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Siege Operations, May 23-July 4.

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
At the beginning of siege operations, May 23, about 162 guns ?were on the investment line, most of them in position in hastily ?constructed batteries. These were enlarged and strengthened ?and additional guns successively . . .

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

Charles Kitterbell

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, United Kingdom.
Here lived Charles Kitterbell as related by Charles Dickens in sketches by Boz "The Bloomsbury Christening"

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

Thomas Henry Wyatt

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, United Kingdom.
Architect lived and died here

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

Memorial Church

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Greenfield, Wisconsin.
The first congregation of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in Wisconsin worshipped God here. The Centennial Historical Museum Nearby, built in 1858, replaced the first log church erected in 1844. Dedicated in honor of . . .

(Churches, Etc.) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Choctaw Trail

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Franklinton, Louisiana.
Only official state road in Washington Parish until 1843. Choctaw Indians cut trail for trade with tribes in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Biloxi, & Mobile. White man believed to have used trail as early as 1542.

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Bickham

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Franklinton, Louisiana.
In Honor of John Bickham Founder of Franklinton In 1819 John Bickham offered to donate thirty acres of land to serve as the Parish Seat of Justice and also to provide land for the building of public schools in what is today . . .

(Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

To The Sacred Memory

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Franklinton, Louisiana.
To The Sacred Memory of Wiley Pierce Born - Jan. 10, 1882. Robert Wesley Crain Born - Aug. 16, 1886. Both Murdered March 3, 1923. Two native sons of Washington Parish. True and loyal citizens, officers of the Law, were . . .

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

Our Caboose

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St. Francisville, Louisiana.
Our Caboose The colorful caboose that generations once looked for at the end of every freight train is now a thing of the past, replaced by modern technology. History of ICG 199328 The St. Francisville Caboose is an . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coleman's Irish Pub

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Syracuse, New York.
[Title is text] ——————————————————— [Just for fun] Coleman's provides the one and only Leprechaun Entrance in existence. Rumor has it that this special connection with the "Wee People" can bring luck and good fortune to . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edna Ferber

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New York City, New York.
The widely-read novelist, short story writer, and playwright, best known for the novel Giant (1952), lived here from 1923 to 1929. Ferber’s fiction is distinguished by larger-than-life stories, strong female characters, and . . .

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

Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby

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, United Kingdom.
Vera Brittain 1893-1970 Winifred Holtby 1898-1935 Writers and Reformers lived here

(Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Peace • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Kettler's Blacksmith Shop

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Idaho City, Idaho.
Originally George Kettler’s Blacksmith Shop with ox and horseshoeing sheds on both sides. In more recent years it was owned by Tom and Florence Adams. From 1948 – 1975 they published the “Idaho Mountaineer” newspaper and the . . .

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

Burrell School

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Los Gatos, California.
In 1852, Lynman J. Burrell settled an area along the Santa Cruz Mountains and eventually establish Burrell Village. Burrell School is the last remaining structure of Burrell Village. Established in 1879, it served Santa . . .

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The 400th Anniversary of the Founding of Amealco

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, Mexico.
IV Centenario de la Fundacion de Amealco, Qro. 1538-1938. English translation: The 400th anniversary of the founding of Amealco, Querétaro 1538-1938

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Horizon Magazine

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, United Kingdom.
George Orwell 1903-1950 Sir Stephen Spender 1909-1995 wrote for Cyril Connolly's Horizon Magazine based here 1940-1948

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

Richard Tucker

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New York City, New York.
Gift to the City of New York in loving memory of Richard Tucker from Mrs. Richard Tucker and Family [Performed in the following operas] Aida • Andrea Chenier • Boris Godonov • Carmen Cavalleria Rusticana • Cosi fan tutte • . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sir Hans Sloane

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, United Kingdom.
Physician Benefactor of the British Museum lived here 1695-1742

(Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

47th Ohio Infantry Regimental Monument

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Ohio Forty Seventh Infantry; Col. Augustus C. Parry. 3rd Brig.; 2D Div.; 15th Corps.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ohio Thirty Seventh Infantry;

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Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi.
Col. Edward Siber; Lieut. Col. Louis Von Blessingh; Maj. Charles Hipp; Col. Edward Siber. 3D Brig.; 2D Div.; 15th Corps.

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

Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III

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Keauhou, Hawaii.
Son of Kamehameha I and Keopuolani Born March 17, 1814 Died December 15, 1854 Ka Moi Lokomarkai

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