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Brontosaur Bulges

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Golden, Colorado.
The downward bulges in the rock layers are most likely dinosaur tracks viewed in cross section. When dinosaurs walked in soft sand they sank in, pushing down and distorting the layers beneath their feet. The tracks later . . .

(Animals • Paleontology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. James Roman Catholic Parish

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Woodbridge, New Jersey.
St. James Roman Catholic Parish First mass, 1683 School opened, 1890 Church relocated from Upper Main Street, 1924 New church dedicated, 1968

(Churches & Religion • Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Marker

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Cruft’s Brigade. 12:30 to 3:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Town of Weston Honor Roll

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Weston, Maine.
Sheldon Barker • Michael Brewer • Alton Burns • Fred Butterfield, Jr. Ralph Butterfield • Clifford Carr • Ralph Crowell • Everett Daggett Raymond Darveau • Otis Davis • Emery Dwyer • Gene Dwyer Carroll Earle • Lawrence Earle . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)

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New York, New York.
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) From 1983 to 1988 renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat lived and worked here, a former stable owned by friend and mentor Andy Warhol. Basquiat's paintings and other work established notion of . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lock-Keepers

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Cabin John, Maryland.
A long blast on a tin horn followed by the boatman's shout of "Hey-ey-ey! Lock! Aw, Lock!" summoned the lock-keeper to duty. Lock-keepers were hired to "attend constantly and diligently by day and night," during the nine . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hearts Content Recreation Area

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near Tidioute, Pennsylvania.
A tiny piece of the past When the first European settlers came to this area of Pennsylvania, they encountered dense stands of huge timber. They cleared areas in these forests for their farms and used trees for building their . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery B, 1st Ohio Light Artillery. 4 James, 2 6 PDRS. Cruft’s Brigade, Palmer’s Division, Crittenden’s Corps. September 19, 1863. 1st Lieut. Norman A. Baldwin, Commanding. 2d Lieut. James H. Hill. 2d Lieut. David H. Troup. . . .

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

Site of Elizabeth Blackwell's Infirmary for Women and Children

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New York, New York.
Site of Elizabeth Blackwell's Infirmary for Women and Children In this building, the first female doctor in America, Elizabeth Blackwell, established the first hospital for, staffed, and run by women. The New York Infirmary . . .

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

29th Tennessee Infantry

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 29th Reg. Infty. Smith’s Brigade Cheatham’s Div. 1:30 P. M. Sept. 19, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tower Avenue Grindstones

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Ticonderoga, New York.
The grindstones lining this street were used by the early mills operating in the 1800’s. The mills were located in the entire area of the falls on the La Chute River. They were salvaged by Vincent Strebe and erected in 1978. . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 16th Reg. Infty. Wright’s Brigade Cheatham’s Div. 1:30 P. M. Sept. 19, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rivière de La Chute

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Ticonderoga, New York.
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(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

90th Ohio Infantry Regiment

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
90th, Regiment, Ohio Infantry Cruft’s Brigade. 12:30 to 4:30 P.M. September 19, 1863.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Way to the World

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Ticonderoga, New York.
The La Chute River supplied more than power for the mills. It also connected to Lake Champlain and the wider world. People and goods traveled much more easily by water than by land, so the corridor formed by Lake Champlain, . . .

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

Weston & Danforth's architecture

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near Weston, Maine.
Rural Weston, once home to classic farms: Big house, little house, outhouse, barn. In this sparsely-populated town of several hundred, look for a few remaining farms perched amidst fields slowly returning to forest. Local . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Copenhagen Business School

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, Denmark.
Copenhagen Business School (CBS) tidligere Handelshøjskolen, blev etableret i 1917 på initiativ af Danish Society for Education and Business, tidligere FUHU Foreningen til Unge Handelsmænds Uddannelse CBS' aktiviteter . . .

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

The "sleeping giant" view of Mount Katahdin

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Weston, Maine.
For many Wabanaki people, Mount K'taadn (Ktotonuk) is a profoundly spiritual place. From around the campfire, you might hear tales of Pamola and Glooskap. Some folks imagine that Katahdin's ridges form the shape of a resting . . .

(Environment • Native Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Calle Guatemuz

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, Mexico.
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(Roads & Vehicles • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Museumshuset / Museum Building

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, Denmark.
Bygningen blev opfort i 1871 med Christian Hansen (1803-83) som arkitekt. Formålet var helt frem til 1965 at huse universitetets zoologiske museum. Derefter blev den i nogle år anvendt til undervisning. Bygningen blev . . .

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