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Lexington's First Public School Building

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Lexington, Missouri.
Here was erected in 1854 a two-story brick building known as the Public School House until 1868 & after that as the Second Ward School. The building, which also housed Lexington High School 1871-91 was replaced by a . . .

(Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mound Arrangement

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Moundville, Alabama.
At least 29 mounds were built and used as platforms for important structures at Moundville. Their rectangular arrangement, roughly aligned with the four directions around a central plaza, shows us that these people planned . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Ice House / The Woodshed

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Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania.
The Ice House Built in 1903, this building is named for its original function on the estate – storing ice year-round. Large chunks of ice were cut from lake Lacawac and stored in a giant stack inside this building. The lodge . . .

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

Coachman’s Cottage / The Spring House

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Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania.
Coachman’s Cottage When early visitors came to Lacawac they journeyed here by horse and wagon from the train station in Lake Ariel. A local farmer was employed as the “Coachman” to meet, pick-up and later return family . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The CCC and Moundville

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Moundville, Alabama.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was born during the turmoil of the Great Depression. Hundreds of thousands of young men were out of work, and wasteful exploitation of the environment had devoured millions of acres across . . .

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

Protection and the Palisade

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Moundville, Alabama.
Rival Mississippian chiefdoms constantly threatened one another. Warfare was a way of life for most men. By proving their valor militarily, warriors probably increased their overall status as they were promoted up through . . .

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

The First Church

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New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
The First Church in East Pictou was built on this site in 1787. Made of logs, it served the Lower Settlement East River Presbyterian Congregation for 16 years until 1803. From this beginning other Congregations developed in . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rev. James Drummond MacGregor, D.D.

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New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
In grateful memory of The Rev James Drummond MacGregor, D.D. Born at Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, 1759. Died at East River, Pictou, 1830. Pioneer Minister of the Gospel in Eastern Nova Scotia, where he labored with . . .

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

Let's Play

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near West Liberty, Ohio.
Can history be fun? Kids who lived long ago had fun just as we do today. These yards and walkways have been play spaces for generations of Piatt children. Enjoy their spirit — have fun playing games from the past. Hoops Kids . . .

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

116 Sullivan Street

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New York, New York.
Sullivan Street, named for the Revolutionary War general, John Sullivan, has three surviving Federal-style houses. This building was erected in 1832 on what was once part of the farm belonging to Nicholas Bayard, Peter . . .

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

Onondaga Lake Milestones

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Syracuse, New York.
Federal, state, and local governments have been working to clean up the legacy of municipal and industrial pollution to improve Onondaga Lake. 1896 - City builds sewers and bans backyard privies. Sewage flows directly into . . .

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

Early Business District

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Feura Bush, New York.
Railroad depot c. 1870 Hallenbeck's Store c. 1910 Hathaway's Tavern c. 1919 Rothaupt's Blacksmith Shop

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Jonathan Apple

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near Woodstock, New York.
On the ridge 400 feet south, originated about 1800 the Jonathan Apple an important commercial variety long known locally as "The Rickey" or "Phillip Rick" from the discover.

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Baehr’s Store

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Bearsville, New York.
Christian Baehr, a German peddler, founded store on Sawkill, in 1839, early in tanbark industry. It gave name to hamlet Bearsville.

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

Settlers Captured

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near Woodstock, New York.
June 18, 1780, near this spot, Peter Short and Peter Miller were captured by Tories disguised as Indians and taken to Canada.

(War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Formal Gardens

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Palm Coast, Florida.
Mrs. Louise P. Young was a talented gardener. She designed the ornamental and planned the fruit orchards at Washington Oaks. Her favorite plants were azaleas, camellias, orchids and citrus, all of which remain in the gardens . . .

(Agriculture • Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gerald Gordon

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Creve Coeur, Missouri.
On October 8, 1977, Gerald Gordon was assassinated upon leaving the Bar Mitzvah of Richard Kalina at Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel congregation in Richmond Heights, Missouri. His killer, a notorious anti-Semite and white . . .

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

The Original Music Pagoda

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St. Louis, Missouri.
Today's Nathan Frank Bandstand - a Classic in its Own Right Dedicated in 1925 and built with white marble and concrete with bronze rails and a copper roof, the Nathan Frank Bandstand - restored in 2000 - is still a Forest . . .

(Architecture • Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Memorial to Adam Carr Bell 1847-1912

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New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
Born in Pictou, here he was raised and lived his adult years. Educated in the New Glasgow Schools, Sackville (Mount Allison) Academy, Glasgow University Scotland. Public Servant, Politician, Pharmacist, Sportsman, Farmer, . . .

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

Bell's Corner

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New Glasgow, Nova Scotia.
This area of Downtown New Glasgow was known as Bell's Corner for well over a century. Basil Bell (chemist, teacher and entrepreneur) constructed this architecturally sound stone home and store (to your left) in the mid . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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