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Old Oregon Trail - West Boise

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Boise, Idaho.
Between 1843 and 1869 over 300,000 emigrants fulfilled Americas's Manifest Destiny by voluntarily relocating to Oregon and California. Their nearly 2,000 mile journey along game trails long used by the early Native Americans . . .

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

Messages in the Rocks: Petroglyphs

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, Mexico.
Mensaje en las rocas: los petroglifos Los petroglifos se hacían retirando la capa superficial de la roca a través de golpes, cortes y pulido hechos con otra roca. Son uno de los rasgos distintivos de la cultura Xajay. En . . .

(Anthropology • Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Idaho's First Heroine - Madame Marie Dorion

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Caldwell, Idaho.
Madame Marie Dorion passed through Caldwell area in 1811 as the only female traveler in the Wilson Price Hunt Party on what would become a portion of the Oregon Trail through Southern Idaho. She would return to the area with . . .

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

Norman Mailer/Scarboro Hotel

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Long Branch, New Jersey.
Norman Mailer 1923-2007 The Scarboro Hotel 1882-1941 Corner of Ocean Avenue and South Bath Avenue The big news of the 1882 summer season in Long Branch was the construction of a grand hotel, the Scarboro, at the corner of . . .

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

Wesleyan Female College

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Brownsville, Tennessee.
On this site stood the Wesleyan Female College, started circa 1869. This institution offered courses in ancient and modern languages, instrumental music, vocal lessons and ornamental branches, with collegiate, academic and . . .

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

Route of the Settlers of Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California.
On February 2, 1781, a company of settlers recruited in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico, began a historic journey from Los Alamos, Sonora. These were Los Pobladores, whose mission was the founding of El Pueblo de . . .

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

Wadowice 12th Infantry Regiment War Memorial

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, Poland.
Bóg Honor Ojczyzna Żołnierzom 12 Pułku Piechoty ziemi wadowickiej i 12 P.P. Armii Krajowej 1918-1945 Poległym Pomordowanym zaginionym i zmarłym - Wadowicanie- - (English translation:) God, Honor, Fatherland For . . .

(War, World II • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tecozautla

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, Mexico.
Tecozautla (Valle verde esmeralda de Santiago de Tecozautla) Tecozautla es un pueblito donde todo es un primor donde van los pajaritos a formar nidos de amor con su olor a hierbabuena y sus rosales en flor aquí siempre es . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tarver's Ferry

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near Ore City, Texas.
Once located at a strategic crossing of Big Cypress Creek, this pioneer ferry transported settlers moving west into Texas through populous Jefferson, on Big Cypress Bayou. Those going to the interior of Texas often came by . . .

(Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Governor Parsons

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Corunna, Michigan.
Andrew Parsons was born in Hoosick, New York, in 1817. In 1836, he settled in Shiawassee County and at the age of nineteen was elected the first county clerk. After holding a number of county and state offices, Parsons in . . .

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

Delta County

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near Cooper, Texas.
Formed from Lamar and Hopkins Counties Created July 29, 1870 Organized October 6, 1870 The name describes its position and triangular shape Cooper, the county seat

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

George H. McDonald & Josie C. McDonald

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Sonora, Texas.
These Sutton County pioneers were married in Lampasas County in 1886 and came to Sonora in 1890 with their livestock. In 1895, they gave up ranching and moved into town, where they purchased the Wyatt Hotel located in the . . .

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

Downtown's Rich History

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South Haven, Michigan.
When South Haven became an incorporated town in 1869, it was a tiny but prosperous village with a bustling economy. Lake Michigan provided robust fishing, lumbering, shipping and fruit industries and the downtown business . . .

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

The Krier House

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Belgium, Wisconsin.
Sebastian "Bus" Krier, Lake Shore Stone Company foreman, lived on this scenic spot in a handsome two-story house with a magnificent view of Lake Michigan. This comfortable home presented quite a contrast to the small, . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Butterfield Stage Line

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Jacksboro, Texas.
Here ran the Southern Overland Mail Line connecting St. Louis and San Francisco with semi-weekly stage and mail service, 1858-1861 The length of the route, 2,795 miles, and the superior service maintained made this a pioneer . . .

(Communications • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilhelm Mill Water Wheel

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Monroe, Oregon.
This variable pitch water wheel was installed in the Long Tom River in 1906 to power the grain & flour machinery at the Adam Wilhelm Flour Mill. It also powered an electric generator that was later installed to provide . . .

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

Ojai City Jail

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Ojai, California.
The county built this jail in 1929. It housed over 650 inmates during its 50 years of use.

(Law Enforcement) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pomnik Nieznanemu Żołnierzowi / Unknown Soldier Monument

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, Poland.
(Vertical tablet:) Bóg Honor Ojczyzna (God, Honor, Fatherland) (horizontal tablet:) Nieznanemu Zolnierzowi (Unknown Soldier)

(War, World I • War, World II • Wars, Non-US) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dawna kanonia kapituły świętokrzyskiej / Canon's of the Holy Cross house

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, Poland.
Pierwsza kuria kanonicza powstala w XIV w. Dom frontowy przebudowano w 1599 r. (o czym swiadczy data umieszczona na portalu) i czesciowo po pozarze w 1791 r. (z wyjatkiem zachodniej oficyny, która zastapila nowa po stronie . . .

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

In Memory of These Revolutionary Soldiers

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Potosi, Missouri.
George Breckenridge – VA. James Bryan – VA. Miles Goforth – N.C. John Hawkins – N.C. Benjamin Harrison – VA. James Johnson– VA. Thomas Madden– VA. John Paul– VA. John Perry– PA. Daniel Phelps – CONN. Joseph Reyburn– VA. . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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