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Timberman Brothers

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Alexandria, Virginia.
At the turn of the 20th century, Alexandria was home to at least a dozen pharmacies, two of them associated with the name Timberman. Charles Parke Custis Timberman and other brother John Elmer Winfield Timberman were born . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Restoration and Reconstruction

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near Menard, Texas.
Today little of the original presidio remains standing; mostly lower wall sections and footings. The sides of the entrance gate and other large hand carved stones are also believed to be original elements. In 1937 the Texas . . .

(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bastions of Defense

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near Menard, Texas.
The final stone construction of the bastions (projecting fortifications) was similar to the presidio construction. The temporary adobe structure created immediately upon arrival was replaced later with stone. However, unlike . . .

(Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Main Street's Origins

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Concord, New Hampshire.
Downtown Emerges Ever since Concord was first settled in 1726, Main Street has been its principal thoroughfare. The town's first plan shows an unnamed street that follows the same path as today's Main Street. The 1-1/2 mile . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Glasscock County Courthouse and Jail

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Garden City, Texas.
On May 9, 1893, a little over one month from the date of Glasscock County's formal organization, the first county commissioner's court issued bonds to erect a combination courthouse/jail building. L. T. Noyes of Houston, . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

America's First Irish Coffee

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San Francisco, California.
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(Entertainment • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Bush Family Home

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Midland, Texas.
George H.W. Bush, future President of the United States, moved to Texas in 1948 with his wife, Barbara, future First Lady, and their young son, George W., to begin work as an equipment clerk for the International Derrick & . . .

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

Sterling County

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Sterling City, Texas.
This prairie region split by the north Concho River is old Comanche, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Lipan, and Wichita hunting ground. Possibly it was crossed by six or so Spanish explorations between 1540 and 1654. In the 1860s and 70s, . . .

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

The First Birth Control Clinic

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, United Kingdom.
was opened by Dr. Marie Stopes in 1921 at Holloway and removed here in 1925

(Science & Medicine • Women) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sterling County Jail

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Sterling City, Texas.
This two-story jail building was constructed in 1912, twenty-one years after the organization of Sterling County. Built by the Southern Structural Steel Co., it is located on property deeded to the county by Mr. and Mrs. R. . . .

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

State Hotel – First State Bank

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Sterling City, Texas.
Directors of the First State Bank of Sterling City, the town's earliest financial institution, had this two-story brick commercial building constructed in 1910. It originally housed the State Hotel and the banking operation, . . .

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

Concord Clock

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Concord, New Hampshire.
Originally in the tower of the Board of Trade building at School and North Main Streets, the Concord Clock was manufactured by E. Howard Co., Boston, Massachusetts, and purchased in 1872 through public subscription. The cast . . .

(Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Samuel Morse

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, United Kingdom.


(Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The National Park Seminary

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Forest Glen, Maryland.
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(Architecture • Education • Science & Medicine • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In Memory of LTC Karen J. Wagner

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Forest Glen, Maryland.
Born February 22, 1961 Washington, DC A dedicated and loyal Army Medical Service Corps Officer Died September 11, 2001 At the Pentagon Serving her country during the Terrorist attacks of that Day Dedicated September 11, . . .

(Disasters • Patriots & Patriotism • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pierre Toussaint

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New York, New York.
Catholic Negro layman member of Old St. Peter’s parish for 66 years revered for his exemplary life and many works of Charity – This tablet affixed June 29 1953 by the John Boyle OReilly Committee for Interracial Justice

(African Americans • Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Deo Magno Aeterno

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

Natchez Civil Rights Movement - 1965 - Pivotal Year

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Natchez, Mississippi.
The National Guard patrolled St. Catherine Street on September 3, 1965, not long after the August 27 bombing that nearly killed George Metcalfe, president of the local chapter of the Natchez Association for the Advancement . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eastford

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Eastford, Connecticut.
Ancient Nipmuck Indian territory. The Old Connecticut Path, an Indian trail from Massachusetts used by early colonists, crossed the region. The families of John and Sarah Perry and of William Ward, Senior, first settled this . . .

(Native Americans • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brand New SW

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Southwest, District of Columbia.
The Hirshhorn joins with DC's dynamic art scene to pay tribute to the pioneering art practices of the 1980s. Washington-based artists No Kings Collective, NoMüNoMü, and SUPERWAXX created these branded graphic posters, which . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Hispanic Americans • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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