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The Importance of the Pyramid of the Sun

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Importancia de la Pirámide del Sol Varios elementos indican que durante las primeras fases de Teotihuacan la Pirámide del Sol fue el punto de partida de los ejes que dividen los espacios divinos. Entre estos elementos están . . .

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

Teotihuacan

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Teotihuacan Hace unos 2400 años, el Valle de Teotihuacan estuvo ocupado por pequenas aldeas con una población de unos 5000 habitantes. Luego, hacia el año 200 a.C., parte de la población del sur de la Cuenca de México, . . .

(Anthropology • Architecture • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bowman Hotel

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Pendleton, Oregon.
In 1889, a wood framed "Bowman Hotel' was operated by Henry Bowman on this site. A mill race running along Frazer Avenue separated that first hotel from the original railroad depot building. That building either burned down . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Byrd School

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Pendleton, Oregon.
In 1879 Maria Byrd, a widow, donated the land for Umatilla County School District #21. The school was located 6.1 miles south of Pilot Rock, near the junction of West Birch Creek and the Yellow Jacket Road. Maria and her . . .

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

Union Pacific Depot

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Pendleton, Oregon.
The existing Depot building was built in 1909 by the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. The depot building is primarily styled after architecture of the Mediterranean, as seen in the tiled hip roof, decorative roof . . .

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

Matlock - Brownfield Bldg

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Pendleton, Oregon.
Built in 1904 and exemplifying the Georgian architectural style, this building is 90' deep by 100' wide. There are five commercial bays with one still retaining the original cast iron columns. There were eleven evenly-spaced . . .

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

Empire Meat Market

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Pendleton, Oregon.
In 1899, Henry Schwarz and his step brother Frank Greulich constructed a very ornate building for their business, the Empire Meat Market, which had previously been located in a wood frame building on Court Avenue. Ownership . . .

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

Creek Settlements in Russell County

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Seale, Alabama.
Russell County occupies land that once sat at the heart of the Creek Nation. Within the county's boundaries were several important Creek towns, many of which would figure prominently in the Creek and Seminole Wars era and . . .

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Second Creek War in Russell County

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Seale, Alabama.
The Second Creek War came about as a result of the frustration of local Creeks at their treatment following the signing of the Treaty of Washington (1832). That compact called for the Creeks to be given allotments of land . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Early Russell County and the Town of Seale

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Seale, Alabama.
Russell County was one of several counties created by the Alabama legislature in December, 1832 from land that had been part of the Creeks' ancestral homeland. The community of Girard (modern Phenix City) along the . . .

(Native Americans • Political Subdivisions • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mississippi River

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Mississippi River - One of the longest rivers in North America - is divided into three sections: Upper, Middle and Lower Mississippi. At certain points on the southernmost section, the river is one mile wide. The . . .

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

New Brusly Town Hall Memorial

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Brusly, Louisiana.
This plaque was displayed at entrance to the Brusly Town Hall built in 1969. Located at 150 East St. Francis Street, it was approximately 100 feet behind the present police station. It was the first structure erected . . .

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

The Opening of the Second Phase of the Second Creek War

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Louisville, Alabama.
The Second Creek War began in May of 1836 when a portion of area Creeks, angry at their treatment in the wake of the Treaty of Cusseta and in desperate circumstances, struck out against American settlements. A series of . . .

(Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battles of Hobdy's Bridge and Pea River

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Louisville, Alabama.
The battles of Hobdy's Bridge and Pea River were the result of the desperate attempt of Creeks to avoid removal to the West by fleeing to Florida along trails bordering the Pea and Conecuh Rivers. The battles marked the last . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rivoli Theater

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Pendleton, Oregon.
This building started out as a single story building built between 1897 and 1900 to house four store fronts. In 1900, one of the storefronts became "The Pastime" and was a popular nickelodeon owned by the Matlock Family. The . . .

(Entertainment • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Griggs & Tryon Bldg

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Pendleton, Oregon.
This skinny little building (only 17' wide) was built by Frank Griggs and J. Tryon as a confectionary and cigar store. When the Rivoli Theatre opened up next door they changed the name of their little shop t the the "Rivoli . . .

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

Frazier Building

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Pendleton, Oregon.
This simple, one story Commercial Italianate style building was constructed in 1889 by Robert and Mary Sargent who then sold half interest in the building to Frank Frazier in 1890. Frazier purchased the remaining interest in . . .

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

Roswell King

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Roswell, Georgia.
1839 “He was founder of the village which bears his name. 1939 A man of great energy, industry and perseverance; of rigid Integrity, truth and justice. He early earned and long enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow . . .

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

Columbia Hotel

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Pendleton, Oregon.
The Columbia Hotel was built in 1900 by John Seibert and William Roesch. The Seibert heirs owned the building until the late 1970's. The Columbia Hotel opened on the second floor with F.X. Schemp as the proprietor. It . . .

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

Louisville and "Old Alabama"

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Louisville, Alabama.
Louisville is one of the oldest communities in southeastern Alabama. Located within territory ceded by the Creeks in the Treaty of Fort Jackson (1814) ending the Creek War, the area was first settled by Americans as early as . . .

(Native Americans • Political Subdivisions • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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