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Civil War Memorial

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Quincy, Massachusetts.
In Honor Of Our Patriot Soldiers. Killed in Battle. [Roll of Honored Dead] Died of Wounds Received in Battle. [Roll of Honored Dead] Died in Prison. [Roll of Honored Dead] Died of Disease contracted in the Army [Roll of . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saengerfest Park

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Galveston, Texas.
The park takes its name from Saengerfest, a biennial singing contest sponsored by German immigrant choral societies around the State of Texas in the 19th century. A choral group from Galveston, “the Salamanders,” took top . . .

(Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Davidson Building

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Galveston, Texas.
During the last quarter of the 19th century Galveston Island was a major center of commerce for the Southwestern United States. Finished goods arrived at Galveston's natural deep water port from across the world, while . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George F. Bryan

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Quincy, Massachusetts.
Born Dec. 12, 1901 Enlisted March 30, 1917 Killed in Action when U.S.S. Jacob Jones was torpedoed at sea Dec. 6, 1917 First Quincy Boy killed in the World War

(Disasters • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mury Obronne Miasta Opola / Defensive Walls of the City of Opole

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, Poland.
Wzniesione z inicjatywy ksiecia bolka I, etapami od II pol. XIII w. w miejsce obwalowan, drewniano - ziemnych z X-XII w. Obwód murów obejmowal obszar 16 ha sredniowiecznego lokacyjnego miasta Mur o grubosci 2,3 M. i . . .

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

Coldspring Methodist Church

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Coldspring, Texas.
Built to north, on land given, 1848, by Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Rankin, from an Austin Colony grant. Moved 1917 to new site. Bell over 100 years old. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964

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

Pix Building

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Galveston, Texas.
Charles Hodgeson Pix was a member of a Texas pioneer family that came to Galveston from England in 1838. He was one of the early English merchants in Galveston who were importers of English goods direct from London. He began . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Baptist Church of Coldspring

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Coldspring, Texas.
Formally organized in 1848 in the small community known as "Fireman's Hill" (formerly "Coonskin"), Laurel Hill Baptist Church began with four members and the Rev. Joseph Warner Dossey Creath as its first pastor. The Rev. Mr. . . .

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

1850 Red House

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Rochester Hills, Michigan.
Built in approximately 1850, the Red House originally sat across the street from the Van Hoosen Farmhouse. The architectural style is Greek Revival and it appears that the existing structure, though very small, was built in . . .

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

World War II Memorial

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Idaho City, Idaho.
In Memory Of The boys who gave their lives in World War II from Boise County, Idaho Stanley B. Banks • George Berry • Harry E. Brechenridge • Henry Luther Beckman • William S. Lawson • John Myers • Edgar Rae • Commodore . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boise Basin Museum

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Idaho City, Idaho.
In 1867 this building was built by James A. Pinney to house the post office and a book and specialty shop. In 1882 Mr. Pinney sold the building to S.C. Silsby for the sum of $1,000.00. Around 1868 the northern most portion . . .

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

Miners Exchange

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Idaho City, Idaho.
In 1865 John Clarsey started the brick building that was to house the John Clarsey's saloon. In 1867 Mr. Clarsey added a new club room to the south side of the saloon. On the north side of the building was the Vantine & Co. . . .

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

The Chinese Legacy in Boise Basin

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Idaho City, Idaho.
This building was constructed in 1865 by Elias Brown. It originally housed a newspaper office, restaurant and grocery store. It was one of several brick buildings known as "fireproofs" that were constructed after a . . .

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

Pest House and County Jail

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Idaho City, Idaho.
Idaho City Fire Station Served as Boise County Jail during the 20's - 30's.

(Law Enforcement • Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Masonic Temple

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Idaho City, Idaho.
This is the home of Lodge No. 1 of Idaho's Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. This Masonic Temple, built in 1865 is the oldest Masonic Temple in Idaho, and reputedly the Oldest Temple west of the Mississippi , still in use. . . .

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mount Moriah Lodge No. 37, A.F. & A.M.

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Coldspring, Texas.
Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Texas on January 15, 1848, this lodge first convened in the Mount Pleasant settlement. Early meetings were held at Fireman's Hill in a schoolhouse owned by Henry Gillette. That building was . . .

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

Rice, Baulard & Company Building

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Galveston, Texas.
The three row buildings at 213-217 Tremont, their exteriors now restored, were constructed in 1870 by Rice, Baulard & Company, a major supplier of paints, oils, varnish and window glass in Texas and Louisiana in the 1800's. . . .

(Architecture • Disasters • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Building

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Galveston, Texas.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places by The United States Department of the Interior

(Communications) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Washington Hotel

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Galveston, Texas.
In 1873 John Parker Davie had erected on this corner a four-story sixty-room hotel. Originally the Cosmopolitan, it was renamed the Washington the year after the famous old Washington Hotel at 21st and Mechanic Street burned . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alpha Delta of Beta Theta Pi

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Fulton, Missouri.
The Alpha Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi was chartered by its General Fraternity on March 5, 1868. Alpha Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi is the oldest chapter of any collegiate fraternity or sorority in continuous existence . . .

(Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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