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Sir John George Bourinot

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Sydney, Nova Scotia.
English: A native of Sydney, Bourinot was a journalist and legislative reporter in Halifax before joining the parliamentary staff at Ottawa in 1868. From 1880 to 1902 he served as Clerk of the House and was a recognized . . .

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

Bluestone National Scenic River

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Pipestem, West Virginia.
This ancient and spectacular river gorge, the rugged sandstone cliffs and overlooks, the unbroken, diverse Appalachian forest ecosystem, and the-hiStoric Bluestone Turnpike Trail, is protected as Bluestone National Scenic . . .

(Politics • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. John's (stone) Church / L'Église St. John

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Saint John, New Brunswick.
English: Constructed in 1824-1825, St. John’s is one of the earliest Gothic Revival churches in Canada. Its name, the Stone Church, reflects the high quality of its regularly coursed masonry. The skillful treatment of its . . .

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

Perry B. Darrow 1939 - 1995

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Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Perry Darrow was a special person in our community; wherever he went, he had a smile and willing hands to help anyone. He was born in Kniffenville, a small settlement of Mackinaw City near Drydock Lake. His parents, Glen . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oldtown and Lock 70

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Oldtown, Maryland.
The basin before you, above Lock 70, provided a landing for canal boats. A general store was built adjoining the original lockhouse. Across the lock a feed store was built. Boatmen could leave the hustle and bustle of . . .

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

10,000 Years of Fishing/10 000 ans de pêche

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near Swanton, Vermont.
Lake Champlain: An Important Fishery for the Abenaki Native peoples have been fishing the waters of the Champlain Valley for more than 10,000 years. The first evidence of humans here dates from a time when the salty . . .

(Animals • Anthropology • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Going Against the Grain

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Keifers, Maryland.
The Potomac River meanders through six miles of bends here with steep cliffs dropping to the river, making the digging of a ditch canal nearly impossible. The canal company could have followed a natural fold 1 in the rock . . .

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

1 Chipman Hill

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Saint John, New Brunswick.
English: Remarkable for the range of trompe l'œil effects and skillful execution, the wall and ceiling paintings inside this residence, part of a row of similar town houses, reflect the taste of the High Victorian era, . . .

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Hooper Esquire

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Hillsborough, North Carolina.
William Hooper Esquire Signer Declaration of Independence July 4th, 1776 Sponsored by the Davie Poplar Chapter Erected by National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution of North Carolina 1937

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Paw Paw Tunnel Hill Trail

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Keifers, Maryland.
Walk in the footsteps of the Irish and German laborers who built the Paw Paw Tunnel. Follow a portion of the access road they travelled to get to labor housing and work camps near the vertical shafts on the top of the . . .

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

The Guardian of Defenders Memorial

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Claymont, Delaware.
Dedicated in Honor of the Men and Women of the United States Armed Forces who gave the Last Full Measure of Devotion for their Nation in the Global War on Terrorism-Operation Enduring Freedom-Operation Iraqi Freedom.

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, 2nd Iraq) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cross at the Loop

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near Tehachapi, California.
In memory of conductor Everett S. Crown, brakeman Allan R. Riess, who lost their lives in a tragic train wreck in San Bernardino Calif. May 12, 1989. Erected by employees and S.P.T.C.O.

(Disasters • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Cabot Trail

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Chéticamp, Nova Scotia.
Built in 1893, St-Pierre's Church majestically watches over the Acadian community of Chéticamp. An imposing 212 feet long, 74 feet wide and with a steeple rising to 167 feet, St-Pierre's lavish Baroque interior and original . . .

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

Old Portage Trail

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Minneapolis, Minnesota.
From time immemorial, Indians, Traders and Explorers among whom were Hennepin and Carver have used the Mississippi river as a highway of travel, unloading their canoes at the bend just below here. They plodded up the portage . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Pacific Electric Railway

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Torrance, California.
Constructed in 1913, this bridge was a part of the Pacific Electric Railway system which was designated as a Local Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Los Angeles section, in 1973. . . .

(Architecture • Bridges & Viaducts • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

143 Spring Street

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New York, New York.
This Federal house, originally owned by Josiah Purdy, dates from 1818 and was restored in 2010. Initially a dwelling, it is an excellent example of Soho’s early period and of a building undergoing substantial changes in use . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

House 1840

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Adirondack, New York.
Oldest house in Horicon. Once owned by Edwin Bush, Superintendent of Tannery. Hides were tanned into leather using hemlock bark.

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

Medusa

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, Israel.
In Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the three Gorgons. Whoever dared to look her in the face was instantly turned to stone. Perseus (averting his eyes) succeeded in killing her and the winged horse Pegasus was born from her flowing blood.

(Anthropology • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

“Rough Stonework a Specialty”

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Millbrook, New York.
“Rough Stonework a Specialty” Rocks abound throughout the region in fields, streams, and forest glens. They were incorporated into structures and stone walls that line roadways and delineate old pastureland. In the hands of . . .

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

Old Firehouse

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Millbrook, New York.
Old Firehouse A series of fires prompted 30 men to form the Millbrook Fire Company No. 1 in 1908 to protect local property and lives. In 1909, they purchased this corner lot from Oakleigh Thorne and constructed the building . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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