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Old Niblett's Bluff, C.S.A.

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Orange, Texas.
On high point SE, across the Sabine in Louisiana. Busiest East Texas port of entry in the Civil War. Target for enemy movements west across Louisiana repeatedly in 1862-64. Confederate defense post. Supply depot to support . . .

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

Pineville #3

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Pineville, Louisiana.
Farmers from the north side of the Red River parked their wagons at Jessie Johnston's General Merchandise and Wagon Lot before they caught the ferry to Alexandria. 1905: Albert Rush and Jesse M. Kees purchased the store and . . .

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

City Of Alexandria Post Des Rapides

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Alexandria, Louisiana.
The site for the City of Alexandria was first surveyed by Samuel Levi Wells, II on the land belonging to Alexander Fulton. The city was platted into 81 squares by Frederick Walther for Fulton on February 1, 1805. In 1807, . . .

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

The Arkansas

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Jonesboro, Arkansas.
This is the 16,000 pound anchor off the bow of the nuclear powered guided missile cruiser USS Arkansas, CGN-41. This anchor was placed here in grateful memory of those who served aboard her. Four ships of the United States . . .

(War, Mexican-American • War, World I • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Atakapan Indians of Orange County

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Orange, Texas.
The Atakapan Indians, a tribe associated with southeastern U. S. bands, lived in this area for centuries. Studies have suggested their presence covered a large region of southeast Texas. Their name comes from the Choctaw . . .

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

Sir John George Melvin Compton

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, Saint Lucia.
The Right Honorable Sir John George Melvin Compton Saint Lucia’s First Primer Minister & Champion of Caribbean Integration 1925-2007

(Colonial Era • Politics) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oakland Grove (Old Austin)

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Austin, Arkansas.
In 1807, citizens of Crystal Hill built a road to connect Cadron and Arkansas Post. From Cadron the road was built almost due east and continued until they reached the Wattensaw. At the Wattensaw swamps they found an Indian . . .

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

White County Court House

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Searcy, Arkansas.
In 1837, two years after the creation of White County, the site of the town of Searcy was laid off as the permanent seat of justice of the county.

(Government • Political Subdivisions) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Down The Ohio

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Georgetown, Pennsylvania.
As Lewis wrote in his journal, "The Perogue was loaded as his (has) been my practice since I left Pittsburgh....an hour after we had got under way....found she had sprung a leek and had nearly filled; as her load consisting . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Professional Sportsman

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.
[Center inset quote reads] "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." King Gustav V of Sweden Legend has made a tragic figure of Jim Thorpe, blighted by his Olympic heartbreak, but in fact, after the initial shock . . .

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

Georgetown Veterans Memorial

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Georgetown, Pennsylvania.
Revolution Veterans War of 1812 Civil War Spanish American War WWI WWII Korea Vietnam Gulf War Peace Time Veterans

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

White County Vietnam Memorial

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Searcy, Arkansas.
Dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice, and in honor of all the men and women who served their country in a time of need. Killed in Action Dean, Lawrence C. Latimer, Wilbur D. Marsh, Clark L. Solomon, Douglas E. . . .

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

White County Confederate Monument

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Searcy, Arkansas.
Erected to the memory of the Confederate Soldiers of White County by Public Conscription 1917.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brother Against Brother

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Jacksonville, Arkansas.
Missouri, a border state, never seceded from the Union but her people were nevertheless divided and tens of thousands of Missourians wore both blue and gray between 1861 and 1865. Missouri is credited with supplying 109,111 . . .

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

Cooperage

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, Saint Lucia.
Cooperage 1778 In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries British warships, transports and supply ships came and went in Gros Islet Bay and were refitted and resupplied at Pigeon Island. Barrels were the . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Bells of Gros Islet

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, Saint Lucia.
This stone was laid by his Grace Archbishop Kelvin Felix D.D. 16th December 1993, to commemorate the centenary of the blessing of these bells by Archbishop Flood. In faith and celebration this new belfry was built by the . . .

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

South Abington Township World War II Memorial

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Chinchilla, Pennsylvania.
This stone and tablet dedicated by the people of this community in honor of the men and women of South Abington Township who served in the Armed Forces of our country in World War II [Died in service] William Baker • Ira . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First "Talkies"

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed in the 1980s.

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Hospital

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Memphis, Tennessee.
The Woolen Building was built with bricks made on-site in the 1840s. Federal troops later used its basement as a hospital during the Civil War. It is the oldest commercial building in Memphis.

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

Second Battle of Fair Oaks

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Henrico, Virginia.
Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant ordered an assault here on 27 Oct. 1864 to divert Confederate attention from a Union attack near Petersburg. Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, Union commander outside Richmond, aspired to outflank the . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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