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Tulip

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Tulip, Arkansas.
Tulip was settled in 1838 by Moses Overton. Making it the oldest community in Dallas County. Prominent settlers were Tyre H. Brown, Gen. Nathaniel G. Smith, Col. Maurice Smith and Judge Willis L. Somervell. Tulip missed . . .

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

Turchin's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Turchin's Brigade. Reynolds' Division - Thomas' Corps. Brigadier General John B. Turchin. 1st Position. 18th Kentucky - Colonel Hubbard K. Milward. 11th Ohio - Colonel Philander P. Lane. 36th Ohio - Colonel William G. Jones. . . .

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

The York Water Company

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York, Pennsylvania.
In 1816, members of the York community came together and formed this company to protect the town from fire and to provide a clean, reliable supply of drinking water. This early example of a public – private partnership is . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

100th Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Illinois 100th Infantry. Buell's Brigade. Advancing to the front, 10:30 A.M. September 20, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Turchin's Brigade (Detachment)

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Turchin's Brigade. Reynolds' Division - Thomas' Corps. September 20, 1863, 1:30 P.M. 92nd Ohio - Colonel Benjamin D. Fearing. 92nd Ohio - Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Putnam, Jr. 18th Kentucky - Colonel Hubbard K. Milward. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Battle at Marks' Mill

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near New Edinburg, Arkansas.
Early on the morning of April 25, the Confederates blocked the Pine Bluff Road near the Marks family home and mills. The first Union wagons arrived around 9:30 a.m. The Confederates shot the horses and driver of the lead . . .

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

Witnesses to War

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near New Edinburg, Arkansas.
So many horses and soldiers were killed that Salty Branch ran red with blood. In 1864, Camden was a large town on the Ouachita River, as was Pine Bluff on the Arkansas River. Moro Bay, to the south, was the largest cotton . . .

(Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oswego Landing

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Lake Oswego, Oregon.
In the early 19th century, the river landing at the mouth of Oswego Creek was a convenient camping place for explorers, fur traders, and pioneers. In the words of one old timer, it was "a stopping place, a sort of a relay . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Tulip School House

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Tulip, Arkansas.
Has been placed on the Arkansas Register of Historic Places by Arkansas Historic Preservation Program.

(Education • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Benjamin Disraeli

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, United Kingdom.
Here lived Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield From 1839 To 1873

(Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John Gilbert Winant

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, United Kingdom.
Greater London Council John Gilbert Winant 1889 – 1947 United States Ambassador 1941 – 1946 lived here

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

Animals In War

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, United Kingdom.
This monument is dedicated to all the animals that served and died alongside British and Allied Forces in wars and campaigns throughout time They had no choice Many and various animals were employed to support British and . . .

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

Swept Away

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near Weott, California.
Better Beginnings You are standing on the site of the historic town of Dyerville. In the late 19th century, timber gave rise to a booming community that served outposts and lumber camps up and down the Eel River. Dyerville . . .

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

Columbia County Courthouse

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Magnolia, Arkansas.
Third courthouse on this site. Bid for construction of a new courthouse was let in 1905 for $58,631. Designed by W.S. Hull and built of blond brick with stone detailing, it is considered an example of second renaissance . . .

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

Kooskia Crossing Kiosk

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Kooskia, Idaho.
(Four historical panels are located at the kiosk:) The Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark expedition known as the Corps of Discovery, passed through this area in September and October of 1805, on its way to . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Vietnam War Memorial

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Hauppauge, New York.
Dedicated to the men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during the Vietnam War 1961-1975 Longest War In U.S. History

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

Lone Star Canal

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Anahuac, Texas.
Berriman Richard Garland (1840-1918), a native of Indiana, saw the need for fresh water for rice crops in east Chambers County. Garland and A. L. Williams began in 1902 acquiring land and constructing this irrigation canal. . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A History of Mount Street Gardens

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, United Kingdom.
Mount Street Gardens was first laid out as a public garden in 1889-90 on the site of a former burial ground belonging to the parish of St. George Hanover Square. Mount Street takes its name from Mount Field, which included . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Dr. N.T. Schilling Medical Office

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Anahuac, Texas.
Nicholas T. Schilling, born in Bavaria on Nov. 28, 1845, came as a small child with his parents to the United States. He served in the Civil War (1861-65) as a youthful volunteer in the Maryland cavalry. In 1872, he received . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Crown

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, United Kingdom.
The Crown sits on the site of one of the most well known and popular concert halls, The Hickford Rooms. During the first half of the 18th Century it was the most prestigious music hall in London. One notable concert of its . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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