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Snake River Canyon Gold Rush

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Kimberly, Idaho.
Gold was discovered in 1869 below Shoshone Falls. During the summer of 1870, hundreds of prospectors entered the canyon searching the rocky slopes and sand bars for the very fine particles of gold called "flour gold". Three . . .

(Asian Americans • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Teatro Iturbide

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo el Teatro Iturbide, construido por Don Antonio Arbeu. 1856 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: Here was the Iturbide Theater constructed by Antonio Arbeu in . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Before there were potatoes, there was GOLD

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near Kimberly, Idaho.
During the 1860s and 1870s, this area was home to hundreds of miners who came seeking their fortunes in gold. Towns and mining camps with hotels and other businesses sprung up to accommodate them. Miners removed the precious . . .

(Asian Americans • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hospital del Divino Salvador

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, Mexico.
Aquí se estableció en 1700 el Hospital del Divino Salvador para mujeres dementes, fundado en el siglo XVII por el carpintero José Sayago Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República. English translation: Here was . . .

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

Clarence Bisbee

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near Twin Falls, Idaho.
(Three panels are found at the Bisbee kiosk:) The Bisbee Collection The earliest dreamers knew how to sell Magic Valley: you just has to see it. By 1904 Twin Falls was a real city with platted streets, basic services, . . .

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

Teatro de la Ciudad

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, Mexico.
Teatro de la Ciudad. Este edificio se construyó a finales del siglo XIX como Teatro Xicoténcatl. Es considerado Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad y lleva el nombre de Esperanza Iris, notable cantante y actriz mexicana. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Juan Xuárez

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo la casa del conquistador Juan Xuarez cuñado de Cortes 1530 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: Here was the house of the conquistador Juan Xuárez, brother in law . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Shoshone Falls

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near Twin Falls, Idaho.
(Three panels are found at the Shoshone Falls kiosk:) The Niagara of the West The Discovery of Shoshone Falls No one knows the first non-native person to set eyes upon them. The Wilson Hunt expedition of fur trappers . . .

(Asian Americans • Exploration • Natural Features • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Lowe Hotel

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
The Mutual Realty Company had this Cleveland berea stone and red brick building erected and was named The Spencer Hotel in honor of Honorable J. S. Spencer as an enduring monument. The doors were opened to the Spencer Hotel . . .

(Architecture • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

House of the Counts of Heras y Soto

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, Mexico.
En esta casa vivieron los condes de Heras y Soto. La mandó a construir en 1760 el capitán sevillano y conocido platero Adrián Ximénez de Almendral. En ese tiempo ocurrió el apogeo del barroco. Ciudad de México English . . .

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330 Main Street

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Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
R. S. Bickel had this building constructed around 1875. The Merchants National Bank occupied this structure, along with Point Club rooms, until it moved across the street to the newly constructed Spencer Hotel building. The . . .

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Ron Turcotte

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Grand Falls, New Brunswick.
Born and raised in Drummond NB, Ron Turcotte was going to be a lumberjack, but fate played a role when he took charge of the logging horses, where he learned his legendary horsemanship. In Toronto, he worked for Windfields . . .

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House of Gerónimo de Medina

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo la casa de Gerónimo de Medina. uno de los primeros pobladores de la ciudad. 1535. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: Here was the house of Gerónimo de Medina, . . .

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

Convent of the Carmelitas

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, Mexico.
En esta casa estuvo el primer Convento de Carmelitas hacia 1610. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República. English translation: In this house was the first Convent of the Carmelitas around 1610. Office of . . .

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

Birthplace of Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera

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, Mexico.
Aquí nació el poeta y periodista Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859-1895), el imprescindible Duque Job, fundador del modernismo mexicano. Ciudad de México English translation: Here was born the poet and journalist Manuel . . .

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The Flood of 1955

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Cresco, Pennsylvania.
The Flood of 1955 was the greatest natural disaster to affect Barrett Township in more than a century. The Flood occurred in the waning weeks of the summer of 1955 in the midst of the tourist season. Many of the local hotels . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Disasters • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Trail Drivers

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Yoakum, Texas.
In Memory of The Trail Drivers of Southwest Texas Who Passed This Way 1867 – 1887 Erected by the State of Texas 1930

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chisholm Trail Memorial Park

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Yoakum, Texas.
Chisholm Trail Memorial Park The Chisholm Trail Memorial Park, originally known as Palmer Park, is re-dedicated to the memory of the Old Trail Drivers of the Yoakum-Bovine, Texas area who passed this way, 1867 – 1887. In . . .

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

Yoakum

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Yoakum, Texas.
Yoakum Located on DeWitt-Lavaca County line on land granted by Mexico in 1835 to settler John May. Cattle gathering area for Chisholm Trail. With coming of San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railroad in 1887, became transportation . . .

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House of La Malinche and Juan Xaramillo

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, Mexico.
Según tradición, aquí estuvo la casa de la Malinche y su marido Juan Xaramillo. 1527 Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: According to tradition, here was the house of the . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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