which was the largest store between Alexandria and Front Royal at one time. Since the Clifton School did not own a scale, the scales in the store . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Castle Rock

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near Fairfield, Idaho.
Up toward Camas Prairie, a road goes by Castle Rock and other eroded granite outcrops that were landmarks on Goodale's Cutoff, an Oregon Trail route that came this way. Emigrants generally had not seen large granite rock . . .

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

Richard Trevithick

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, United Kingdom.
Close to this place Richard Trevithick Born 1771 - Died 1833 Pioneer of High Pressure Steam ran in the year 1808 the first steam locomotive to draw passengers

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

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, Mexico.
La ciudad de Celaya, un paso mas en el camino de la insurgencia. Al que abrio las puertas de la libertad y convirtio los grilletes en derechos. English translation: The city of Celaya was one more step for the Insurgents . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Miguel Hidalgo in Celaya

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, Mexico.
La Agrupacion "Miguel Hidalgo" conmemora con esta lapida el centenario de la estancia en este edificio del venerable Padre de la Patria. Celaya, 21 de septiembre de 1910. English translation: The “Miguel Hidalgo” Group . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Goodale's Cutoff

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near Mountain Home, Idaho.
An old emigrant road headed west across Camas Prairie and then descended to the valley below on its way to rejoin the Oregon Trail 28 miles west of here. This route, discovered by Donald Mackenzie's fur trade party in 1820, . . .

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

Andrews County Veteran Memorial

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Andrews, Texas.
Andrews County Veteran Memorial was dedicated on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 2006. All veterans that are living or deceased that served in the military will be eligible. The veteran must be honorably . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Temple and Ex-convent of Our Lady of Carmen

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, Mexico.
Templo y Ex-convento de Nuestra Señora del Carmen Sin duda uno de los ejemplos de arquitectura neoclásica más importantes del país, el Templo del Carmen de Celaya, se erige en sustitución al Templo originalmente construido . . .

(Churches, Etc. • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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