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The Lynching of Lee Walker

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Memphis, Tennessee.
A mob estimated at 3,000 people gathered near this spot on the night of July 22, 1893, with the intent of breaking into the Shelby County Jail and seizing Lee Walker, a black prisoner accused of attempting to rape a young . . .

(African Americans • Civil Rights • Law Enforcement) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort San Fernando de Las Barrancas

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Memphis, Tennessee.
Louisiana's lieutenant governor, Manuel Gayoso de Lemos, erected Fort San Fernando de las Barrancas near this site in May of 1795. He named the structure for Spain's crown prince and future king, Ferdinand VII. Conforming to . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children

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Owatonna, Minnesota.
This property has been placed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior Listed as historic district: December 28, 2010 This post-civil war public institution played an important . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Clermont County Bicentennial Marker

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Loveland, Ohio.
Designed by Cincinnati Music Hall architect, Henry C. Hubbell. Water service was confined to Loveland, but also supplied the large railroad tanks on the B&O and Pennsylvania Railways. Very important in the days of steam . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Star of the West Milling Company

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Frankenmuth, Michigan.
This plaque is issued by the Historical Society of Michigan in recognition of Star of the West Milling company Founded in 1870 For more than 100 years of continuous operation in service to the people of Michigan and for . . .

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

Welcome to Tavistock Square

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, United Kingdom.
The square is in Bloomsbury, the medical and academic quarter of London with its historical architecture, noteworthy monuments, special literary interests and international peace associations. Once part of the estate of the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Parks & Recreational Areas • Peace • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Virginia Woolf

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, United Kingdom.
Virginia Stephen (Virginia Woolf) 1882-1941 Novelist and Critic lived here 1907-1911

(Arts, Letters, Music • Women) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Bernard Shaw

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, United Kingdom.
George Bernard Shaw lived in this house from 1897 to 1898 ———————— From the coffers of his genius he enriched the world

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

David Delaplane, Father of Colorado Mountain College

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Glenwood Springs, Colorado.
"It all started with an empty file folder," recalled David Delaplane. In 1962, Delaplane was settling in to his new office as manager of the Glenwood Springs Chamber of Commerce. He came across a folder titled "Education . . .

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

Carl Building Technologies Center

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Constructed in 1980 The Carl Building Technologies Center provides instructional laboratories and classrooms for programs related to building construction, service, and maintenance. Skills students learn here often are . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Klump Academic Center

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Constructed in 1914, wing added in 1934 The Klump Academic Center is the most historic landmark still in use on campus. The building opened in 1914 as Williamsport High School. Adult vocational classes, held in the high . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Francisco de Tilaco Franciscan Mission

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, Mexico.
Patrimonie Mondial World Heritage Patrimonio Mundial A título de la Convención concierniente a la protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural, las Misiones Franciscanas de la Sierra Gorda figurán en la Lista del . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bardo Gymnasium

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Constructed in 1939 The Bardo Gymnasium, originally built as part of Williamsport High School, is named in honor of an administrator at Williamsport Area Community College, a forerunner of Penn College. The gym hosts . . .

(Education • Man-Made Features • Sports) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Mission at Tilaco

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, Mexico.
Tilaco…voz nahuatl que significa en el agua negra, de donde broto una fe nueva… el sueño franciscano que al ascender por la fachada se pierde en el cielo, y que en esta tierra fue misión evangelizadora. A 250 años de la . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Louise Larzelere Chatham

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Erected by The Civic Club to the memory of Louise Larzelere Chatham 1872 - 1938 Conceiver and planner of Memorial Park 1939

(Charity & Public Work • Parks & Recreational Areas • Women) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Sierra Gorda Historical Museum

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, Mexico.
Museo Histórico de la Sierra Gorda Este recinto fue construido en 1576 por órdenes del Virrey Martín Enríquez de Almanza, por lo que es uno de los edificios más antiguos de Jalpan. Funcionó como cárcel por más de 50 años y . . .

(Architecture • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

San Miguel Concá Franciscan Mission

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, Mexico.
Patrimonie Mondial World Heritage Patrimonio Mundial A título de la Convención concierniente a la protección del Patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural, las Misiones Franciscanas de la Sierra Gorda figurán en la Lista del . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Mission at Concá

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, Mexico.
Conca…voz pame que significa conmigo. Mision donde la victoria de la fe es una lucha sin tregua en su sencilla fachada, reflejo arquitectónico de nuestro mestizaje. Epilogo de la conquista espiritual que se diera en esta . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

100th Anniversary of the Construction of the Temple of Purísima de Arista

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, Mexico.
1er. Centenario de la Construcción del Templo 1904 2004 “El templo es el lugar privilegiado para el encuentro con Dios. Es la casa de Dios (1 Tim. 3, 15) en la que habita su familia, es la habitación de Dios en el Espíritu . . .

(Churches & Religion • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Broderick Building

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