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Historic Indian Mary Park

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Merlin97532, Oregon.
The smallest Indian Reservation ever created. Granted to "Indian Mary" by the U.S. Government in 1894. In recognition of gratitude to her father, Umpqua Joe, who gave the alarm which saved white settlers of this area from a . . .

(Heroes • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Commissary

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Commissary was originally built in 1850 as an extension to an older building at Welham Plantation that acted as a port for shipping and receiving supplies along the Mississippi River. This building was constructed in the . . .

(Antebellum South, US • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Parish of Jefferson

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Metairie, Louisiana.
On Feb. 11, 1825, Governor Henry S. Johnson signed legislation creating the Parish of Jefferson out of the Third Senatorial District. It is named for President Thomas Jefferson, who died the following year, July 4.

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

Park Site

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Metairie, Louisiana.
The site of this park once belonged to the River-to-Lake Sainte-Reyne Concession granted to Jean-Daniel Kolly, c. 1720. A series of purchases subdivided the original property except for this 155-acre park. Nicolas Chauvin de . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Noted Owner

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Metairie, Louisiana.
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(Colonial Era • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fame and Fate

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Metairie, Louisiana.
Lafreniere orated before the Louisiana Superior Council "The Manifeste" a document expressing the political philosophy on the natural rights of man and freedom of determination by the people. A firing squad executed him with . . .

(Colonial Era • Parks & Recreational Areas • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to the Public Gardens

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Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Halifax Public Gardens is one of the finest surviving examples of Victorian Gardens in North America. It was established in 1874 by the amalgamation of two older gardens, the Nova Scotia Horticultural Society Garden . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boer War Memorial Fountain

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Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Erected by the Commissioners of the Public Gardens in commemoration of the services of our Citizen Soldiers in the South African Campaign 1899~1902

(Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

HMCS Sackville K-181

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Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Open for viewing daily, 10:00am to 5:00PM Come visit the ship, on the waterfront, behind the Maritime Museum Of The Atlantic HMCS Sackville is the last of 267 Flower Class Corvettes built for the Allied Navies during WWII. . . .

(Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Black Belt Transformations

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Cahaba, Alabama.
Alabama's Black Belt region derives its name from a narrow sash of dark, fertile soil across the state's midsection. Covering 1000 square miles, the Black Belt occupies just 2% of the state's landmass, but its history and . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Missing Pieces

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Cahaba, Alabama.
"We by-and-by discovered...a pair of those splendid birds, the Ivory-billed Woodpeckers (Picus principalis). They were engaged in rapping some tall dead pines, in a dense part of the forest, which rang with their loud . . .

(Animals • Natural Resources • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to Southern Oregon

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Roseburg, Oregon.
Southern Oregon is a land of great geographic diversity. Here are the more than 250-million-year-old Klamath Mountains in the south, and to the north and uplifted 50-million-year-old ocean floor and overlying sediments, . . .

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

Abert Rim

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Lakeview, Oregon.
Behind you to the east is a steep cliff called Abert Rim, made of many layers of hardened lava flows. This 30-mile-long, 2,500-foot-high, steep cliff is an example of a fault scarp, produced over millenia by great blocks of . . .

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

The Japanese Attack on Oregon

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Brookings, Oregon.
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, a contingent of Japanese I-Class submarines sailed from Yokosuka via the Marshall Islands to take up positions off Hawaii and the coast of North America. Five of these vessels carried . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Medford Public Library

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Medford, Oregon.
Medford Public Library Gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie Erected 1911

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

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

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Medford, Oregon.
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and loyalty The . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heryford Building

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Lakeview, Oregon.
Constructed in 1913 by W.P. and J.D. Heryford, pioneer cattlemen, the primary purpose being to provide space for the early Elks Club and office space to attract good doctors and business people. The ground floor and basement . . .

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

Lake County Historical Museum

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Lakeview, Oregon.
1926 - Building constructed of handmade concrete blocks by Ike Kent as a family residence. 1940-1960 - Utilized as medical and dental offices. 1971 - Purchased by Lake County together with adjoining property for future . . .

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

Schminck Memorial Museum

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Lakeview, Oregon.
1922 - Building constructed by Andy Underwood Contractor, as a residence for Dalpheus & Lula Schminck 1936 - First museum display exhibited in the basement. Eventually most of the house was devoted to museum display while . . .

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

Paisley United Methodist Church

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Paisley, Oregon.
One of the oldest wood frame churches in northern Lake County. 1898 - Mininie & Herman Sadler of San Francisco donated lots 4 and 5 of Block F Paisley for this structure and parsonage. Aug. 9, 1900 - Deeded to the . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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