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C.S.A. Texas Muster

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Center, Texas.
Held on this spot April 4, 1964, to honor Texans who made up the greater part of forces fighting in the Civil War Red River Campaign of 1864–1865, that prevented a Federal invasion of Texas. Descendants answering to roll . . .

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

Poultry Pioneers Plaza

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Center, Texas.
In 1948, the farming income of Shelby County was disappearing due to competitive prices on cotton from West Texas and on tomatoes and watermelons from South Texas. To survive, it was imperative that the county and its . . .

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

Shelby County

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Center, Texas.
Part of the neutral ground, 1803–1819. Settled by Anglo-Americans, 1824–1836. In 1833 a district of the Municipality of Nacogdoches, known as Tenehaw. In 1835 became municipality of Tenehaw with Nashville as the seat of . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, Texas Independence • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Methodist Episcopal Church South

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Plant City, Florida.
Plant City's first church building was erected here by the Methodist congregation established at Ichepucksassa in 1850 by Rev. Samuel Knight. The congregation relocated from Shiloh to the new Town of Plant City where a . . .

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

Lyman House Memorial

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Hilo, Hawaii.
The home of David Belden Lyman and Sarah Joiner Lyman Missionaries of the A.B.C.F.M. to the Hawaiian People Built in 1839

(Churches & Religion • Notable Buildings • Women) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville

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Huntsville, Texas.
Organized by the Presbytery of the Brazos in June 1848, the First Presbyterian Church of Huntsville began with one elder and ten members. Early worship services were held in the county courthouse, the Cumberland Presbyterian . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Trinity Episcopal Church

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Trinity Episcopal Church faces the Plaza opposite the Cathedral Basilica. It is built on the site of the 1735 Spanish Bishop's House and the 1774 British Statehouse, and it might have some of their foundation stones in its . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Original Lincoln High School

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Tallahassee, Florida.
Lincoln School served as the primary public education institution for African Americans in Leon County from 1869 to 1969. Established in 1869 as one of only two Freedman's Bureau schools in Florida to educate newly freed . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Avero House

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St. Augustine, Florida.
The Avero family lived on this property from 1712 until 1804 even before the existing building was constructed, with the exception of the British occupation period during 1763-1783. The restoration was undertaken to . . .

(Architecture • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Governor Fuller Warren

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near Blountstown, Florida.
Born 11/03/05 Died 09/23/73 To the east lies the burial site of Fuller Warren, Governor of Florida from 1949 to 1953. A World War II veteran, Governor Warren also served in the State House of Representatives. As Governor, . . .

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

Kanapaha Presbyterian Church

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near Gainesville, Florida.
In 1857, a group of Sea Island cotton planters from South Carolina who settled near here called an organizational meeting to establish Kanapaha Presbyterian Church. The Reverend William J. McCormick (1821-1883) was recruited . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oliver Baptist Church

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near Monticello, Florida.
The Olive Baptist Church was begun in 1831, and at that time the property was in the state of Georgia. In 1872 the U.S. Congress designated this land to be a part of Florida. On Tuesday, November 22, 1853, in the Eleventh . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site and Home of Francis Eppes

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Orlando, Florida.
Site and home of Francis Eppes Grandson of President Thomas Jefferson Original house built 1868

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

Roosevelt Elementary School

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Tampa, Florida.
Theodore Roosevelt was the Assistant Secretary of the Navy when the battleship U.S.S. Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor. After the United States declared war on Spain in April 1898, initiating the Spanish American War, . . .

(Education • War, Spanish-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Volcano House reigns as one of America's great lodges

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near Volcano, Hawaii.
"Having visited Kilauea in the days when the old shed with its open door and hole in the centre, for a fireplace, were all the accommodation for the poor weary chilled travelers; how great is our appreciation and admiration . . .

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

Site of Fort Brooke

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Tampa, Florida.
On this site Fort Brooke was established in 1824

(Forts, Castles • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chestnut Funeral Home

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Gainesville, Florida.
The Chestnut family in Gainesville has served the mortuary needs of the African American community in Alachua County since 1914. Charles S. Chestnut, Sr. was a founding member of the Florida Morticians Association in the . . .

(African Americans • Architecture • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Alderman's Ford

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near Lithia, Florida.
In 1848, James Alderman settled near this site, a densely forested area, and cut down the steep banks of the Alafia River to make it easier for horses and wagons to ford it. The area became known as Alderman's Ford. As the . . .

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

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

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Gainesville, Florida.
The congregation of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church first met on May 4, 1896. The church’s original members worshipped in the St. Paul CME Church, and together the congregations bought a parcel of land in 1900 to build a new . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saddle House - Hale Noho Lio

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near Hilo, Hawaii.
Well before sheep and cattle ranching took hold in the second half of the nineteenth century, these rugged 'aina mauna, mountain lands, were traveled for collecting birds and rock or for religious purposes. Rock from . . .

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