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Lewes Maritime History Trail

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Lewes, Delaware.
University of Delaware The University of Delaware (UD) has been involved with marine research since 1950, when a group of local fishermen became alarmed by drastic decline in Delaware Bay fisheries approached the Delaware . . .

(Animals • Education • Science & Medicine • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tapping the Power of Wind Energy in Coastal Delaware

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Lewes, Delaware.
The University of Delaware's 2-megawatt wind turbine generates clean power and represents an important contribution to renewable energy development in the United States. Clean Energy Using wind power reduces our use of . . .

(Education • Environment • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old City Hall

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, Mexico.
Antigua Presidencia Municipal Los primeros en habitar este territorio fueron los chichimecas, mismos que, a la llegada de la colonización, quedaron bajo la custodia de la Orden Jesuita para ser evangelizados. Los religiosos . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

General George W. Getty, U.S.A.

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Silver Spring, Maryland.
George Washington Getty was born in Washington, D.C. on October 2, 1819. He graduated from the U.S Military Academy in West Point in 1840 and served in Michigan at Fort Monroe, Virginia. He was a captain of artillery in the . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, Mexican-American • War, US Civil • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Today's Old Mill District

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Bend, Oregon.
The mills may be gone, but their legacy is apparent all around us. The lumber companies spurred Bend's growth and they helped a lot of folks raise their families in this area. Today we see evidence of Mill B every time we . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Journey of the Log to Lumber

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Bend, Oregon.
To supply the lumber mills with logs, entire mobile towns were created in the woods to house the men and their families who cut down the trees. The towns were movable camps conveyed by railroad cars. From 1916, these . . .

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

Chandler State Park

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near Lakeview, Oregon.
Having been among the early pioneers in this area, S.B. Chandler became one of the largest land owners in the vicinity during that era (1870 – 1930). He ran large amounts of sheep and also some cattle. At the peak of his . . .

(Agriculture • Parks & Recreational Areas • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Earthquake Lake Geologic Area

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West Yellowstone, Montana.
On August 17, 1959, this area was hit with the most devastating modern geologic disaster in the Rocky Mountains. An earthquake of a magnitude 7.5 on the Richter scale violently shook the earth, triggering a massive . . .

(Disasters • Environment • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Early Schools: Monell

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Islip, New York.
Site of 1884 Monell School NYS approved K-12 1897 "Finest school in the county" First in cty. to est. school bank plan / business courses

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

Passenger Coach No. 3780

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Duluth, Georgia.
This all-steel passenger coach was built for the Southern Railway System by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation in 1924. It has a seating capacity of 72. Withdrawn from service in 1959 for presentation by the Southern Railway . . .

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

Steam Locomotion at High Tide!

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Duluth, Georgia.
Steam Locomotion at High Tide! "Born of a railroad, Atlanta grew as its railroads grew." Margaret Mitchell in "Gone With The Wind." In March 1926, the 290, a Pacific type 4-6-2 steam passenger engine, was delivered to the . . .

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

Osborne Apartments

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New York, New York.
The Osborne Apartments, built from 1883-85 to designs by James E. Ware, survives today as one of New York's rare, early luxury apartment buildings, located just south of Central Park in one of the City's first apartment . . .

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

City Cemetery

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, Mexico.
Panteón Municipal Este panteón es uno de los lugares por los cuales Mineral de Pozos se ha ganado la reputación de pueblo fantasma, pues su ambiente desolado y su antigüedad expuesta en las distintas lápidas son elementos . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Somers Veterans Memorial

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Somers, Connecticut.
In Memory Of Those Who Served In The Defense And Protection of Their Country “They served in war that peace might reign. Let justice and truth that peace maintain.” ( plaques at the base ) Oliver Chapin Pvt Conn Militia . . .

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

Somers and Somersville Veterans Memorial

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Somers, Connecticut.
This Memorial Is Dedicated In Honor Of the Men and Women of Somers and Somersville, Who Served Their Country In the Armed Forces and Helped to Preserve Our Freedom and Democracy. Presented by the American Legion Buck – . . .

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

Battery Pratt

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near Hammond, Oregon.
The gun you see here at Battery Pratt is a replica of the 6-inch rifles that once were a part of the fort's artillery. Battery Pratt was named on behalf of Lt. James P. Pratt, who was killed during the Civil War. The two 6 . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Scitico Roll of Honor

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Somers, Connecticut.
Scitico Roll of Honor WW II Aleskwiz, Frank · Aleskwiz, John · Aleskwiz, Raymond · Brenick, George J. · Berry, Arthur C. · Chaput, Emery A. · Conlin, Charles · Conlin, Earl * · Conlin, Joseph · Conlin, Thomas · Conlon, . . .

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

The Hazardville Institute

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Enfield, Connecticut.
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(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hazardville Veterans Monument

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Enfield, Connecticut.
This Memorial Erected In Honor of the Men and Women Of Hazardville, Who Served Their Country in The Armed Forces Preserving Our Freedom and Our Way of Life During World War II

(War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

SFC Lawrence A. Dufraine

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Enfield, Connecticut.
This Flagpole Erected In Memory Of SFC Lawrence A. Dufraine May 27, 1968 — Aug. 1, 2004 Dedicated May 27, 2006 By His Family and Friends

(Military) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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