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Beate Uhse

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Hier lebte Beate Uhse von 1948 bis 1961 - (English translation:) Here lived Beate Uhse, from 1948 to 1961.

(Entertainment • Industry & Commerce • Women) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Centre Municipal de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Municipal Center

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Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec.
A l'occasion de l'inauguration officielle des travaux de rénovation du centre municipal de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, le conseil municipal tient à souligner le travail et le dévouement de tous les bénévoles qui ont contribué, de . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Government • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans of American Revolution Elected Governor of Kentucky

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Frankfort, Kentucky.
(marker side 1) Veterans of American Revolution Elected Governor of Kentucky Isaac Shelby, 1792-96, 1812-16; Col., Va. Militia James Garrard, 1796-1800, 1800-04; Col., Va. Militia Christopher Greenup, 1804-08; Col., Va. . . .

(Government • Notable Persons • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pulpit Rock Road

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Woodstock, Connecticut.
Just south of here, Pulpit Rock Road joins Old Hall Road briefly and then turns west as a mostly unpaved road. Not far beyond the turn stands Pulpit Rock. This part of the road formed a small segment of the Connecticut path, . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewis and Clark in Kentucky / Frankfort Newspapers

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Frankfort, Kentucky.
(marker side 1) Ky. newspapers were a major means of reporting news regarding the 1803-06 Lewis & Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean. Of special importance were the Frankfort papers The Palladium and The Western World. . . .

(Communications • Exploration • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Les Trois Berets / The Three Berets

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Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec.
[Bas relief of The Three Berets sculptors] Offert par les donateurs q'u Fonds d'acquisition d'œuvres d'art de Saint-Jean-Port-Joli 24 juin 1993 [English translation] Offered by the donors of the Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Art . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

North Woodstock Village Corners

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Woodstock, Connecticut.
The intersection of two turnpikes brought about the growth of this settlement known for many years as Village Corners. The Norwich and Woodstock Turnpike began in 1801 to carry traffic northward to the Massachusetts line. . . .

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

Susan C. Haile Gravesite

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near Kenesaw, Nebraska.
Susan C. Haile was born December 20, 1817, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was the youngest child of Joseph and Prudence (Bledsoe) Seawell, natives of Sumner County, Tennessee. Upon the death of Joseph in 1819, Prudence . . .

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

Lewis and Clark

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Pierre, South Dakota.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition, officially the Corps of Discovery, was in what is now South Dakota from August 21 to October 14, 1804 and from August 21 to September 4, 1806. While here they would make numerous discoveries . . .

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

California Trail -- Silent City of Rocks

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near Almo, Idaho.
"The gray granit rocks stand in pyramid monument & dome forms., here & there towering aloft. The road winds along between them. Emigrants names are written ... on these curious structures" -- Augustus Ripley Burbank, Aug 4, . . .

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

Wilhelm Mensinga

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Hier wirkte Dr. Med. Wilhelm Mensinga Geb. 1836, Gest. 1910 Wegbereiter für Geburtenkontrolle und Gesundheitsvorsorge - (English translation:) Here worked Dr. Wilhelm Mensinga, born 1836 - died 1910, a pioneer in birth . . .

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

Pinnacle Pass

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near Almo, Idaho.
After dinner a ride of 2 miles brought us to the outlet of this romantic vale, a very narrow pass, just wide enough for a wagon, and on either side very high, jagged. and thin walls of granite.... This is called the . . .

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

California Trail -- Pinnacle Pass

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near Almo, Idaho.
"A ride ... brought us to the outlet of this romantic vale, a very narrow pass - just wide enough for a wagon, and on either side very high, jagged and thin walls of granite ... called the 'Pinnacle Pass'" - J.G. Bruff, Aug . . .

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

Hans Christian Andersen at Vestergade 57-59

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, Denmark.
I denne ejendome havde den kentde odenseborger Christian Iversen (1748-1827) bogtrykkeri og redaktion for "Iversen's Fynske Avis". Det var her H.C. Andersen (1805-1875), som 14 årig henvendte sig til redaktør Iversen, for . . .

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Pierre

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Pierre, South Dakota.
Lewis and Clark and their men then spent September 21-29, 1804, in this area. Private John Colter camped and hunted on what is known today as Farm Island. Captain Clark dubbed La Framboise Island "Good Humored Island" as he . . .

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

Twin Sisters

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near Almo, Idaho.
They rise in a cone-like form from the bottom of the valley to a height of from 400 to 600 feet they are round and quite regular in form, tapering gradually to a point. -- Emigrant journal entry (Sawyer) describing the Twin . . .

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

Abington Meeting House

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Abington, Connecticut.
Abington Meeting House Erected 1751 Oldest Now Standing In Connecticut

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

Abington Congregational Meeting House

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Abington, Connecticut.
Abington Congregational Meeting House Built 1751 Placed on National Register of Historic Places September 19, 1977 By United States Department Of Interior

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Southbridge Honor Rolls

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Southbridge, Massachusetts.
Southbridge Honor Rolls (Names not transcribed)

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Passing Through

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near Almo, Idaho.
At City of Rocks we were met with all kinds of Christmas greeting ... we sat down to a Christmas dinner that only youth and vigor could do justice to.... Jim has erected a Christmas tree, and decorated it with cranberries . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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