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Milford's Water Works Building

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Milford, Michigan.
Preserved here is the name stone from Milford's Water Works Building. The building stood near this site from 1895 until 1996. Here at the Water Works was a coal-fired boiler and steam-driven pumps that provided Milford its . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Würzburg Jewish Deportation Memorial

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, Germany.
In der Schrannenhalle an dieser Strasse wurde am 27. November 1941 die erste Deportation Würzburger u. Fränkischer Juden in die Vernichtungslager zusammengestellt Ihnen und allen Opfern des Nationalsozialismus gilt diese . . .

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

Church of the Visitation

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near Lott, Texas.
German natives who settled originally in Colorado County came here in 1879 looking for better land. Pleased with the soil and location, they brought their families and immediately purchased 100 acres for a church and school. . . .

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

Saving Men and Beasts

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near Waubay, South Dakota.
In 1935, when Waubay National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established, the country was in the midst of the Great Depression and a severe drought. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attacked the loss of jobs and the threat to . . .

(Animals • Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Transforming Communication: from Coast to Coast

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Corinne, Utah.
Not only did the Railroad Act of 1862 lay out a grand plan of connecting the continent by rail, but the legislation called for a communication transformation as well. A telegraph line was to be strung along the . . .

(Communications • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wood-Hubbell House

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Milford, Michigan.
This Greek Revival house was built as a home for John Wood, a woodworker. It was sold to Edwin Hubbell, grocer and meat market owner, in 1866. The second story on the west wing was added in 1874, the porch on the south side . . .

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

Welcome to Million Dollar View Scenic Byway

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Weston, Maine.
"A bold vision for America. To create a distinctive collection of American roads, their stories and treasured places." -Federal Highway Administration's vision for a National Scenic Byway program Scenic Byways wind through . . .

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

Rivers & Streams: Ancient Highways of the Wabanaki

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Weston, Maine.
Long before the Romans built their network of roads across Europe, Native Americans developed a vast natural network of canoe routes connecting the Atlantic to the great rivers, lakes, and forests of the lands we now call . . .

(Environment • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nellie Cunningham

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Canterbury, New Brunswick.
The ground for this court donated by Nellie Cunningham in memory of her parents William T. and Fannie Cunningham

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Canterbury, New Brunswick.
Honouring Our Heroic Dead 1914 - 1918 [World War I] Edwin Boyd • James Gould • Perley Graham Thomas Nicholson • Coburn Wright 1939 - 1945 [World War II] Reginald Chase • Claude Derrick • Samuel Dow Clifford Fox • Gerald . . .

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

Milford Rural Agricultural School

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Milford, Michigan.
The "Milford Rural Agricultural School" was the first building in Milford Township designed solely for high school pupils. It was built in 1926 and was located on the east side of Hickory Street between Detroit and Summit . . .

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

Antonio López de Santa Anna

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, Mexico.
En esta casa murió el general Dn. Antonio Lopez de Sta. Anna, 21 de Junio de 1876 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: In this house died General Antonio López de Santa Anna . . .

(Man-Made Features • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Café de Tacuba

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, Mexico.
Café de Tacuba. Este es uno de los restaurantes más antiguos de México. Fue fundadao en 1912 por Dionisio Mollinedo. Ciudad de México English translation: Café de Tacuba. This is one of the oldest restaurants in Mexico City. . . .

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

High Water Mark of 1629

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, Mexico.
Este viejo mascarón indica el nivel alcanzado por las aguas durante la peor inundación que ha sufrido la ciudad, la de 1629. Ciudad de México English translation: This old stone figure of a face indicates the high water mark . . .

(Colonial Era • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Calle de Motolinia

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, Mexico.
Este antiguo callejón era una calle de agua. Aquí atracaban las chalupas y barcazas para no interrumpir el tránsito de la Calle de las Canoas. Ciudad de México English translation: This ancient alleyway was once a waterway. . . .

(Colonial Era • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dagbladet Politiken / The Politiken Newspaper

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, Denmark.
I dette hus grundlagde Viggo Hørup, Herman Bing, og Edvard Brandes dagbladet Politiken 1. Oktober 1884 Her lå redaktionen indtil 1912 Opsat på 100-årsdagen i 1984 - (English translation:) In this building, on October . . .

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

Mariano Galván

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, Mexico.
En esta casa murió Don Mariano Galvan. editor del popular calendario de su nombre 28 de abril de 1876. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República. English translation: In this house died Mariano Galván, editor of . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Richard Wagner

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

Daniel Haymond Polsley

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
Born 1803 in Palatine, Polsley was a noted lawyer and publisher of the Western Transcript in Wellsburg until he moved to Mason County in 1845. A delegate to the Wheeling conventions, Polsley served in the Restored Government . . .

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

Chiputneticook Chain of Lakes

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Weston, Maine.
Looking East into New Brunswick: The International Boundary runs directly through East Grand Lake and the Chiputneticook Lakes below you. The deepest parts of the lakes define the border between the U.S. and Canada. . . .

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