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Grjógata 4

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Einar Pálsson snikkari byggði þetta hús árið 1896. Á árunum 1900 til 1920 var Stefán Eiríksson „hinn oddhagi" með teiknistofu og verkstæði í kjallara hússins. Margir smiðir og listamenn lærðu hjá honum og skipar húsið sér . . .

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

Engine House Number One / Neptune Engine No. 1

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Toledo, Ohio.
(Engine House Number One – marker side 1) Toledo's first fire station was built in November 1837 one city block due north of this site at the southwest corner of Cherry Street and Eagle Lane at 519 Cherry on what is now the . . .

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Blade

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Toledo, Ohio.
(marker side 1) The Toledo Blade is the city's oldest continuing business. The newspaper was first published on December 19, 1835, during the Ohio-Michigan boundary dispute known as the "Toledo War." The name is derived from . . .

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

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church

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near Falls City, Texas.
The second Polish colony in Karnes County, the village in this area grew out of a small settlement known as St. Joe and was formally established in 1873. At times the priest at Panna Maria would conduct services at St. . . .

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

El Fuerte del Cibolo

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near Falls City, Texas.
Near this site (about 2.5 mi. N on Cibolo Creek) stood the 18th-century Spanish fort of El Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cibolo, usually called El Fuerte del Cibolo or El Cibolo. Built to protect the many Spanish ranches between . . .

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

Royal Exchange Forecourt

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( plaque on the left ) Royal Exchange Forecourt This landscaped forecourt to the Royal Exchange was opened by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Mayor Sir Alan Traill G.B.E., M.A., D.Mus. on the 10th April 1985 Leonard W.E. Groome C. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stocks Market

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, United Kingdom.
Adjoining this spot stood the Stocks Market 1282 — 1737

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

The Samaritans

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, United Kingdom.
In St. Stephen Walbrook on 2 November 1953 The Samaritans were founded by Dr. Chad Varah Rector 1953 - 2003

(Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tallow Chandlers Hall

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, United Kingdom.
Tallow Chandlers Hall The Company Has Occupied This Site Since 1476

(Labor Unions) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Worshipful Company of Innholders

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, United Kingdom.
29 & 30 College Street Presented to the Worshipful Company of Innholders by Walter Daniel Cronin Master 1920 – 21 & John Wylde Renter Warden 1920 – 21 This Building Was Erected by the Company in 1958 Bryan N. Gibbs M.B.E. . . .

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Whittington Garden

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, United Kingdom.
Welcome to Whittington Garden This garden was named in honour of one of the City's best known Lord Mayors who was buried in 1423 in the nearby church of St Michael Paternoster Royal which he had rebuilt in 1409 at his own . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dawson's Georgia Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. Georgia T.H.Dawson's Battery. Lieutenant R.W. Anderson. Brown's Brigade. Stewart's Division. 11:30 A.M., September 20, 1863.

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

Dawson's Georgia Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Dawson's Georgia Battery. 2 Napoleons; 2 12 Pounder Howitzers. Brown's Brigade, Stewart's Division, Buckner's Corps. September 20, 1863. 1st Lieutenant R.W. Anderson, Commanding. 2d Lieutenant Henry S. Graves. 2d Lieutenant . . .

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

Bingham Park

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Hawley, Pennsylvania.
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(Charity & Public Work • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brown's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Brown's Brigade. Stewart's Division - Buckner's Corps. Brigadier General John C. Brown. Colonel Edmund C. Cook. September 20, 1863, 11 A.M., 1st Position 18th Tennessee - Lieutenant Colonel William R. Butler. Captain Gideon . . .

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

Brown's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Brown's Brigade. Stewart's Division - Buckner's Corps. Brigadier General John C. Brown. September 20, 1863, 10 A.M., 1st Position 18th Tennessee - Captain Gideon H. Lowe. 26th Tennessee - Major Richard M. Saffell. 32d . . .

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

Elmwood

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Springfield, Kentucky.
Built in 1851, by Wm. S. Davison, son of the town's first merchant. Typical Italianate style employed by Blue Grass architect Lewinski. Purchased by Hugh McElroy, 1858. In early Oct., 1862, Union forces moved through . . .

(Architecture • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Texas Centennial Exposition

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Dallas, Texas.
As plans began to take shape for the Centennial celebration of Texas Independence, a group of Dallas businessmen led by R.L. Thornton, Sr., Fred Florence, and Nathan Adams, joined together to promote the city as the host of . . .

(Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gugel Bridge

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near Frankenmuth, Michigan.
While W. Chritian Gugel (1874-1930) was the treasurer of Saginaw County (1915-1920), he used his influence to ensure that the Dixie Hwy. Bridge was moved to span the Cass River at the Beyer Rd. location near his farm. . . .

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An Agreement Between Cultures

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Custer, South Dakota.
Cultural conflicts erupted across the western Great Plains during the 1860s. Expanding railroads and frontier posts located in traditional hunting grounds impacted the various tribes in the northern plains. Restrictions on . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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