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Weehawken Street Historic District

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New York, New York.
The Weehawken Street Historic District is a picturesque enclave of 14 buildings dating from 1830 to 1938 that illustrate the area’s long history as a place of dwelling, industry, and commerce, much of it maritime-related. . . .

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

Wells Judd Tire Sales

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Greenville, Illinois.
Built in 1918, this site was headquarters for Wells Judd Tire Sales, a Goodyear Tire Dealer for over 50 years. Managed by Earl Wildermann, it served the local tire and battery trade, as well as customers traveling on the . . .

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

Pocahontas

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Pocahontas, Illinois.
The village square may be quiet today, but from the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, the ring of hammers bending iron and shaping steel echoed down these streets. Northwest of where you stand, blacksmiths shaped . . .

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

Cherry Valley Junction

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near Cobleskill, New York.
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(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Main St Hyannis

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Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Main Street, Hyannis in the 1960s was filled with activity. Shops were bustling, and supporters of John F. Kennedy, running for president, lined the streets. Since JFK based much of his campaigning out of the Kennedy . . .

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

National Seashore

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Hyannis, Massachusetts.
President John F. Kennedy loved Cape Cod and its unique natural environment. In 1961, he signed legislation establishing an American treasure, the Cape Cod National Seashore, protecting the fragile coastline from Chatham to . . .

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Peace Corps Memorial

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Hyannis, Massachusetts.
Engaging The Next Generation The Peace Corps was established by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. JFK sought to encourage mutual understanding between Americans and people of nations and cultures by sending . . .

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

Forestry Building

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Missoula, Montana.
Completion of this facility in 1922 provided the School of Forestry a permanent home. In the Renaissance Revival style specified by Carsley-Gilbert’s master plan, Missoula architect Ole Bakke designed a distinctive building . . .

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

University Hall

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Missoula, Montana.
Fronting the Oval at the heart of the campus, the university’s oldest standing building, also known as Main Hall, proudly represents the birth of this noble institution. Celebrated Missoula architect A. J. Gibson designed . . .

(Education • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Men's Gymnasium

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Missoula, Montana.
Helena architect George Carsley and New York architect Cass Gilbert designed the campus master plan implemented between 1918 and 1927. Although Carsley continued as consultant on other buildings erected under the plan, this . . .

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

Journalism Building

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Missoula, Montana.
Dean Arthur Stone pitched four tents near the Oval in 1914, thereby founding the University’s School of Journalism. An old bicycle shed and later World War I army barracks served as quarters for this discipline, then . . .

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

All gave some, some gave all

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Missoula, Montana.
On 3 April 1917 Chancellor Edward C. Elliott of Montana State University, Missoula, Montana sent an application to the Adjutant General, U.S. Army for the establishment of a two-year compulsory course of military training . . .

(Education • Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

102 West Main Street

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Hedgesville, West Virginia.
National Register [of Historic Places] Structure by U. S. Dept. of Interior Hedgesville Historic District Est. 1978

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

104 West Main Street

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Hedgesville, West Virginia.
National Register [of Historic Places] Structure by U. S. Dept. of Interior Hedgesville Historic District Est. 1978

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

108 West Main Street

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Hedgesville, West Virginia.
National Register [of Historic Places] Structure by U. S. Dept. of Interior Hedgesville Historic District Est. 1978

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of 1832 Front Street

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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
The property was first recorded in 1892, the building was built in 1912 as a store front by Archie B. Syme Construction. (The Syme name is still visible above the front entrance canopy) Early recordings indicate the address . . .

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Upham Winter Cottage

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Upham Winter Cottage 268 Saint George Street 1893 is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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Address by President Lincoln

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St. Augustine, Florida.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Black Refugees Arrived in Saint John

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Willow Grove, New Brunswick.
”One of the Black Refugee Tract Areas” Grants of 55 acres of land was issued to the black settlers in Willow Grove in 1836. On September 7, 1836, the grants were finally issued and 74 black refugees received titles to lots . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tangerine Bowl

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Cholly Mac Era at LSU ended in style as the Tigers sent out their head coach of 18 years Charles McClendon with a 34-10 whipping of Wake Forest in the Tangerine Bowl- in Orlando. McClendon capped his career as the . . .

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