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Wife of the Sheriff of Mayberry
Troy, North Carolina.Barbara Bray Edwards married Andy Griffith, actor and star of the Andy Griffith Show, in 1949. Her father was the school superintendent of Montgomery County schools. The Edwards'...
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The Home of A. Leon Capel 1900-1972
Troy, North Carolina.Founder of the world's first continuous yarn braided rug mill 1917 (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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John C. Perry
Manlius, New York.Born/lived in Hamlet/Delphi entire life (1837-1894). Portrait/landscape artist Permanent collection at NYS Historical Association (Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions,...
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Uwharrie National Forest
Troy, North Carolina.What is now the Uwharrie National Forest was first purchased by the federal government in 1931 during the Great Depression. The land was known as the Uwharrie Reservation. In 1961...
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Medal of Honor
Troy, North Carolina.Henry F. (Lowe) Warner, native of Troy, was awarded the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military decoration, for heroism on Dec. 20-21, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. He...
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Delphi Falls United Church
Manlius, New York.This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. (Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 4...
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Hillside Cemetery
Panama City, Florida.Prior to March 24th,1949, black people were buried in private cemeteries. One of these cemeteries was on Balboa Avenue between the Nelson School District Administrative building...
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Montgomery County
Troy, North Carolina.The county was formed in 1779 from Anson County and included what is now Stanly County. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in...
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Preston High School
Kingwood, West Virginia.Preston High School (PHS) opened in 1992 and was created from the consolidation of Bruceton High, Central Preston High, East Preston High, and West Preston High. The school was...
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America Attacked
near Stoystown, Pennsylvania.On the morning of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial flights that departed from East Coast airports. Two hijacked aircraft were deliberately...
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Threat in the Air
near Stoystown, Pennsylvania.September 11, 2001 began with a clear, bright blue sky across the northeastern United States. The seven crew members assigned to Flight 93 prepared for the morning's...
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Galveston Storm of 1900
Galveston, Texas.The worst recorded natural disaster ever to strike North America occurred on September 8, 1900, at Galveston Island. A hurricane which had first been observed 125 miles northwest of...
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Texas First Bank
Galveston, Texas.This Broadway location had its roots with the purchase of the First State Bank of Hitchcock on March 2, 1973. Charles T. Doyle of Texas City led an investment group who purchased the...
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Tigers in the Homan House
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.They were called "the wharf rats from New Orleans," but in a fight were considered some of the best in Lee's Army- they were called The Louisiana Tigers. Louisiana was the...
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Mucking Machine or Overshot Loader
Cobalt, Ontario.This type of loader replaced the miner’s shovel and greatly increased production underground. Use of these machines meant that larger mine cars could be used which in turn meant bigger...
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City of Galveston
Galveston, Texas.Galveston was named after the Spanish governor of Cuba, Louisiana, and Florida; Bernardo de Galvez. The Port of Galveston, the oldest deepwater port on the Gulf of Mexico west of the...
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Since September 11
near Stoystown, Pennsylvania.In the attacks of September 11, 2001, terrorists target prominent symbols of the United States to create fear and a feeling of vulnerability in the American people. News of...
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The Investigation
near Stoystown, Pennsylvania.First responders quickly determined there were no survivors of the Flight 93 crash. The Pennsylvania State Police secured the crash site as a federal crime scene. The...
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Passed by a Bus
Minneapolis, Minnesota.Automobiles led to the demise of the streetcar system. Ridership peaked in 1922 at about 226 million; a decade later that number had decreased by half. In response to this trend,...
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Galveston-Port Bolivar Ferry System
Galveston, Texas.Ferry service between Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula began on April 12, 1930. Six daily round trips were made and only daylight service was provided. The ferries Galveston...
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Adolph and Regina Frenkel House
Galveston, Texas.The Galveston Real Estate and Loan Association formed in the 1870s and included some of the city's most prominent businessmen. Other 19th century Galveston real estate companies...
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The T & NO Railway / Le service ferroviaire T & NO
Cobalt, Ontario.[English] In 1903, the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway were working hard to complete the line between North Bay and the farming communities of New Liskeard and Haileybury. The...
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Calvert United Methodist Church & Cemetery
Calvert, Alabama.Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in in a community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the...
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Saxeville Bell
Saxeville, Wisconsin.Originally was used to call the slaves from the fields at the Jefferson Davis plantation in Corinth, Miss. In 1862 during the Civil War, local soldiers captured it, and shipped it...
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Prairie to Brickyard: The Landscape of Northtown
Minneapolis, Minnesota.Looking across the Mississippi River from North Minneapolis toward the Northtown Yards, ca. 1928. Land owners' names are shown in 1873 around the St. Paul and Pacific railway and...
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