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Lehigh Gorge State Park

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near Weatherly, Pennsylvania.
Welcome to Lehigh Gorge State Park. This 4,548-acre park stretches 32 miles along the Lehigh River from the Francis E. Walter Dam in the north to Jim Thorpe in the south. Carved by the power of the Lehigh River, the park's . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monocacy Creek and Johnston Park

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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
”Every municipality is morally bound to furnish to its inhabitants an abundant supply of pure water, and a well-drained soil... " Archibald Johnston First Mayor of the unified City of Bethlehem Monocacy Creek is exceptional . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Notable Places • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hurricane of 1928 Mass Burial Site

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West Palm Beach, Florida.
On September 16, 1928, a hurricane came ashore near the Jupiter lighthouse and traveled west across Palm Beach County to Lake Okeechobee. This deadly hurricane destroyed hundreds of buildings and left millions of dollars in . . .

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

B-26 Martin Marauder

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Dayton, Ohio.
B-26 Martin Marauder ( right side ) Isolating the Battlefield The B-26 Marauder, developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was first delivered to the Air Corps in February 1941. Its high landing speed made it the . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Combat Skyspot

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Dayton, Ohio.
Combat Skyspot “Ground Directed Bombing” This memorial is dedicated to the many men of the 1st Combat Evaluation Group who operated these radar sites. “I heard the voice of the Lord saying, whom shall I send, and who will go . . .

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

The Miguel Hidalgo Civic Plaza

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Plaza Cívica Miguel Hidalgo Este espacio público ha sido testigo del devenir de Salamanca durante muchos años. Originalmente fue el área del atrio del convento, en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX sirvió como Jardín de la . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Early Ephesos

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, Turkey.
English Text: The earliest traces of human settlement found so far in the region of Ephesos were discovered on Çukuriçi Höyük and reach back into the early Chalcolithic period (late 7th millennium). At the latest since the . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Augustinian Ex-Convent of San Juan de Sahagún

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, Mexico.
Ex Convento Agustino de San Juan de Sahagún Este recinto conventual es fundado el 26 de Mayo en 1615, por el P. Fray Juan de San Nicolás, fue construido casi a lo largo de siglo y medio de 1642 a 1782, por lo que sus . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Temple of Saint Augustine

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, Mexico.
Templo de San Agustín “Relicario Virreinal de América” Este recinto religioso, dedicado a San Juan de Sahagún, es conocido popularmente como el templo o rectoría de San Agustín. Fue construido del 1 mayo de 1642 al 6 de . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Suffrage Study Club

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Babylon, New York.
Local branch organized in 1912 at Alhambra Theatre to debate, discuss and support women's state and national voting rights.

(Civil Rights • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Naomi W. Griffiths

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Amityville, New York.
First Amityville suffrage club president, formed 1914. Held local meetings and socials supporting working rights for women.

(Civil Rights • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Lady with the Torch"

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Islip, New York.
Louisine W. Havemeyer 1855-1929 Suffragist, feminist, philanthropist wife of Bayberry Point developer, H.O. Havemeyer Financed and actively campaigned for woman's right to vote in New York

(Civil Rights • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Hellenistic Erhesos

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, Turkey.
In the Hellenistic period the cityscape of Ephesos underwent a fundamental transformation. During the wars of the Diadochoi after the death of Alexander the Great the city was incorporated after 300 B.C. into the kingdom of . . .

(Forts, Castles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

29th Infantry Division

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Fort Benning, Georgia.
Front ? Normandy ? Northern France ? Rhineland ? Central Europe ————————— Battle Casualties 20,327 Killed, Wounded and Missing ————————— Battle Honors Assault Arrowhead Normandy 5 Presidential Unit Citations French Croix . . .

(War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tucson

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Tucson, Arizona.
Tucson, one of the oldest towns in the United States, was originally developed as a Hohokam Indian Village called Stook-zone, meaning water at the foot of black mountain. Spanish settlers arrived in the Tucson area in 1776, . . .

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

Glenfiddich House

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Leesburg, Virginia.
This property has been placed on the National Register Of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior Circa 1840

(Communications • Notable Buildings • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boxwood Plantation

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near Trinity, Alabama.
(side 1) This small dwelling is the last reminder of "Boxwood" plantation, the home of the Elliot family, and later of the Nevilles. Built-in 1854 of slave-made brick and occupied by the household servants it is one of the . . .

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

Cairo, Illinois

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Cairo's position at the confluence of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio made it an important river and rail junction in the steamboat era. Changes in America's shipping patterns reduced its role in the 20th Century but it . . .

(Exploration • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Island No. 5 (Wolf Island)/Belmont, Missouri/Columbus, Kentucky

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Memphis, Tennessee.
A) Island No. 5 (Wolf Island) Mile 933.0 AHP Kentucky and Missouri fought all the way to the U. S. Supreme Court for possession of Wolf Island. Missouri’s attorneys presented an array of old maps and nav ligation charts that . . .

(War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Donaldson Point, Missouri/Island No. 8/Hickman, Kentucky/Dorena Crevasse

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Memphis, Tennessee.
A) Donaldson Point, Missouri Mile 905.3 AHP Union forces dug a canal across Donaldson Point in 1862 hoping to use it to bypass Confederate batteries at Island No. 10. The canal proved to be too shallow, but the rebels . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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