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Two Neighbors * Two Governors * Two States

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Denton, Maryland.
Less than a block in both directions from this site, two young men from this small town grew up as Depression-era neighbors, competed in sports, later entered public service, and rose to the highest elective office in the . . .

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

The Ataco Catholic Church and 2001 Earthquake

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, El Salvador.
El pueblo católico de Concepción de Ataco, agradece a Dios todopoderoso. Al mismo tiempo otorga el presente reconocimiento a: La Provincia Franciscana de la Inmaculada Concepción de Nueva York, en especial a su Provincial . . .

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

President Roosevelt's Speech

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Denton, Maryland.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a critical address broadcast by radio to the entire nation from this spot at 2:00 p.m. on Labor Day, September 5, 1938. He arrived in Denton in a large motorcade led by the local fire . . .

(Communications • Notable Events • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Wye Grist Mill

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Wye Mills, Maryland.
The Wye Grist Mill, one of Maryland's oldest commercial buildings, has operated almost continuously grinding Eastern Shore grains.

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Stevensville Post Office

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Stevensville, Maryland.
The precise construction date of this building is not yet known, but the structure appears on an 1877 map and served as the Stevensville Post Office for the first half of the 20th century. The government paid rent of $18.75 . . .

(Communications • Government • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grollman's Store

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Stevensville, Maryland.
B. F. Brown's Store, 1877 William Cockey's Store, 1885-1920

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

Stevensville Bank

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Stevensville, Maryland.
Individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places

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

Country Store

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Stevensville, Maryland.
Built for Well's Tolson Later operated by White, Howe & Frampton families

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

Giani-Mumaugh Memorial

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Lancaster, Ohio.
Fairfield Heritage Association Historic Landmark Recognized by the National Register of Historic Places

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

Cray House

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Stevensville, Maryland.
This National Register site is located on a tract of land once called Steven's Adventure, granted to Francis Stevens in 1694. John Denny, a ship carpenter, mechanic and farmer, constructed the earliest northern part of the . . .

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

Suchitoto

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, El Salvador.
Suchitoto Suchitoto es un municipio del departamento de Cuscatlán, El Salvador. Su territorio ha sido habitado desde la época precolombina, y también fue el sitio donde se fundó la Villa de San Salvador en 1528, que tuvo una . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stevensville Train Depot

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Stevensville, Maryland.
This train station was built in 1902, when the Queen Anne's County Railroad Company extended its western terminus 13 miles to the northwest, from Queenstown to Love Point. A connection was made with steamboats for transport . . .

(Communications • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Thomas Ewing House

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Lancaster, Ohio.
Fairfield Heritage Association Historic Landmark Recognized by the National Register of Historic Places

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

Christ Church

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Stevensville, Maryland.
The beautiful Gothic structure, dating to 1880, has a steep slate roof, a stone foundation, and is distinctly different from most other church buildings in the region. Note the unusual chimney. This style, known as "lancet," . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Howard's Inheritance

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near Annapolis, Maryland.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Colonial Era • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Hill Church

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Frederick, Maryland.
"We may not find tolerance in the workplace or justice in the courtroom, but the church renders to us a peace of mind that few institutions can match. The church is our foundation. It continuously nurtures and inspires us." . . .

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

Loats Female Orphan Asylum of Frederick City

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Frederick, Maryland.
This building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Women) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stovall's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Stovall's Brigade. Breckinridge's Division, - Hill's Corps. Brigadier General Marcellus A. Stovall. September 20, 1863, 9:30 a.m., 1st Position 1st, and 3rd, Florida, - Colonel William S. Dilworth. 4th, Florida, - Colonel . . .

(War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Strahl's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Strahl's Brigade Cheatham’s Division - Polk’s Corps. Brigadier General Otho F. Strahl. September 20, 1863, 6 P.M. 4th Tennessee and 5th Tennessee - Colonel Jonathan J. Lamb. 19th Tennessee - Colonel Francis M. Walker. 24th . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Northville Valve Plant

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Northville, Michigan.
In Northville, Henry Ford tried something new. His first "village industry" was established here in 1920, to make valves for Model-Ts and tractors, using the Rouge River for power. He hired local workers, and even selected . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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