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Sir Stewart Duke-Elder

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Opthamologist lived and worked here 1934-1976

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

Diesel-Electric Locomotives DH-19 and DH-17

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, Mexico.
Locomotora de tracción diesel-electrica DH-19 y DH-17 Esta es dos de las cuatro locomotoras de este tipo que se conservan en la actualidad, fueron diseñadas para el servicio de pasajeros, llegaron a México después de haber . . .

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

Electric Locomotive FCM 1001

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, Mexico.
Locomotora electrica FCM 1001 Esta locomotora perteneció a un grupo de catorce máquinas que se construyeron en Estados Unidos, especialmente para México, allá en el año de 1923. Fueron elaboradas para introducir la tracción . . .

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

Steam Engines

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, Mexico.
Las máquinas de vapor En México, la primera máquina movida por vapor fue una bomba que se utilizó para desaguar las minas. Posteriormente, la nueva fuerza tendría su aplicación en muchas áreas de varias industrias, entre . . .

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

The Railroad Museum

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, Mexico.
Museo de Los Ferrocarriles Antigua Estación del Ferrocarril Central Mexicano, erigida por el ex presidente Benito Juárez el 15 de Septiembre de 1869. En el año de 1988 se creó el museo que desde entonces se dedica al . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

PFC Mack A. Jordan

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Collins, Mississippi.
"Company F" 21st. Infantry Regiment 24th. Infantry Division 1928 — 1951 ????? Citation Private First Class Jordan distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above and beyond the call of duty in . . .

(Heroes • Military • War, Korean) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quintin Hogg

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, United Kingdom.
Founder of the Polytechnic, Regent Street lived here 1885-1898

(Charity & Public Work • Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oregon Trail Memorial

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Meacham, Oregon.
In Memoriam Erected 1925 by the Women's Community Club of Meacham, Oregon In honor of those who died Blazing the Old Oregon Trail

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

Meacham

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Meacham, Oregon.
First known as Lee's Encampment, from establishment of a troop camp by Major H.A.G. Lee in 1844, A.B. and Harvey Meacham operated famous "Mountain House" here, which gave the town its present name. In later years a famous . . .

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

The Intrepid Pioneers

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near Meacham, Oregon.
Dedicated to the memory of The Intrepid Pioneers Who came with the First Wagon Train In 1843 over the Old Oregon Trail And Saved the "Oregon County" To the United States. Erected by Old Oregon Trail Ass'n. July 4, 1923 . . .

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

Tulsa's Oldest House

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Typical house of early 1880's Originally built on acreage 400 North Cheyenne was parsonage home of Rev Sylvester Morris Tulsa Indian Territory Methodist minister (1836-1907)

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

Emigrant Springs State Park

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near Meacham, Oregon.
In the first week of January, 1812, a party of trappers and traders, members of the Astor Overland Expedition, crossed the Blue Mountains in this area. Traveling afoot in bitter cold, often waist deep in snow, they were the . . .

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

Emigrant Springs Oregon Trail Kiosk

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near Meacham, Oregon.
(Six panels dealing with the Emigrant Springs portion of the Oregon Trail are found beneath this kiosk) Lost Livestock Water is scarce in the steep, forested slopes of the Blue Mountains and is often found only at the . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pioneer Association Picnic Grounds 1921 Memorial

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
This marker and the upright monument moved from original location on Kennedy Farm on West Newton in 1950. Horizontal slabs added later. Memorial This stone marks the ground where "Old Timers" who had lived in Tulsa and . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Teotihuacan After Its Abandonment

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, Mexico.
Teotihuacan tras su abandono Después del abandono de la ciudad, diferentes grupos, como los toltecas y mexicas, se asentaron en el Valle de Teotihuacan y reocuparon algunas de sus áreas por considerarlo un lugar sagrado. . . .

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

Construction Systems of the Pyramid of the Sun

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, Mexico.
Sistemas Constructivos de la Pirámide del Sol La monumentalidad del edificio, sus dimensiones y sus caracteristicas arquitectonicas, muestran el desarrollo tecnológico y los conocimientos de ingenieria y arquitectura que . . .

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

A Brief History of the Seminary and the Original Campus

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Pineville, Louisiana.
1860 The Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, the predecessor of the Louisiana State University, opened at this site in January 1860 with Colonel William Techmseh Sherman as its first superintendent, . . .

(Education • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The 3 kW photovoltaic (PV) system...

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Southwest, District of Columbia.
The 3 kW photovoltaic (PV) system, attached to the railing running alongside the large wall to your left, converts the sun's energy directly into electricity. The array will produce up to 4,500 kilowatt-hours of electricity . . .

(Environment • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

835 Main Street

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Pineville, Louisiana.
1927: I.B. Lacroix opened a gas station on the east corner of the block. It was later moved across the street where it remained under the ownership of his son, I.B. Lacroix, Jr. Bucky Pease's Garage replaced the Gremillion . . .

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

Charles Nolin, Pony Mail Carrier

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Sturgis, South Dakota.
Charles "Red" Nolin, pony mail carrier on the Sidney-Deadwood trail, was ambushed, killed, and scalped here by Indians on August 19, 1876. On this evening, Nolin stopped by Alkali Creek, where the National Cemetery is now . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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