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Curtis Homestead

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near DePeyster, New York.
Gen. Newton Martin Curtis 1835-1910 NY State Legislator and Medal of Honor recipient for Civil War service.

(Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Daytona 200

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Daytona Beach, Florida.
(side 1) This monument was presented to the City of Daytona Beach by the people and companies listed below to preserve the memories of motorcycle racing on this beach and South Atlantic Aavenue nine miles south of this point . . .

(Entertainment • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Federal Field

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
One of the best baseball parks ever erected in Indiana is the unanimous verdict. A record was made in erecting the grandstand. In just eleven days from the hour of excavating for the steel framework the grandstand was under . . .

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

Mill Race Site

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Water power was an important source of energy on the nineteenth-century frontier, and served as a catalyst for economic development in Indianapolis. Settlers built several mills to grind grain and cut wood on Fall Creek, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

The College Inn Site

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
The College Inn, a popular restaurant with School of Dentistry students, faculty, and staff was opened on this site in 1931 by School of Medicine faculty member Louis Mazzini. It was so popular with students that one class . . .

(Education • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Indiana's Mazzini

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Serologist, researcher, humanitarian, he was given the name "Indiana's Mazzini" by Dr. Thurman B. Rice, Indiana State Board of Health Commissioner during World War II, for hid development of an inexpensive rapid sensitive . . .

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

Jones Tabernacle A.M.E. Zion Church Site

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Jones Tabernacle African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, the fourth oldest African American church in Indianapolis, ministered to this neighborhood for almost a century. Organized in 1872, the church was named in honor of . . .

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

Mary Cable/School No. 4 Site

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
From 1867 to 1980 public elementary School 4 occupied this site, providing education for neighborhood children. Starting in 1922, with school segregation, School 4 served African American children. African American educator . . .

(African Americans • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Talking Wall

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Talking Wall, 2015 Bernard Williams (b. 1964 Chicago, Illinois) steel and paint 144 x 244 x 79 inches Bernard Williams' projects investigate the complexities of American history and culture through painting, sculpture, and . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Madame C.J. Walker Timeline

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
1867 Born Sarah Breedlove on December 23 in Delta, Louisiana 1882 Moves to Vicksburg, Mississippi with siser, Louvenia 1882 Marries Moses McWilliams 1885 Gives birth to daughter, Lelia 1887 Widowed when McWilliams dies; . . .

(African Americans • Education • Industry & Commerce • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Columbia Club

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
This property has been Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Historic Church

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New Haven, New York.
Formed June 30, 1817 as Presbyterian Church. Oswego County Anti-Slavery Society met here February 21, 1839.

(Abolition & Underground RR • Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Dwelling

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West Berne, New York.
Built about 1800 by William Shultes

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Westward on the Right

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near Rhinebeck, New York.
Grasmere-birthplace-W. A. Duer once president of Columbia Col. On the right beyond-Ellerslie, home of Levi P. Morton, Gov. of NY & Vice Pres. of U.S.

(Notable Persons) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Centenary Church

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Binghamton, New York.
Site of the 45th Annual Convention of the NY State Woman Suffrage Association attended by 162 delegates October 14-17, 1913

(Civil Rights • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sharp’s Landing

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near Germantown, New York.
Active in trading in 1684.

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

Timber Rafting

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Barryville, New York.
Ca. 1764-1921, timber rafts were floated downriver to shipyards and industries in Trenton, NJ & Philadelphia, PA for ship masts and lumber.

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

General George Rogers Clark

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
General George Rogers Clark Conqueror of the country Northwest of the River Ohio from the British 1778-9

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

James Whitcomb

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
James Whitcomb Governor of Indiana Mexican War Period 1846-1847

(Politics • War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oliver P. Morton

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Oliver P. Morton "The War Governor" of Indiana War of the Rebellion 1861-1865

(Politics • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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