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Citizens' Hose Company No. 1. Inc.

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Smyrna, Delaware.
The history of Citizens Hose Company No.1, Inc. began on January 6, 1886, when thirty residents of Smyrna voted to "go into permanent organization" to serve the firefighting needs of the community. Their charter was approved . . .

(Charity & Public Work) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Titusville Florida

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Titusville, Florida.
Titusville was founded in 1867 and was incorporated in 1886. By 1900 Titusville's population had grown to 900. Shortly after World War II, the city began a period of tremendous growth, stimulated in large part by the . . .

(Air & Space • Architecture • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Titusville School House - 1900

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Titusville, Florida.
"The residents of this town - especially those who have children - are deeply interested in the matter of good schools and suitable buildings..." - East Coast Advocate, May 1900 Before City Hall was built, this site was . . .

(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of Magdala

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, Israel.
English Text: c. 1500 AD Between the earthquake of 363 and the crusader period, the southern part of Magdala witnesses a progressive decrease and multiple variations. It eventually becomes a small Arab village during Mamluk . . .

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

John Thomas Stark

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Orange, Texas.
Patriarch of the Orange County Stark family, John T. Stark was born in Pebble [sic - Preble] County, Ohio, in 1821 and moved to East Texas in 1840. He settled in Newton County in the 1850s where he read law and ran a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Notable Persons • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tomás Rua Ó Súilleabháin

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, Ireland.
Poet, fiddler, teacher, and dancing master, born in Derrynane, Co. Kerry, Tomás Rua was a supporter and close friend of the Irish Politician Daniel O'Connell. Amhrán ne Leabhar - Song of the books. Tomás Rua was transferred . . .

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

Portmagee

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, Ireland.
The village of Portmagee was named after Captain Theobald Magee who was an officer in King James's Army. After the famous Battle of the Boyne, Magee retired from the army and became the commander of a merchant ship operating . . .

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

Journey of the Mayflower

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Eastham, Massachusetts.
After 66 days spent in the cramped confines of a small ship pitching and rolling its way from England across the stormy North Atlantic, the Mayflower’s passengers gave thanks. It was the morning of November 9,1620 and they . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coast Guard Beach:

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Eastham, Massachusetts.
The spot where you now stand will eventually be at the water’s edge, and someday it will be gone entirely. Wind and waves continually reshape the shoreline. Through natural processes, the sea is eroding the land. Wind will . . .

(Disasters • Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Winfield Scott House

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New York, New York.
Winfield Scott House Has Been Designated a National Historic Landmark This Site Possesses National Significance In Commemorating the History of the United States of America 1974 National Park Service United States Department . . .

(War of 1812 • War, Mexican-American • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Guyette Pool

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Penacook, New Hampshire.
Guyette Pool In Memory of Joseph N. Guyette Co. E 103 Inf 26th Div. Enlisted April 1, 1917 Concord, N.H. Killed In Action June 16, 1918 Xivray, France

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Mammoth Discovery

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Grangeville, Idaho.
Can you imagine mammoths walking the streets of Grangeville? Before Sept. 2, 1994, no one else could either. But on that date, a heavy equipment operator for Prairie Land and Timber, found a "big bone" when he was digging in . . .

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

Separation Canyon

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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.
Here on August 28 1869 Seneca Howland, O.G. Howland and William H. Dunn separated from the original Powell party, climbed to the north rim and were killed by the Indians. For further authentic information see “Colorado River . . .

(Exploration • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Camas Prairie Mammoth

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Grangeville, Idaho.
Look Up! You're looking up at a full-size replica of the skeleton of a male Columbian mammoth. Mammoths are related to modern Asian elephants. Males stood up to 14 feet tall at the shoulders and may have weighed 10 tons. . . .

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

Old Oregon Trail

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Parma, Idaho.


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Fort Boise

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Parma, Idaho.
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(Forts, Castles • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

King Nezahualcóyotl's Causeway

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, Mexico.
Calzada del rey Nezahualcóyotl En épocas prehispánicas, Netzahualcóyotl construyó una serie de obras que separaban las aguas salobres del agua dulce de los lagos. Dentro de las mismas, se encuentra la antigua Calzada del . . .

(Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Chapultepec Audiorama

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, Mexico.
Audiorama de Chapultepec Este auditorio de concierto al aire libre, fue construido en 1972 por el Departamento del Distrito Federal. Bautizado por el cronista Salvador Novo, con el nombre de "In xochitl, in cuicatl" (en la . . .

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

The Little White Church

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Nampa, Idaho.
The first L.D.S. church in Canyon County was purchased in 1910 from St. Paul's Congregation for $1000, and dragged with great difficulty through the mud from 1st St. and 14th Ave.S. to this site. It was remodeled, painted, . . .

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

Phillips Cottage

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Memphis, Tennessee.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Architecture • Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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