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Red Fork

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Arkansas River was a major obstacle for cattle drivers leading herds from grazing fields in Texas to slaughter houses in Kansas. Before construction of the Frisco Railroad bridge in 1883, crossing the river was a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dr. Miguel Ramírez Tinoco

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En esta casa vivio el Dr. Miguel Ramirez Tinoco 1907-2000 Ilustre medico cirujano que dedico 70 años de su vida al ejercicio de la profesión en beneficio de la región Yuriria, Gto. Abril 2008 Dr. Miguel Ramirez Tinoco . . .

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

Joaquín López Arias

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Esta casa pertencio al caudillo de la Independencia, Teniente General Don Joaquin Lopez Arias sacrificado en Acatita de Bajan el 21 de marzo de 1811. Yuriria, 1956. English translation: This house belonged to the leader of . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sanctuary of the Virgen de Guadalupe

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Santuario de la Virgen de Guadalupe En la edificación de este templo, realizada en distintos años, participaron diversas personalidades. Fray Rafael Villafuerte elaboró el proyecto en 1887, que inició hasta 1903. La . . .

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

Lombardy Agricultural Society

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

Route 66 Historical Village

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Route 66 Historical Village presents an open-air collection of railroad, transportation, and oil industry artifacts, painstakingly restored, along with other replica features. To honor the legacy of the industries that . . .

(Natural Resources • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clinton Heights

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
As Route 66 traveled west on Sapulpa Road (Southwest Boulevard), a three-block stretch of West 41st Street developed a mix of residential and commercial properties that provided a transition between the commercial core of . . .

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

World War I Memorial

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Smiths Falls, Ontario.
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(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sapulpa Road

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Electrically powered interurban trolley systems were popular in metropolitan areas in the early twentieth century before personal automobiles became common. The first interurban system in the Tulsa area began in Sapulpa, . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tulsa's First Oil Strike

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Tulsa, Oklahoma.
With the growing popularity of the automobile and the internal combustion engine in the early twentieth century, gasoline became the primary product derived from crude oil, rather than earlier products such as kerosene and . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Natural Resources • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of the Hospital

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Templo del Hospital La construcción de este templo tuvo lugar en 1549, fue una de las obras impulsadas por Fray Diego de Chávez y Alvarado, destacada personalidad de Yuriria. Como resultado de sus labores como misionero, y . . .

(Architecture • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Evergreen Avenue

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Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Dedicated to All Veterans And Peacekeepers of the Armed Forces A Millenium Environmental Project Initiated in the Year 2000 ————————————————— A Living Memorial The native trees and shrubs planted on Evergreen Avenue are . . .

(Environment • Patriots & Patriotism • Peace • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Chapel of Santa María

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Capilla Santa María Yuriria es un lugar lleno de tradición, historia, atractivos naturales y diversas edificaciones civiles y religiosas, estas últimas abarcan desde edificios monumentales como el templo y antiguo convento . . .

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

Veterans Memorial

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Smiths Falls, Ontario.
To Those Who Served The Harvard The Yellow Peril Basic trainer for thousands who learned to fly in defence of their country

(Air & Space • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Cold • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Rideau Waterway

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Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Constructed 1826-32 by the British government for military purposes, but used principally for commerce, the Rideau waterway, together with the lower Ottawa River, was the first canalized route from Montreal to the Great . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lake Yuriria

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Laguna de Yuriria Yuriria no sólo sobresale por su arquitectura monumental, también lo hace por sus recursos naturales, uno de ellos es la Laguna de Yuriria. Este cuerpo de agua es particularmente importante debido a que su . . .

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

Grant Amy

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Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Charter Member of the Smiths Falls Lions Club Killed in Action in Italy Memorial Pool

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Parks & Recreational Areas • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Simonds, Hazen and White

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Saint John, New Brunswick.
English: In 1762 three young ex-officers of provincial regiments (units of Americans within the British army) joined in a trading venture. The Boston friends - James Simonds, James White and William Hazen - were attracted to . . .

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

Eugenio Castillón and Venustiano Carranza

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En esta casa vivió el historiador y político don Eugenio Castillón y en 1915 se alojó en ella don Venustiano Carranza. R. Ayuntamiento de Monterrey 1997-2000. English translation: In this house lived the historian and . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cahokia - The Birthplace of the Midwest

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Cahokia, Illinois.
Founded on May 14, 1699 as an Indian mission by missionary priests from the seminary of foreign missions at Quebec, Cahokia was the first European settlement in the entire Mississippi Valley. A significant mission and a . . .

(Churches & Religion • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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