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Jagel Slough

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near Mountain View, California.
One mile north-west of this plaque lies Jagel Slough, named for the Jagel Family, who were hay and grain farmers in the area. It is believed Ozymandias P. Jagel, who settled here (1859), set up a still to carry on an illegal . . .

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

First Methodist Church of Eldorado

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Eldorado, Texas.
Established in July 1901, this congregation was the first church organized in the new town of Eldorado. Early services were held in Brush Arbors or in the local school building. In 1903 the church erected its first sanctuary . . .

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

Schleicher County Courthouse

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Eldorado, Texas.
Constructed in 1923-24, this courthouse replaced an earlier building on this site which burned in 1917. Designed by noted architect Henry T. Phelps of San Antonio, the 3-story Classical Revival structure features four . . .

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

Captain Gustav Schleicher

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Eldorado, Texas.
County named for Texas Confederate Captain Gustav Schleicher 1823 — 1879 Chief purchasing agent, army engineer Department for Southern Armies West Mississippi. Bought desperately needed intrenching tool, iron, steel, lead . . .

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

First Baptist Church of Eldorado

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Eldorado, Texas.
This congregation was organized by 15 charter members on Sept. 1, 1901, and originally called the Eldorado Missionary Baptist Church. The day following its organization seven people, baptized in the South Concho River by the . . .

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

West Texas Woolen Mills

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Eldorado, Texas.
Introduced in this area in 1883, sheep existed in large numbers throughout the region by the 1930s. Prominent local banker Joseph B. Christian and his son, textile engineer Joe Muller Christian, erected this native stone . . .

(Agriculture • Animals • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bev McCormick

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Eldorado, Texas.
(Front Side) Bev McCormick 1st Class Private Co. M. 23rd Inf. 2nd Div. Killed in Argonne Forrest, France Nov. 2, 1918 (Back Side) Honor Erected by the citizens of Schleicher County In memory of Bev McCormick June 29, . . .

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

First National Bank Building

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Eldorado, Texas.
Local investors raised $30,000 in 1906 to form the First National Bank of Eldorado, Texas. Contractors Drew and Harvey used native limestone to construct this bank building in 1907. Its Renaissance Revival style features . . .

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

Town of Lecompte

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Lecompte, Louisiana.
Lecompte began as a trading post on land claimed by Pascogoula Biloxi Indian Tribes living along Bayou Boeuf. Two area men, Fulton and Miller, traded extensively with the Indians who became indebted to them. To pay the debt . . .

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

Smith's Landing

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Lecompte, Louisiana.
A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means of transportation for planters to get their . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Epps House

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Alexandria, Louisiana.
Constructed in 1852 for the Edwin Epps' family, this single story Creole cottage was originally located on Bayou Boeuf near Holmesville in Avoyelles Parish. Relocated to Bunkie, LA in 1976, the house was moved to the LSUA . . .

(African Americans • Antebellum South, US • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Creston World War II Memorial

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Grand Rapids, Michigan.
In Memoriam Erected 1943 in honor of all who sacrificed during World War No. II (Names not transcribed)

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

Allen Gipson

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St. Andrews, Tennessee.
Allan Gipson, a pioneer settler of Franklin County (1814), was a merchant, planter, and original benefactor to the University of the South. He dedicated a large tract to the Sewanee domain. Gipson served as a private in the . . .

(Education • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Cathedral Basilica of San Juan de los Lagos

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, Mexico.
Catedral Basilica Esta usted frente a una de iglesias más visitadas de México, “El Santuario de la Virgen de San Juan de los Lagos” Es el edificio más representativo del Municipio, sede de la Inmaculada Concepción La Virgen . . .

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

Alexander Fulton Park

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Alexandria, Louisiana.
Alexandria City Halls Alexandria's first city hall, built in 1860, was one of the few buildings not burned in 1864 when the town was razed by federal troops during the Civil War's Red River campaign. However, the building's . . .

(Government • Notable Buildings • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edwin Epps House

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Alexandria, Louisiana.
Completed in 1852 and owned by Edwin Epps, a former overseer of Oakland Plantation, the Edwin Epps House is located where LSU Alexandria stands today. This single story Creole cottage was originally built on Bayou Boeuf near . . .

(African Americans • Antebellum South, US • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Here, at 2023 G Street, N.W., in 1912, The George Washington University

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Foggy Bottom, District of Columbia.
Here, at 2023 G Street, N.W., in 1912, The George Washington University relocated from its H Street, N.W., location. All administrative offices, the library and lecture halls, except for the Law and Medical Schools, were . . .

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

Edison Park World War I Memorial

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Chicago, Illinois.
Erected by the citizens of Edison Park in honor of our boys who served in the Army and Navy of the USA during the World War. Edison Park Honor Roll World War (Names not inscribed)

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of "Negro Burying Ground"

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
In colonial Portsmouth, segregation applied in death as in life. City officials approved a plan in 1705 that set aside this city block for a "Negro Burying Ground." It was close to town, but pushed to what was then its outer . . .

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Black Yankees and The Sea

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Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
People of African origin or descent have been part of Portsmouth since at least 1645. This waterfront was an entry port for enslaved people arriving in New Hampshire during the 1600s and 1700s. Ships brought black children . . .

(African Americans • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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