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Site of Albany's First Firehouse

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Albany, California.
Albany's first firehouse, complete with bell tower, was constructed near here on Cornell Avenue to protect the new city from fire. The fire house remained here until 1915 when a new station was built at the south east corner . . .

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

Rainbow Division Veterans Memorial

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Russell's Point, Ohio.
In honor of Rainbow Division Veterans WW I and WW II Presented by Cincinnati Chapter Rainbow Division Veterans

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Albany's First City Hall

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Albany, California.
Albany's first city hall was located at 1045 Solano Avenue. Built in 1915, the building was used for city government offices, meeting space, and the city library.

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

Qarne Hittin National Park

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, Israel.
Qarne Hittin is the crater of an ancient volcano that was active 4.3 million years ago. On the north and the south sides of the crater are the mountain's two "horns", which gave rise to the Hebrew name Qarne Hittin meaning . . .

(Natural Features • Notable Events • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Albany World War I Memorial

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Albany, California.
Dedicated by the citizens of Albany to its World War Veterans 1926 Died in service Leland Bergersen Reuben Silva Twentynine of our boys served under the flag

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

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near Tuthill, South Dakota.
Camp BF-3: located 1 mile E, 4 miles S, 1 mile W & 5 miles S Company: 4723 May 1937-Fall 1939 The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal relief program during 1933-1942 that gave jobless men work renovating abused lands. . . .

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

William E. Telling / William E. Telling Mansion

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South Euclid, Ohio.
William E. Telling (1869–1938) was one of ten children born in a farmhouse on this property. As a boy he sold strawberries and milk door-to -door and worked in a local sand stone quarry until at age 23 he purchased a milk . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ursuline College

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Pepper Lake, Ohio.
The first women’s college chartered in the state of Ohio, Ursuline College opened in 1871 in downtown Cleveland as part of the educational mission of the Order of St. Ursula (O.S.U.). Founded in Italy in 1535 with an early . . .

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

Confederate Dead

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
After the battle, Union soldiers hastily buried the dead. They interred many of the Confederates in shallow mass graves near where they fell. Some graves were so shallow that the bodies began surfacing just days afterward. . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Veterans' Memorial

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Albany, California.
The Veterans' Memorial Building located in Albany's Memorial Park is one of ten such structures built by Alameda County as a tribute to the veterans of World War I. Designed by Henry H. Meyers and dedicated on August 14, . . .

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

Culver Theater

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Culver City, California.
The Culver Theater, which opened in 1947, was one of two movie theaters in Culver City operating in the second half of the 20th century. As an example of the Skouras style, it was noted for its sweeping scrollwork and a juke box like ticket kiosk.

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anthony Olef

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West Orange, New Jersey.
The first permanent settler who came here in 1678 and lived within the present day boundaries of West Orange. His home was located just a short distance from this location in current day Llewellyn Park nearly 177 years . . .

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

Site of Charles MacGregor's Office

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Albany, California.
Charles Manning MacGregor built approximately 1,500 homes in Albany, mostly in the 1920's and 1930’s. These homes, many featuring a Mediterranean style, originally sold for under $5,000 and can still be seen around town, . . .

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

Saint Angela Merici

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Pepper Lake, Ohio.
Leader in the education of women.

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

The Salem Church

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near Sauk City, Wisconsin.
The Salem Evangelical Church, now commonly known as the Honey Creek United Methodist Church, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This church and its site commemorate the settlers from Canton Graubuenden, . . .

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

Japanese Stone Lanterns

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West Orange, New Jersey.
In order to express forever the appreciation of the Japanese people of the service done by the late Thomas Alva Edison for the welfare of mankind, we respectfully present herewith a stone lantern as a memorial gift . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Scene of Battle

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near Nancy, Kentucky.
Alfred Edward Mathews, a renowned illustrator, created this drawing. We don't know if he participated in the battle, but it is obvious he was here. You are standing approximately where Mathews stood to sketch this scene. . . .

(Landmarks • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The General Commanding

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Nancy, Kentucky.
George Henry Thomas Virginian George H. Thomas commanded the Union army at the Battle of Mill Springs. Because he was from a prominent slave-holding family many, including President Abraham Lincoln, initially questioned his . . .

(Notable Persons • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Albany's First Official Public Building

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Albany, California.
In 1908 construction of the Albany School began on Main Street, now Solano Avenue. The building was demolished during 1946-1947 to make way for the current Cornell School buildings.

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

Newport Stone Arch Bridge

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Newport, New York.
Built of native limestone in 1853, by Thomas Fox National Register 1992

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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