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Town of Woodstock War Memorials

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Woodstock, Connecticut.
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(War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Palisades Historic District

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Palisades, New York.
Lockhart Patent Protected by the Town of Orangetown local law Est. 1968

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wolsey: A Crossroad of the Heartland / Wolsey Notables

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Wolsey, South Dakota.
Wolsey: A Crossroad of the Heartland Wolsey has been a crossroad of the heartland of South Dakota from its beginnings. In 1880 the Dakota Central Railway, a subsidiary of the Chicago & North Western, laid track following a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons • Notable Places • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

W. Glenn Sloan

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Huron, South Dakota.
While with the Bureau of Reclamation, Glenn Sloan saw the possibility of using mountain water from the Missouri River to develop irrigation in the James River Valley. His vision and determination made possible the broadened . . .

(Agriculture • Natural Resources • Notable Persons • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of the World's Largest Pheasant

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Huron, South Dakota.
The World's Largest Pheasant spans 40 feet in length, stands 28 feet tall, and weighs 22 tons. It was dedicated on October 18, 1959. Sculptor RF Jacobs of Gooding, Idaho completed the project in 4 ½ months, costing $23,000 . . .

(Animals • Man-Made Features • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Couse Hardware

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De Smet, South Dakota.
Edward H. Couse purchased this lot and the original store building on it from Charles P. Ingalls. By 1885 Couse had succeeded well enough with his hardware business to expand his operation and replace his original wood . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

De Smet Forest / De Smet

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De Smet, South Dakota.
De Smet Forest Half mile South East of De Smet De Smet Forest was established by the South Dakota Fish, Game and Parks Department in 1946 and is one of hundreds of small roadside parks now existent or planned along South . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Edgemont: Where the Trail Begins

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Edgemont, South Dakota.
Welcome to Edgemont, the beginning of the Burlington Northern George S. Mickelson Trail! This winding trail follows the abandoned Burlington Northern Railroad route 114 miles through the heart of the Black Hills and ends at . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hyde County Courthouse South Dakota

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Highmore, South Dakota.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tappan Historic District

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Tappan, New York.
Tappan Patent Protected by the Town of Orangetown local law Est. 1965

(Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kingsbury County Courthouse

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De Smet, South Dakota.
Kingsbury County was created and organized on February 2, 1880. It was named for George W. and T. A. Kingsbury, prominent brothers in territorial affairs. De Smet was platted in 1880. On November 2, of that year, De Smet was . . .

(Government) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Capshaw School

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Cookeville, Tennessee.
Founded in 1939, Capshaw School was part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal Program. Named in honor of Cookeville attorney and co-founder of Dixie College Robert Byrd Capshaw, the land that the school sits on, was once . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

“Legend of the Mothman”

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
On a chilly, fall night in November 1966, two young couples drove into the TNT area north of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, when they realized they were not alone. What they saw that night has evolved into one of the great . . .

(20th Century • Entertainment • Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

J.B.Hickok

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Deadwood, South Dakota.
Died Aug 2, 1876 by pistol Shot Aged 39 years Custer was lonely without him Erected by J. H. Riordan of N.Y. 1891

(Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

An Old Jail - 1888

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Hot Springs, South Dakota.
Nobody suspected that this old jail existed until it was found within the walls of a frame house on 332 South Chicago Street, Hot Springs. The old residence was being taken down for salvage. Although it’s earliest history is . . .

(Law Enforcement • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Purple Heart Memorial Highway

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Wasta, South Dakota.
On May 24, 2012, the South Dakota DOT's Transportation Commission officially declared Interstate 90 from the Minnesota border to the Wyoming border as South Dakota's segment of the National Purple Heart Trail. The Purple . . .

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

Nyborg Stjerneskanse / Nyborg's Star Redoubt

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, Denmark.
Nyborg Stjerneskanse står efter mange års glemsel og forfald igen synlig i det østfynske landskab. Skansen vidner om århundreders behov for at sikre de danske farvande og beskytte tandoverfarten på tværs af det danske rige. . . .

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

Coronel José Rafael Polo

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, Mexico.
A la memoria del Coronel Insurgente Jose Rafael Polo a quien Polotitlan debe su nombre Comandante militar de caballería y defensor de Zitacuaro, instalo con sus hermanos Jose Trinidad y Manuel (1812) un fuerte con su . . .

(Colonial Era • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Flensborghus

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, Germany.
(Danish:) Opført 1724/25 af bygmester Händel med Francke-stiftelsen i Halle som forbillede. Bygget af sten fra Duborg Slots ruin med kongelig tilladelse. Var købmandsbolig vajsenhus, kaserne, tugthus og hotel. Siden 1920 . . .

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

The Cross of Polotitlán

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, Mexico.
La cruz que santifica este lugar fue rescatada de la incuria y el olvido en que se hallaba, en el viejo panteón de este pueblo, en la cripta familiar mandada edificar por el Sr. Juan Bautista Blanco, en 1867. El Parroco y el . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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