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Neahkahnie Mountain

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near Manzanita, Oregon.
You are standing on the west shoulder of Neahkahnie Mountain - at 1,661 feet, it is one of the highest points on Oregon’s coast. The mountain’s name is said to be a Native American word for “home of the supreme being.” This . . .

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

Roosevelt Elk

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near Manzanita, Oregon.
Elk have populated Oregon’s north coast for thousands of years. A legend holds that the name of this mountain - Neahkahnie - is derived from the Spanish ¡Carne! (Meat!) exclaimed by explorers when they saw elk on these . . .

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

Making Iron

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The Blast Furnaces reduced iron ore to metallic pig iron. The furnaces had differing production capabilities, ranging from 800 to 3300 tons of iron per day. Most of this would later be processed into steel. 1 Heating The . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oswald West

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near Manzanita, Oregon.
Charismatic, intelligent, and possessing a keen sense of humor, Oswald West was one of Oregon’s most memorable governors. He is famous for his open mind, ardent support of women’s suffrage, and his habit of making . . .

(Government • Natural Features • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Harmony with Nature

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near Manzanita, Oregon.
During the early development of our national parks (1920s) an evolution in design ethics was taking shape. This design ethic emphasized and organic approach to architecture and landscape - designing in harmony with nature. . . .

(Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Piedra Herrada Monarch Butterfly Reserve

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Temascaltepec Temascaltepec deriva del náhuatl temazcalli, significa “baño de vapor”, y de tepetl, “cerro”, y el locativo de “c”, que significa “cerro de los temascales o baños de vapor”. Se compone de dos símbolos: El . . .

(Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hot, Loud, & Dangerous

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Steelworkers often labored six or even seven days a week in long and exhausting shifts. Accidents were common. Over 500 men died on the job between 1905 and 1941. Hundreds, if not thousands, were badly injured by burning . . .

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

Daily Life in Cusseta

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Columbus, Georgia.
The men and women of Cusseta had very defined roles in day to day life. Men were responsible not only for hunting and fishing, but for building homes and clearing ground for planting. Men made political decisions, including . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cusseta: A Center for International Diplomacy

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Columbus, Georgia.
Cusseta was both an important political center for the Lower Creeks and a critical place for interaction with European colonial officials and later, American settlers. Occupying a strategic position in a vast trading network . . .

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

A Community of Workers

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
The streets that stretch up from the steel plant make up South Bethlehem. Over the decades, this community grew along with Bethlehem Steel's growing workforce. Generations of workers lived, shopped, attended school and . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Santa Brígida Mine

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, Mexico.
Mina de Santa Brígida El Camino de la Plata se extendía desde Zacatecas hasta la ciudad de México, lugar al que llegaban todos los metales extraídos de los distintos sitios del territorio nacional para acuñar monedas, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hofje van Oorschot

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, Netherlands.
Gesticht uit nalatenschap van Wouterus van Oorschot, op de plaats van het vormaalig H. Geesthuis en - kerk. Gebouwd in 1769. Smeedijzeren hek uit de bouwtijd. [English translation:] Founded from the bequest of Wouterus van . . .

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

Paisley's History

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Paisley, Oregon.
Paisley was once the site of a seasonal Native American settlement. Northern Paiute and Klamath Indians came to the Chewaucan Marsh and River to harvest local resources, most notably the wapato, Silgittaria cuneata, a plant . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ranching - A way of Life

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Paisley, Oregon.
The 19th century brought significant changes to this region. In 1843, Captain John C. Fremont explored and mapped this area. By the 1870s, most of the region's Native American inhabitants were removed to distant . . .

(Agriculture • Exploration • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

N.C.O. Railroad Depot

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Reno, Nevada.
This building was constructed as a passenger depot for the Nevada-California-Oregon Railroad, a narrow-gauge line connecting Reno with northern California and southern Oregon. It began operations in 1882 as the Nevada and . . .

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

Oswald West

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near Manzanita, Oregon.
If sight of sand and sky and sea has given respite from your daily cares then pause to thank Oswald West former governor of Oregon (1911-1915) By his foresight nearly 400 miles of the ocean shore was set aside for public . . .

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

Fremont Memorial

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Summer Lake, Oregon.
side 1 The reports of this expedition directed the migration of the western settlement toward the Oregon Country which hitherto had been merely a rendezvous for trappers. On December 16th 1843 the expedition, while enroute . . .

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

George Fox Monument

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Suffolk, Virginia.
George Fox. Founder of Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) visited in this area and held a meeting in 1672. As a result Somerton Friends Meeting was soon established.

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

President's Days Plaque

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Suffolk, Virginia.
Suffolk. The first to honor Franklin D. Roosevelt with President’s Days April 29-30, 1933.

(Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Infantry / With Freedom Came Their Churches

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Shaw, District of Columbia.
(front) Infantry There were one hundred and forty-two infantry regiments in the Bureau of the United States Colored Troops Private James Smith Image donated by his descendants, family of Robert Smith (back) With Freedom . . .

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