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Steamboats on the River

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LaMoure, North Dakota.
As printed in the LaMoure County Chronicle Aug. 30, 1912: "Undoubtedly the most enjoyable trip was the one after supper Sunday evening, when fully half a hundred excursionists found plenty of room on the boat. With the wind . . .

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

The Golden Anchor

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Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Navy’s Retention Excellence Award, or “Golden Anchor” is traditionally awarded to active-service Naval vessels for meeting or exceeding crew retention goals. On June 11, 2005, Battleship Missouri became the first . . .

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

Set in Stone

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
You are standing on the west side of Mt. Airy, a subdivision spanning Wisconsin Avenue laid out in the late 1890s. Mt. Airy evolved into a dense, working-class neighborhood, where policemen and dairymen lived in modest . . .

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

Schools

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Tenleytown's earliest elementary school, located where Saint Anne's School is today, first welcomed students in 1882. The Jesse Reno School for African-American children was built in 1903 on the grounds of Fort Reno. The . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Rest

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Designated a D.C. Landmark in 1960, the Rest (pictured here) is Tenleytown's oldest residence (built around 1800) and is located at the corner of Windom Place and 39th Street. Local legend maintains that the bricks for the . . .

(Abolition & Underground RR • Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Early Homes

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Early Tenleytown homes still standing today were built mostly in the 1890s along paths used by farmers and dairymen. The homes in the Grand Road Historic District (pictured here) are typical of these early dwellings, as are . . .

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

Barkhamsted Lighthouse Village Grind Stone

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Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
The residents of the Lighthouse community were largely self-sufficient when it came to their subsistence. Bone fragments found in their fireplaces show that they ate deer and small wild game. Gun flints (used in flint-lock . . .

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

National Register of Historic Places

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Downtown, District of Columbia.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places As part of the 16th Street Historic District, opened as the Statler Hotel on January 18, 1943. It is one of the few major hotels in the nation built . . .

(Industry & Commerce • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Discover DC / McPherson Square

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Downtown, District of Columbia.
Front of marker: Discover DC Welcome to downtown Washington, DC — an area rich in history, culture, and places to see. You will enjoy visiting the following sites located in the vicinity of this sign. St. John's Church . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of the Webb Cemetery

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Celina, Tennessee.
On September 25, 1830, Mary Ann (Hudspeth) Webb (ca 1772-1842) used the proceeds from the sale of her land holdings in North Carolina to buy 200 acres of land in Overton County, located on the east side of the Obed River, . . .

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

Barkhamsted Lighthouse Village Charcoal Kilns

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Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
Charcoal production was an important industry in northwestern Connecticut in the nineteenth century. Before Pennsylvania coal became readily available, the iron forges in Litchfield County were reliant upon locally produced . . .

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

Barkhamsted Lighthouse Village Cellar Holes

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Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
About a dozen cellar holes dot the hillside of Ragged Mountain. Some, like the one before you, are clearly marked with foundations made of stone quarried from nearby bedrock, similar to the stone located directly behind this . . .

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

Barkhamsted Lighthouse Village Stone Quarry

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Barkhamsted, Connecticut.
The residents of the Lighthouse community were able to supply many of their needs here on Ragged Mountain. You saw how the foundations of some of their homes were constructed with stone; the people of the Lighthouse quarried . . .

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

Ellicott City Station, 1831

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Ellicott City, Maryland.
The Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad's Ellicott City complex was the heart and soul of a bustling industrial and agricultural community once known as Ellicott’s Mills. The railroad built several structures on or near the . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Day-French-Puhl House

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Ellicott City, Maryland.
Day, a master stone mason, purchased this lot from the Ellicotts an built this federal style home, one of the oldest brick structures in the district. Rear and side additions were prior to 1887. Later home to the French’s . . .

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Hood River Banking & Trust Company

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Hood River, Oregon.
Constructed in 1907 under the management of J.M. Culbertson, the Hood River Banking and Trust Company represents one of the older brick buildings in downtown Hood River. Decorative features include the sheet metal cornice, . . .

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

E.L. Smith Building

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Hood River, Oregon.
Designed to house several businesses, the E.L. Smith Building was constructed in 1904 for $10,000. The First National Bank, organized by entrepreneur and regional politician Ezra L. Smith in 1900, occupied the main . . .

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

Butler Bank

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Hood River, Oregon.
Leslie and Truman Butler commissioned well-known Portland architect A.E. Doyle to design a bank of the Butler Banking Company, the business they founded in 1900. The Egyptian style building was completed in September 1924, . . .

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

Detwiler House

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Clifton, Virginia.
Samuel Detwiler lived in this house in 1905 when he was the town liveryman. With the demise of the horse and buggy, he and his son Frank began a dairy farm. Their barn was located where the Post Office now stands. Each day . . .

(Man-Made Features • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

LaFrance Building

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Hood River, Oregon.
Built in 1914, the original tenant of the building was the Garrabrant and Parker's Confectionary Store. Candy and cigars were sold in the store, and people often sat for hours at the popular soda foundation (sic). A game of . . .

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