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Miguel Cabrera

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, Mexico.
En este Templo fue enterrado el celebre pintor Migel Cabrera. 16 de mayo de 1768. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: In this temple was buried the celebrated painter Miguel . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hospital Amor de Dios

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo el hospital del Amor de Dios fundado por Fr. Juan de Zumárraga. 1541. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: Here was the Love of God Hospital founded by Friar Juan . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint-Quentin Hommage militaire / Military Tribute

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Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick.
En l'honneur de la Sainte Patronne, des Acadiens et Acadiennes, des Français que priaient et imploraient les mères, pour qu'elle « protège » et « ramène en vie » leurs fils, de la Guerre. Comme « La Madone », ce « . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Afghanistan • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Preston's Grocery - Preston's Bar

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Grand Ledge, Michigan.
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Preston's Grocery - Preston's Bar founded in 1914 for more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gannongarae

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Victor, New York.
[1] Gannongarae The country of the Sonnontouans, which is much the most fertile and populous of the cantons of the Iroquois, contains two very large towns and a number of lesser villages, besides a town of the Hurons named . . .

(Churches & Religion • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Onondowahgah

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Victor, New York.
[1] Onondowahgah People of the Great Hill The Seneca are known in their own language as Onondowahgah, or People of the Great Hill. Tradition relates that long ago two men paddling home from a hunting trip found a small . . .

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

First Post Office in New Spain

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo la primera Oficina de Correos de la Nueva España. 1580. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Históricos. English translation: Here was the first Post Office in the New Spain. 1580. Catalog of the . . .

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

El Palacio de Hierro

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, Mexico.
El Palacio de Hierra, S.A. ha servido a la comunidad desde 1865 El Gobierno de la Ciudad de México conmemora con esta placa ese esfuerzo de 125 años Ciudad de México, 1990 English translation: El Palacio de Hierro has served . . .

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

The Printing Press of Antonio Espinosa

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo la imprenta de Antonio Espinosa unos de los primeros impresores que hubo en México 1550 Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República. English translation: Here was the printing press of Antonio Espinosa, . . .

(Colonial Era • Communications • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gannagaro

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Victor, New York.
[1] Gannagaro We set out...in battle array, expecting to find the enemy entrenched in the new village which is above the old. We entered the plain, however, without seeing anything but the vastigies of the fugitives. We . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lucas Alamán

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, Mexico.
En esta casa murió el historiógrafo e industrial Don Lucas Alaman el 2 de junio de 1853. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República. English translation: In this house died the historiographer and industrialist . . .

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

Gahayanduk

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Victor, New York.
[1] Gahayanduk The "Fort" mentioned by De Nonville, "of eight hundred paces in circumference, and situated on a very advantageous height, distant half a league from Gannagaro"...has long been known by the name of "Fort . . .

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fencing and Gymnastics Teachers’ School

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, Mexico.
Escuela Magistral de Esgrima y Gimnasia Escuela Superior de Educación Física En este lugar estuvo la Escuela Magistral de Esgrima y Gimnasia, primera institución formadora de docentes en educación física, de 1908 a 1914. Los . . .

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

The War on Corn

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Victor, New York.
[1] The War on Corn The Denonville expedition was a military campaign launched by France against the Seneca in the summer of 1687 to secure French trade interests against the English. Denonville's tactics were simple: . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Crowley Building

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Twin Falls, Idaho.
Crowley's Soda Fountain and General Store (formerly the Crowley Pharmacy and Soda Fountain) is located in what was once a four-story building that was constructed ca. 1910, and stood for six decades as one of Twin Falls' . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Idaho Department Store

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Twin Falls, Idaho.
A retail institution in downtown Twin Falls for 81 years, the "ID" building was built in 1905. Originally known as the Allen Mercantile Co., the store was renamed the Idaho Department Store in 1908 and operated under the . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Twin Falls Bakery Co. Building

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Twin Falls, Idaho.
Originally know as the C. Harder Bakery and Grocery, this historic building was constructed in 1906 by German immigrant Harder Frederick Harder who opened the town's first bakery. Harder named his business after his wife . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Hotel Perrine

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Twin Falls, Idaho.
Built in 1904-05 by the Twin Falls Investment Co. at the southwest corner of Main and Shoshone, the Hotel Perrine was described as "a showcase for Southern Idaho" and "a beacon of progress." Building materials were freighted . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William McKinley

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Twice President of the United States of America 1897-1901 Born Jan·29·1843-Died Sept·14·1901 ——————— Erected by the McKinley Memorial Association of Lackawanna County —————————————————— President William McKinley ——————— The . . .

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

Salmon Dam

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near Rogerson, Idaho.
Constructed in 1910 about 8 miles west of here, Salmon Dam was a spectacular early irrigation structure. 220 feet high, it blocks a narrow lava gorge of Salmon Falls Creek. Intended to create a large reservoir to irrigate . . .

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