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Johnson's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Johnson's Brigade Johnson's Division - Longstreet's Corps. Colonel John S. Fulton. September 20, 1963, 11:20 A.M. 17th Tennessee, - Lieutenant Colonel Watt W. Floyd. 23d Tennessee, - Colonel R. H. Keeble. 25th Tennessee, - . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Prater's Mill

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near Varnell, Georgia.
Prater’s Mill Dates from 1855 and is in remarkably good shape thanks to the Prater’s Mill Foundation. Built by John Pitner, the grist mill and a nearby sawmill operated from a single water-powered turbine. Together the two . . .

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

Prater’s Mill

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Varnell, Georgia.
Prater’s Mill is a restored working gristmill built by Benjamin Franklin Prater circa 1855, on land that the Cherokee called “Fish Trap Shoals”. The mill is constructed of hand-hewn timbers with mortised and pegged joints. . . .

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

Blagden Mill

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Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia.
This is the site where Blagden and Argyle mills once stood, two of the twenty-six mills that once flourished along Rock Creek. If you look close, you can still see part of the millrace and the mill road. The exact date of . . .

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

Tinker Field

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Orlando, Florida.
Side 1 Joe Tinker (1880-1948) was an Orlando real estate developer and professional baseball player. While playing with the Chicago Cubs from 1906 to 1910, Tinker won four pennants, two World Series championships, and was . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Parks & Recreational Areas • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Camp Smith 1820

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Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Site of Camp Smith 1820

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

Archer School Gymnasium

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Archer, Florida.
The Alachua County Board of Public Instruction contracted with the firm of Winston and Perry to build a 3-story brick building for the Archer School, west of an old wood frame building, in 1917. The building housed grades . . .

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

The Mystery of the Concrete Pillars

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Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
To quote from the Rice Lake Chronotype, September 30, 1920: ”Extensive improvements are being made at the yards of the Park Falls Lbr. Co. in this city. Monday Cyrille Mercer and a crew of carpenters began working at . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pierre's First School

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Pierre, South Dakota.
A one-room 14'x20' wooden building on the east side of Coteau Street served as Pierre's first schoolhouse. Eighteen students attended in 1881, closing when the public school opened in October of that same year. The little . . .

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

McNair's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
McNair's Brigade Johnson's Division, - Longstreet's Corps. Brigadier General Evander McNair Colonel David Coleman. September 20, 1863, 2 p.m. 1st Arkansas Rifles, Dismounted. - Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Reynolds. 2d Arkansas . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I Memorial

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Etowah, Tennessee.
This monument perpetuates the memory of our beloved countrymen, members of Company L, 117th Infantry, and others who served in the World War from the Third District of McMinn County, who, true to the instincts of their . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eureka, South Dakota Veterans Memorial

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Eureka, South Dakota.
This Memorial is Dedicated to the Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces who Served and Performed Their Patriotic Duty in Defense of Our Country and Freedom. Let us Always Remember Them for Their Dedication, Courage, and . . .

(War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eureka, South Dakota

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Eureka, South Dakota.
Honoring the People of the Eureka Area. Greatest Primary Wheat Market in the World 1887-1902 Eureka, S.D. 1887-1987

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

Charles N. Herreid

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Eureka, South Dakota.
Born in Dane County, Wisconsin, October 20th, 1857, he graduated from Galesville College and in 1882 from the Law School of the University of Wisconsin and came to Leola, McPherson County, Dakota. He was elected Register of . . .

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

Dormitory Complex

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
This is the site of the former Dormitory Complex, buildings 241-249, which consisted of 10 dorms and a dining hall. Seven three-story dormitories offered 74 rooms per building. Each housed approximately 140 bachelor airmen. . . .

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Airman Dining Hall

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Airmen’s Dining Hall, building 245, a large facility capable of simultaneous feeding of several hundred airmen, was located in this area of The Market Common. The Dining Hall was centrally located with respect to the . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

York's Georgia Battery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
C.S.A. York's Ga. Battery, 1 Gun. Fulton's Brigade, Johnson's Division September 20, 1863. 1 P.M. Lieutenant W.S. Everett.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cloyne Court Hotel

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Berkeley, California.
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(Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

De La Mar Apartments

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Seattle, Washington.
Under the Provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, This Property Possesses Exceptional Value in Illustrating American History and Culture Entered in the National Register of Historic Places August 18, . . .

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

Barney Clark Memorial Court

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SeaTac, Washington.
In Honor of Dr. Barney B. Clark 1921 - 1983 Medical Pioneer First Recipient Artificial Heart He gave of Himself For Others

(Notable Persons • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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