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Peggy Wemple Tavern and Mill

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Fonda, New York.
Site of Peggy Wemple Tavern and mill. Husband Barent M. Wemple d. 1771. Tories burned property-1780. Peggy rebuilt same year, ground 2,200 bushels of wheat for Army

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Teilstück des Römischen Abwasserkanals / Section of Roman Sewage System

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, Germany.
Herausgeschnittenes und gehobenes Teilstück des nördlichen Hauptsammlers für die Abwässer der römischen Stadt. Westöstlicher Verlauf in 9 m Tiefe unter der Straße Kleine Budengasse. Zugänglich vom Praetorium unter dem . . .

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

St. Florian

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New York, New York.
Patron Saint of Firefighters and EMS Workers Artist: John Collier ----------------------- St. Florian honors the NYFD firefighters and EMS workers who died on 9/11, and those who took part in the rescue and recovery effort.

(Churches & Religion • Disasters) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

82 Rods South of This Spot Was Born in a Log Cabin

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near Dixon, Illinois.
82 rods south of this spot was born in a log cabin May 16, 1836 George H. Page. The first white child born in Palmyra Town.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Mary Magdalene

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New York, New York.
First Witness to the Resurrection Artist: John Collier ----------------------- Mary Magdalene honors those who perished in the airplanes that crashed into Towers One and Two: the passengers and the pilots and flight . . .

(Churches & Religion • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Joseph

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New York, New York.
Patron Saint of Workers Artist: John Collier ----------------------- St. Joseph honors those working in the World Trade Center who died on 9/11, and the construction workers who took part in the recovery and the rebuilding . . .

(Churches & Religion • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Little Falls

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Little Falls, New York.
Water Power for Sale The Little Falls of the Mohawk have been providing power for local mills and factories since 1770. An Industrial Center Over the centuries workers in Little Falls have created woolen and cotton knit . . .

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

Caughnawga Church

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Fonda, New York.
Approaching the site of old Caughnawga Church erected 1763

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

World Trade Center

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New York, New York.
This plaque has been placed by the Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in commemoration of the skill and industry of the thousands of construction workers and Port Authority personnel whose efforts . . .

(Architecture • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wemple Tavern

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Fonda, New York.
Erected 1780 by "Peggy" Wemple, Revolutionary heroine

(Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jail Limit Marker

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near Fonda, New York.
One of ten markers used to mark the boundaries a person in jail on a civil action could leave jail for the day to work off debt. Established during the 1840s

(Government • Law Enforcement) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fonda Cemetery

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Fonda, New York.
Old [Caughnawaga] Cemetery. Village property since 1855. Many early settlers buried here. Also 6 Revolutionary soldiers.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veeder Home

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near Fonda, New York.
Built about 1781 by Major Abraham Veeder who kept an inn here and operated a ferry across the river

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

First Meeting House

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Pembroke, New Hampshire.
This is the site of the first meeting house in Suncook, incorporated as Pembroke in 1759. Granted to soldiers in Lovewell's Indian War (1722-25) or their survivors, the land was largely settled by Congregationalists from . . .

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

R.R. Disaster

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near East Durham, New York.
In 1840, one half mile east, train plunged through trestle into creek at High Rock ended career of Canajoharie Catskill Railroad

(Disasters • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bell Factory

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Cairo, New York.
of William Barton, earliest American maker of sleigh bells stood on this stream 1828

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Mowers House

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Cairo, New York.
Stage coach stop & inn. Built in 1689

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stone Bridge

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East Durham, New York.
Built 1800 as part of Susquehanna Turnpike

(Bridges & Viaducts • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Drill Grounds

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East Durham, New York.
Militia War of 1812. Col. Ezra Post commanding

(War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Simeon Laraway Mill

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near Schoharie, New York.
Site of Simeon Laraway Mill on Mill Brook. Erected 1737.

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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