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Francisco de Miranda

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Lived in this house between 1803 And 1810. Born In Caracas, Venezuela, he was whe forerunner of the independence of the republics of Latin America. Here he met in 1810 The Liberator Simon Bolivar. Vivio en esta casa entre . . .

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

Dobbins Lane

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
This type of medina cut-stone block pavement was used on Erie streets in the eighteen hundreds before either asphalt or concrete.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First United Methodist Church of Houston

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Houston, Texas.
The foundation of Methodism in Houston began in 1837, when missionaries Martin Ruter and Littleton Fowler established a Sunday School Society. On April 14, 1839, the Rev. Jesse Hord received 14 members by transfer of letter, . . .

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

Viewing the Old Man

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Franconia, New Hampshire.
These seven large rods are an interactive sculpture that honors the Old Man of the Mountain, the celebrated profile that collapsed due to natural forces sometime in the night on May 3, 2003. You are in the same spot where . . .

(Landmarks • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The '89er Trail: The Boomers

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Captain David Payne and his Boomers defied federal authorities to attempt settlement in the Unassigned Lands. From the 1830s onward, most of present-day Oklahoma was reserved for Native Americans who had been forcibly . . .

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

A Disastrous Year

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Ilwaco, Washington.
Sailing a ship into the narrow channel at the mouth of the Columbia River was always dangerous and often deadly. Sailing ships would frequently be forced to wait for days and sometimes weeks for the weather to be right to . . .

(Disasters • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ezekiel Walker - Revolutionary War Soldier

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Fairfield, Ohio.
Sergeant • Northern Continental Army Captain James Osgood’s Company of Rangers enlisted July 15, 1775 born February 22, 1745, in Rumsford, NH died July 22, 1823 in Butler Co., OH marker placed by John Reily Chapter, NSDAR . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Original Turnpike Road Construction

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Bedford, Pennsylvania.
Modern road construction methods have evolved utilizing multiple sub grade & substrate layers of compacted earth, crushed stone, concrete, asphalt and can measure up to 36" in depth creating a stable smooth driving surface. . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Erie County Korean War Memorial

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
[Front:] Freedom is not Free 1950 Korea 1953 [Back:] The Forgotten War Remembered Korean Service Korea

(War, Korean) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Meet Erie's New Americans

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
Iraq The Republic of Iraq is home to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The region between these rivers, historically known as Mesopotamia, is considered to be the cradle of civilization of Western society. In 2003 the United . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, 2nd Iraq • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oliver Hazard Perry

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
Oliver Hazard Perry "We have met the enemy and they are ours Dedicated to the Pennsylvanians who built and served aboard Perry's Erie-based ships for the decisive Battle of Lake Erie September 10, 1813 Erected August 23, . . .

(War of 1812 • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edison Fountain

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
The Edison Electric Fountain was dedicated on Tuesday October 22, 1929 as part of the Erie observance of the fiftieth anniversary of Thomas A. Edison's discovery of the incandescent light. The fountain was conceived by . . .

(Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Perry Square

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
Perry Square was originally part of the plan for the City of Erie which was laid out in 1795 by famed federal surveyor Andrew Ellicott, the same man who took over the plan for completing Washington D.C. The area now occupied . . .

(Architecture • Disasters • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dedicated to Those Who Served in the World War

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to ?those who served? in the World War Erected by Service Star Legion No.1 M.O.D.

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

In Memory of Those Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice in the World War

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
In memory of those who paid the ? Supreme Sacrifice ? in the World War Erected by Service Star Legion No.1 M.O.D.

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

Flag Display

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Erie, Pennsylvania.
Flag display donated in honor of the patriotic determination and valor of Lt. Col. Stephen John Manzek USAF WWII-POW-Korea-Vietnam-DFC PFC Edwin John Wagner 104th Inf. US Army WWII France-Belgium-Holland-Germany Missions . . .

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

The Historic National Road

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Myersville, Maryland.
parallels Interstate 70, connecting western settlements across the Appalachian Mountains with eastern ports since 1806.

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Underground Railroad

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Myersville, Maryland.
Freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad crossed the Potomac River and traveled north through these mountains to reach freedom's border—the Mason and Dixon Line.

(Abolition & Underground RR) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington County

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Myersville, Maryland.
Washington County features 24 graceful stone-arch bridges. Burnside Bridge was a major site of Civil War action.

(Bridges & Viaducts • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battle of Antietam

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Myersville, Maryland.
The Battle of Antietam, fought fourteen miles from here on September 17, 1862, was a pivotal Union victory, encouraging President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

(Abolition & Underground RR • Politics • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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