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Aura Goodwin Raley

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Pendleton, Oregon.
Aura Morse Goodwin Raley was born in Kennebec County, Maine. At age 15 she move to Wisconsin, and in 1846 she married Moses Goodwin. In 1853 the couple joined a wagon train to Oregon, where they settled north of Vancouver, . . .

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

The Southern Building of Teotihuacan

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, Mexico.
Edificio Sur Este edificio tiene siete superposiciones que reflejan toda la historia de Teotihuacan. Los restos más antiguos son de habitaciones anteriores a la construcción del conjunto. Las siguientes etapas corresponden a . . .

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

Intersection of Main and Reagan streets

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Pineville, Louisiana.
1926: The Corner Grocery Store stood at the intersection of Reagan and Main. 904 Main was Levy Lawrence's Rooming House in the 40's. Owl Drug Store in the 60's and today the City Court building. 1926: The Methodist Episcopal . . .

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

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Built and dedicated April 4, 1921 Completely reduced to charred smoldering ruin during Tulsa's infamous race riot June 1, 1921 Rebuilt and dedicated as a monument to faithfulness and perseverance October 21, 1952 . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Disasters • Peace) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Avenue of the Dead Complex

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, Mexico.
Complejo Calle de los Muertos Concebido como un enorme complejo arquitectónico para la realización de actividades administrativas y religiosas, se compone de grandes plazas o divisiones que se presentan a partir de la . . .

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

John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"I think knowing one's history leads one to act in a more enlightened fashion. I can not imagine how knowing one's history would not urge one to be an activist." Dr. John Hope Franklin who forever changed the way that . . .

(African Americans • Charity & Public Work • Civil Rights • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Tulsa race riot of 1921 was the single worst incident of racial violence in American history. It began after Dick Rowland, a nineteen-year-old African American shoe shiner, was accused of assaulting Sarah Page, a young . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Disasters • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Capt. William Benson

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Uvalde, Texas.
Maryland native William Benson (b. 1837) came to Texas after graduating from college as a civil engineer. After settling in Brazoria County he became a teacher. During the Civil War he commanded a cavalry regiment as one of . . .

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

The U.S. Army Camel Experiment

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near Marathon, Texas.
Camels in the Big Bend Camel ancestors first appeared in North America approximately 40 million years ago. Modern camels migrated to Asia over a land bridge that submerged when sea level rose at the end of the last Ice Age. . . .

(Animals • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Quicksilver

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Terlingua, Texas.
Mercury, or Quicksilver, is derived from a red-colored ore known as cinnabar. Cinnabar (sample at left) was used by Native-Americans as a durable pigment, and there are many places in Big Bend where traces of ancient . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Huffmeyer Store

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Bandera, Texas.
Built 1873 for E. Huffmeyer & brother, by B.F. Langford, Sr., contractor; of native stone. Bandera's oldest building. Used over 30 years by W.J. Davenport, Sr., as general store. Damaged by fire, 1936. Restored and remodeled . . .

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

Renovating the Fountain

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
The Constitution Avenue fountain, installed in 1967, will be undergoing renovations through 2020. On completion, all of the fountain's original components will be fully functional. The renovation will also contribute to the . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A National Museum

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
The National Museum of American History is home to the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem. That flag's "broad stripes and bright stars" have shaped the Museum and its mission, as have the flags . . .

(Architecture • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Making A Modern Museum

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
The National Museum of American History opened to the public as the Museum of History and Technology in 1964. The architectural firm McKim, Mead & White designed the building as a contemporary take on surrounding beaux-arts . . .

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

Enid A. Haupt Garden

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Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
A popular urban oasis since its completion in 1987, the 4.2-acre Enid A. Haupt Garden comprises three distinct gardens. The design of each reflects the cultural and aesthetic influences celebrated in the Smithsonian Castle . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Bench By The Road

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
There is no place you or I can go, to think about or not think about, to summon the presences of, or recollect the absences of slaves; nothing that reminds us of the ones who made the journey and of those who did not make . . .

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

Fenton Farm

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near Amsterdam, New York.
1790 - 1930 Settled By Roswell Fenton Grandfather To U.S. Senator & NYS Gov Reuben E. Fenton "Breadalbane Dairy" 1930 - 50

(Agriculture • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Professors Gate

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Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia.
Professors Gate is dedicated to The George Washington University faculty who have guided GW students since 1821 when President James Monroe and The Congress of the United States chartered this institution. On the . . .

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

George Washington

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Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia.
George Washington "George Washington" is a bronze sculpture by Avard T. Fairbanks, Ph.D. (1897-1987). This bronze was donated by Sylvia West Fairbanks and David N.F. Fairbanks, M.D. and Family and was dedicated on this spot . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Walter E. Washington Memorial Arch

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Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia.
Walter E. Washington Memorial Arch The Honorable Walter E. Washington (1915-2003) In Tribute to the First Modern Mayor of the District of Columbia Appointed Commissioner-Mayor, 1967-73 Elected Mayor, 1974-79 A Good Friend of . . .

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