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Pennsylvania's Delaware & Hudson Canal Park at Lock 31

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near Hawley, Pennsylvania.
Locks raise and lower canal boats where the elevation of the land changes. The 972 feet elevation difference between Honesdale, PA on the left side of the blue diagram below, and Kingston, NY on the right side, is drawn . . .

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

Sandyville: The Town that Moved

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Sandyville, Ohio.
Sandyville was founded in 1815 by future State Senator Henry Laffer. In 1936, the 275 villagers learned that the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District planned to control regional flooding with the construction of 14 dams . . .

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

Daniels Farmhouse, D&H Canal Park at Lock 31 Towpath Trail and Riverside Trail

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Hawley, Pennsylvania.
This historic building dates to the early 1800s and was built using post and beam construction. In 1821 it was owned by Russell Daniels and was called the Daniels Farm. The Delaware & Hudson Canal was built directly behind . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bartolomé Gutiérrez

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, Mexico.
En esta casa nació en 1580 el beato Bartolomé Gutierrez. muerto en el Japon en 1632. 1632 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos English translation: In this house was born in 1580 the Blessed . . .

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

Gabriel Yermo

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, Mexico.
Aquí vivió Don Gabriel Yermo español que encabezó la asonada que derrocó al Virrey Iturrigarary en 1808. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República English translation: Here lived Gabriel Yermo, a Spaniard that . . .

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

Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Constructed in 1980 The Avco-Lycoming Metal Trades Center, a welding and metal trades instructional laboratory, is positioned at the northwest end of a pedestrian mall that runs south from West Third Street through the . . .

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Fort Stanton Medical Center

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Fort Stanton, New Mexico.
Established in Eighteen Hundred Fifty Five as a fort and cavalry post to control Geronimo’s Mescalero Apaches. Named after Captain Henry W. Stanton, First United States Dragoons, who was killed in action with the Indians. By . . .

(Forts, Castles • Science & Medicine • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington Hall

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Washington Hall Named in honor of General George Washington who participated in two expeditions launched from Carlisle Barracks against the French and Indians in the colonial period. Erected in 1884 as the Indian School . . .

(Education • Science & Medicine • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Murder of Joaquín Dongo

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, Mexico.
En esta casa fue asesinado Dn. Joaquin Dongo. 1789 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos English translation: In this house was murdered Joaquín Dongo in 1789. Catalogue of the Inspector General of . . .

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

Hager Lifelong Education Center

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Constructed in 1984 The Hager Lifelong Education Center is dedicated in honor of a former state legislator, who was a strong supporter of the institution when it was a community college. Following an extensive renovation, . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lucas County

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Toledo, Ohio.
Son of the Pioneers, born 1781. Recruited twenty Ohioans for duty in case of war with Spain over Louisiana Purchase. Brigadier General, 2nd. Brigade, 2nd. Division, Ohio Militia in War of 1812. Governor of Ohio 1832-36; . . .

(Notable Persons • Political Subdivisions • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Temple of Our Lady of the Pillar

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, Mexico.
Templo de Nuestra Señora del Pilar “La Enseñanza”. Oratorio del antiguo convento de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, dedicado a la enseñanza de niñas. La decoración interior es muestra notable del barroco en México. English . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Salt Warehouse

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West Point, Kentucky.
From 1796 until about 1860, a Salt Warehouse stood on this lot. Salt was manufactured near here, thus Salt River received its name.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

K&I Bank Building

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West Point, Kentucky.
This old bank building was erected around 1900 to house the old Kentucky and Indiana Bank. The Cumberland Telephone Company occupied the second floor.

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Embarcadero

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West Point, Kentucky.
The boat landing for West Point was known by its Spanish name of "Embarcadero". Flatboats would leave from here for New Orleans.

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

William McKinley Monument

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Toledo, Ohio.
(panel 1) William McKinley Born at Niles – Trumbull County, Ohio January Twenty-Ninth – Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Three Volunteer Soldier of the Rebellion Representative in Congress Twice Governor of Ohio Twice President of . . .

(Notable Persons • Patriots & Patriotism • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Legend of Tate's Hell

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Carrabelle, Florida.
Jebediah Tate was a superstitious farmer that lived northwest of Carrabelle in Sumatra Florida. His only son was born just before the war and he named him Cebe. Jebediah was a Civil War veteran, and his wife was half . . .

(Native Americans • Notable Persons • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Marvin N. Justiss Building

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Carrabelle, Florida.
Marvin N. Justiss was born November 16, 1898. He married Thelma Massey in Pensacola, Florida and moved to Carrabelle in 1929. They had one daughter, Virginia Justiss Sanborn. Marvin Justiss came to Carrabelle and began . . .

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

Harrisburg's Grand Review of Black Troops

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
The Grand Review for Union armies took place in Washington, D.C., in late May 1865. The veterans marched down Pennsylvania Avenue past President Andrew Johnson amid the cheers of thousands of grateful citizens. Conspicuously . . .

(African Americans • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Franklin Square

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Apalachicola, Florida.
Apalachicola’s layout was organized in the mid 1830s by the Apalachicola Land Company. The original plan, patterned after the City of Philadelphia, featured a one-mile square grid with a large central square and smaller . . .

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