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Duck Island Cottage

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This pretty cottage was built in 1841 as the home of the bird-keeper in St. James's Park. It also had a club room for the Ornithological Society of London, which once helped to look after the park's duck and geese. The . . .

(Animals • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Toll Gate

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near Mountain Home, Idaho.
An 1868 Toll Road to Rocky Bar provided better access to early gold mines 40 miles north of here. Julius Newberg's South Boise wagon road had reached Rocky Bar in 1864, but a route through this canyon was needed to avoid . . .

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

Main Oregon Trail Back Country Byway

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Mountain Home, Idaho.
Friday September 10th "... Traveled along the foot of the mountains about 5 miles to another creek and stopped for the night. Plenty of dry bunchgrass. No timber, but willow and sage. Found eight graves here. Made fifteen . . .

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

Mountain Home Irrigation District

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Mountain Home, Idaho.
The Town site of Mountain Home was chosen by the Union Pacific Railroad as a stop because of a readily available supply of water. The railroad utilized steam operated pumps in trench wells to fill storage tanks with this . . .

(Agriculture • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Macdonough Monument - 1926

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Plattsburgh, New York.
Macdonough Monument - 1926 Designed by John Russell Pope this 135 foot tall memorial commemorates the American naval victory at the Battle of Plattsburgh in 1814. Un monument a la victoire navale americaine en 1814 ce grand . . .

(War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mountain Home Arrives in a 50-pound Soapbox

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Mountain Home, Idaho.
Eight miles east of here, Rattlesnake Station, was an important stop for wagon trains and travelers along the Oregon Trail because of its sure supply of fresh water. Later, a stage station with a post office called "The . . .

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

Lord Stanley of Preston

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, United Kingdom.
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(Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roswell Pettibone Flower

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Watertown, New York.
Born August 7 · 1835 · Died May 12, 1899 Representative in the Forty Seventh and in the Fifty First Congress Governor of the State of New York MDCCCXCII - MDCCCXCIV Erected in affectionate and grateful remembrance of his . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 11 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Philadelphia, New York.
In loving memory of the Veterans of World War I • World War II Korea • Viet Nam Stone donated by Madison Bks. Plaque by N.Y. Air Brake

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

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Philadelphia, New York.
This Statue of Liberty was placed here in remembrance of 9/11 to honor all firefighters, policemen and rescue teams that put their lives at risk to help the innocent Americans on that unprecedented September day. We also . . .

(Disasters • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ornamental Lighting Equipment

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Gouverneur, New York.
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(Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The First Presbyterian Church and the Gouverneur Museum

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Gouverneur, New York.
have been placed on the National Historical Registry 2015

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Camp Oglethorpe

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Macon, Georgia.
After the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, on April 6 & 7, 1862, the Confederate government selected Macon as a Federal prisoner-of-war camp site. The Macon Fair and Parade Grounds was used to incarcerate 900 prisoners-of-war . . .

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

Richville Welsh Congregational Church

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Richville, New York.
This tablet erected to commemorate the establishment of the Richville Welsh Congregational Church in 1858 and the erection of this building in 1859 Also the migration of the first Welsh settlers Ministers Who Have Served As . . .

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

Richville Village

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Richville, New York.
Originally called Rich's Settlement. Settled in 1804 by a party led by Salmon Rich and Jonathan Haskins. Inc. March 29, 1880

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

Helen Rich

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Richville, New York.
Poet of the Adirondacks who campaigned nationwide for woman's suffrage. Lived in Richville during 1850s

(Civil Rights • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Poverty Point World Heritage Site

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near Pioneer, Louisiana.
Poverty Point has long been known for its rich cultural heritage. Years of conservation, preservation, archaeological research, and interpretive development resulted in the 2014 designation of the Monumental Earthworks of . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Explore the Defenses

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
In order to guard Vicksburg from Union attack, the Confederates built a ring of forts around the city's north, east, and south sides. You are standing at the northernmost point of those defenses. From here, the tour road . . .

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

"Ben and the Boys"

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Mer Rouge, Louisiana.
Like Esau, Jacob's brother of Bible times, Ben Lilly was the ultimate hunter...but never on Sunday. Not one to focus on acquiring "things" and money, Ben acquired knowledge, knowledge about the outdoors and the four-legged . . .

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

John William Polidori

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, United Kingdom.
Poet & Novelist Author of 'The Vampyre' born & died here

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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