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West Canfield Historic District

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Detroit, Michigan.
Side 1 In 1813, Territorial Governor Lewis Cass purchased the Macomb farm. By 1818 he had acquired "80 arpents in depth" of land extending almost three miles inland from the Detroit River in the form of a narrow French . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elvis Plays Sedona

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Sedona, Arizona.
By the time MGM came to Sedona to film “Stay Away Joe” in 1967, audiences had fallen in love with the Elvis Presley movie formula. This contemporary western comedy spotlighted Elvis and other such distinguished co-stars as . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sedona Schnebly

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Sedona, Arizona.
By 1900, about 15 homesteading families called this area home. T.C. Schnebly was an enterprising young man who owned 80 acres, where his home also served as the area’s first hotel and general store. He saw a need for regular . . .

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

Sterling Oil

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Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Sterling Oil was created in the 1890s by P.J. Bayer as a marketing vehicle for Emlenton Refinery''\s "Sterling" cylinder engine and Dynamo oil for Erie and Western New York. It was acquired by Eastern Refining Company during . . .

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

California and Nevada Railroad

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El Sobrante, California.
These eucalyptus trees mark the route of the narrow gauge California and Nevada railroad chartered in 1884 to connect California to the Nevada mines. Only 23 miles of track were completed by 1891 from Emeryville to Bryant . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Artist of Sedona

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Sedona, Arizona.
The theme of arts and culture is a prominent one in Sedona for the period following World War II. Today, no city of its size in America has a finer arts pedigree than does Sedona. Home to both the Cowboy Artists of America . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Assembly of God

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Sedona, Arizona.
The Pentecostal Church of Sedona met in 1932 to discuss affiliating with the Assemblies of God – it was June 1933 before the congregation was informed that they had been officially recognized by the General Council. In 1930 . . .

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

Early Uptown

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Sedona, Arizona.
In early times. Uptown Sedona was a patchwork of orchards, homestead and pastures. In the late 1930s, the Jordan’s built a stone building along the highway from which to sell their fruit to the increasing traveler traffic . . .

(Agriculture • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harrison War Memorial

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Harrison, Ohio.
In honor of the men of Harrison, Ohio who made the supreme sacrifice Korean Conflict Congressional Medal of Honor Award William Baugh World War II Willard Baker Elvyn Fagley Gilbert Otto Eugene Barrow Robert Gillman . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Milford

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Milford, Ohio.
Home of first Methodist class in Northwest Territory, 1797

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

Ida Tarbell

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Titusville, Pennsylvania.
Ida Tarbell was one of the most famous investigative journalists in American history. She was raised in Titusville during the oil boom. Her father, Franklin Tarbell, was an oil producer and investor. In 1872, she witnessed . . .

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

St. John N. Neumann

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New York, New York.
St. John N. Neumann Ordained in this cathedral a priest of New York on June 26, 1836 by Bishop John Dubois Canonized June 19, 1977

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bevis

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Bevis, Ohio.
In the twilight of July 13, 1863, flames from the New Baltimore bridge lit the northwest sky. Slow-moving columns of dusty cavalrymen approached Bevis crossroads from the shadows Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Charleston Public Water System

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Charleston, South Carolina.
(side 1) In 1823, after learning of London's success with artesian wells, City Council agreed that deep artesian wells would be feasible for the city and its growing population. Several pilot projects followed and in 1879 a . . .

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

Meigs Monument

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Sag Harbor, New York.
A British Fort near this spot was captured by the Americans under Lieut. Col. Meigs at the Battle of Sag Harbor May 23, 1777

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

Hattie Lyon

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Saranac, New York.
Lifelong home 1843-1930. First woman to reach Lyon Mt. summit Aug 11, 1876. Mountain named for her grandfather Nathaniel Lyon.

(Sports • Women) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Father Rafael Villavicencio

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, Nicaragua.
El Reverendo Padre Rafael Villavicencio, de conducta ejemplar como Sacerdote de Cristo y como Patriota, cuando fue destruida Granada por el filibustero William Walker e incendiado este templo, en un acto de heroísmo, y de . . .

(Churches & Religion • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Casa de los Leones

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, Nicaragua.
Casa de los Leones Edificio reconstruido y ampliado a dos plantas entre 1920 y 1926. El portal vestigio de la construcción original de fecha próxima a 1550. Ultima reconstrucción 1992-1996. English translation: House of the . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

U.S. Courthouse and Post Office / Briggs V. Elliott

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Charleston, South Carolina.
U.S. Courthouse and Post Office (side 1) This Renaissance Revival building, opened in 1896, is notable for its association with U.S. District Judge J. Waties Waring (1880-1968). Waring, a Charleston native who served here . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Education • Law Enforcement) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rubén Darío in Granada

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, Nicaragua.
Aquí vivió Ruben Dario durante su permanencia en Granada donde trabajaba en el comercio. A su regreso de Europa consagrado como introductor del Modernismo en la literatura Hispano-Americana volvió a esta ciudad hospedándose . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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