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Wheelock Bandstand

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Wheelock Bandstand Completed in 1980 at the site of the original 1867 bandstand of the cavalry depot and later the Carlisle Indian School. Named in honor of Dennis Wheelock, who graduated from the Indian School in 1890, and . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Lightkeeper's Dwelling

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South Haven, Michigan.
The South Haven Lightkeeper's dwelling was built by the United States Lighthouse Service in 1871-1872, when South Haven's first lighthouse was constructed. The dwelling was last occupied by a lightkeeper in 1940, when . . .

(Notable Buildings • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Plymouth

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New Plymouth, Idaho.
Committee approved April 25, 1894 Chicago report on colony site May 28, 1894 Chicago New Plymouth Articles of Incorporation Feb. 15 1896

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

New Plymouth

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New Plymouth, Idaho.
In 1810-18 Francois Payette, Donald McKenzie, John Day, Jack Weiser, a Mr. Whitman and others, named this valley and river "Payette." In 1862 David Bivens' stage station was erected and Nathan Falk's store was opened in . . .

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

Water Transport

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Belgium, Wisconsin.
Only fragments remain of a pier that once extended from this point more than 700 feet into Lake Michigan. Rail cars, loaded with limestone from a hopper at the crusher house, ran along the top of the pier about 50 feet above . . .

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

Excess Soil

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Belgium, Wisconsin.
Workers removed the overburden of soil to expose the limestone before quarrying could begin. They loaded the debris into side dump-cars which "donkey engines" pulled along rails toward the lake. En route, workers spread the . . .

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

History of the Channel Piers

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South Haven, Michigan.
In 1861, the first piers appeared on the north and south side of the entrance to the Black River. The channel between the piers was dredged to allow access to larger ships. In 1867, the piers were extended and the channel . . .

(Man-Made Features • Notable Buildings • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Limestone

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Belgium, Wisconsin.
Millions of years ago, Wisconsin was covered by a vast, shallow inland sea, teeming with marine life. Over time, the shells of animals such as gastropods and corals became fossilized in limestone deposits. Twelve thousand . . .

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

Barack Obama ‘83

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Los Angeles, California.
44th President of the United States, made his first political speech - - a protest against South African apartheid - - on this plaza February 18, 1981

(African Americans • Politics) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Birth of City Utilities

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South Haven, Michigan.
The City of South Haven took a major step forward in providing utility services to residents in 1892 when a water pumping station was constructed on the lakeshore. In 1895, the City purchased its first electric generator. . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Unique Dinner Bell

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Belgium, Wisconsin.
Look at the neat, machine-drilled blasting hole in this rock. Each day at noon and again in the evening as workers departed the quarry, they set off black powder or dynamite placed into holes in the rock. When they . . .

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

Payette World War I Memorial

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Payette, Idaho.
That the memory of the boys who gave their lives and their services in the defense of their county and to perpetuate its ideals shall live as an inspiration to courage and patriotism

(War, World I) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Francois Payette

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Payette, Idaho.
This park memorializes the Pacific Northwest's most successful French Canadian fur trapper, for whom this city and county are named. In 1812, he came from Quebec to the Columbia at the age of 18. Moving inland to the Snake . . .

(Exploration • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roman Avenue

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, Turkey.
English Text: This monumental Roman avenue was one of a series of important east-wes thoroughfares that passed through Sardis over a span of 2500 years. During the Lydian period (7th and 6th centuries BC), a road near here . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dawne więzienie miejskie / Former city prison

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, Poland.
Skrzydlo polnocne powstalo w XIV w., ok. 1500 r. dobudowano trzy pozostale, tworzac zamkniety dziedziniec. Gruntowna przebudowa w 1683 r. nadala budynkowi ksztalt zblizony do dzisiejszego. Po likwidacji wiezienia (k. XVIII . . .

(Law Enforcement) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Akcja „Burza” i Powstania Warsawskiego Pomnik / Operation Tempest and Warsaw Uprising Memorial

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, Poland.
W 50-ta rocznice Operacji Burza i Powstania Warsawskiego oraz udzialu mlodziezy z A.K. Czestochowy w II Baonie 27 P.P. Uczestnicy Operacji Burza S.Z.Z.A.K. Okreg Czestochowa - (English translation:) In commemoration of . . .

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

Union Access

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near Shickshinny, Pennsylvania.
Union Township of Luzerne County, formed in July 1813, originally was part of Huntington Township. It borders on the Susquehanna River and two creeks from River Mountain. Sawmills were established in 1790 in the northwest . . .

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

Replica of the Statue of Liberty

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Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this copy of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fidelity and and loyalty . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

445-447 Market Street

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Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
This property contributes to the Bloomsburg Historic District Placed on the National Register of Historic Places 1983

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

General Stefan Rowecki Memorial

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, Poland.
Pamieci Gen. Stefana Grota Roweckiego i dowódcy Armii Krajowej w 60 rocznice smierci - (English translation:) In memory of General Stefan "Spearhead" Rowecki, Commander of the Home Army, on the 60th anniversary of his . . .

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