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Constantine L. Seferlis

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Constantine L. Seferlis (1928 - 2005) Stone Carver Restored the walls of the Smithsonian Castle and carved these carriage gates according to James Renwick's 1849 design.

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

José Eduardo Flores Ruíz

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, Mexico.
José Eduardo Flores Ruiz 1890 - 1977 Fue casa habitación del sacerdote, investigador y filántropo quien realizó enorme contribución a la historiografía chiapaneca. Fue director del Seminario de la Inmaculada Concepción y . . .

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

The George

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, United Kingdom.
The George was founded in 1723 as a coffee house, became Georges Hotel in 1830 and then a public house as it is today. Former regulars of The George include Horace Walpole, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson, who for a . . .

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Campus Life

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Pineville, Louisiana.
Life at the Seminary offered few distractions and fewer luxuries to either the faculty or the cadets. Fresh produce and meat were not available, but despite the poor food, students left the Seminary in better physical . . .

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

Bush House

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, United Kingdom.
International radio, television and online content made here 1941-2012

(Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Education • Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Simón Bolívar

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, United Kingdom.
Liberator of Latin America lodged here in 1810

(Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Log House Museum

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East Palestine, Ohio.
Side A This circa 1840s log house, which now serves as a museum and home to the East Palestine Historical Society, was originally located at the corner of West Main and Walnut Streets. Some of its most notable and earliest . . .

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Spider Legged Mill

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Sagaponack, New York.
Site of the spider legged mill to which Major Cochrane tied William Russell during the Revolution and ordered him whipped until bloodied

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monroeville-In A Trap

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near Salineville, Ohio.
By July 26, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan was in a race that was rapidly coming to an end. Union pursuers seemed to be everywhere as the Confederates worked their way north from Nebo (near present-day Bergholz). . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Eastern-Nearing The End

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near Bergholz, Ohio.
On July 25, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders headed north following the skirmish at the Two Ridges Church just outside Wintersville. The Union pursuers under Brigadier General James M. . . .

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

Bergholz-Overnight at Nebo

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near Bergholz, Ohio.
About 8 pm on the evening of July 25, 1863, Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan and fewer than 500 Confederate raiders arrived at Nebo, now known as Bergholz, and set up camp throughout the village. Selecting the Herdman . . .

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

Frans Blom and Gertrude Duby

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, Mexico.
Frans Blom y Gertrude Duby 1893 – 1963 y 1901 - 1993 Decidieron residir en esta ciudad. En 1950 adquirieron esta casa del siglo XIX; crearon un museo y el Centro de Estudios Na Balom. Frans formó una biblioteca especializada . . .

(Anthropology • Education • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A New Look for Water Street / Un nouvel arrivant dans Water Street

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Augusta, Maine.
Holiday shoppers on Water Street in 1932 had a brand new store to shop! That year, the S.S. Kresge five and dime store opened in a modern Art Deco building unique in downtown Augusta. The new building replaced an Italianate . . .

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

General Camerino Z. Mendoza

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, Mexico.
26 agosto 1879 1979 Gral. Camerino Z. Mendoza H. Ayuntamiento de Orizaba 1976 1979 Centenario de su nacimiento English translation: August 29 1879 - 1979 General Camerino Z. Mendoza Honorable Town Council of Orizaba 1976 . . .

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

Introduction of Electricity to Huimilpan

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, Mexico.
Siendo Presidente de la Republica el C. Lic. Adolfo Lopez Mateos y Gobernador del Estado el C. Ing. Manuel Gonzalez Cosio Fue inaugurado el servicio de energía eléctrica gracias a la Comision Federal de Electricidad con la . . .

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

The Great Fire / Le Grand incendie

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Augusta, Maine.
On the morning of September 17, 1865, a fire began in the new, still unoccupied Dr. H. H. Hill building on the east side of Water Street, above Oak Street. An arsonist later convicted of setting a Portland fire was . . .

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

Old Fort Western on the Kennebec

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Augusta, Maine.
Old Fort Western was built in 1754 at Cushnoc, an Abenaki name for the site of an important 17th-century Plymouth Colony trading post. The Old Fort's main house (barrack) is New England's oldest surviving wooden fort . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Watermill

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Water Mill, New York.
Built by Edward Howell near this site for Southampton Colony

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomas Andrew Dorsey

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Villa Rica, Georgia.
Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born July 1, 1899, in Villa Rica. He learned to play the piano as a young man. His blues style combined with southern Christian praise songs earned him the title “The Father of Gospel Music.” His . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Francis Barber

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, United Kingdom.
Once a slave in Jamaica FRANCIS BARBER Samuel Johnson's servant, friend and heir LIVED HERE 1752-1756

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