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The Boy David

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, United Kingdom.
The Boy David by Bainbridge Copnall MBE PPRBS. A memorial to the members of the Machine Gun Corps who served in World War One This bronze fibreglass statue was sculptured by E. Bainbridge Copnall 1903 – 1973 and set on the . . .

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

Thomas Carlyle

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, United Kingdom.
Thomas Carlyle B. Dec 4. 1795 at Ecclefechan Dumfriesshire D. Feb 5. 1881 at Great Cheyne Row Chelsea

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

Sir Hans Sloane B.A.P.

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, United Kingdom.
To the memory of Sir Hans Sloane B.A.P. President of the Royal Society and of the College of Physicians who in the year of our Lord 1753, the 92d of his age, without the least pain of body and with a conscious serenity of . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Westminster Presbyterian Church

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Sacramento, California.
Has Been Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

33rd Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 33rd Regiment Infantry Strahl's Brigade Cheathaam's Division 2:30 P.M. September 19, 1863

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

12th & 47th Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 12th & 47th Regiments Infantry Smith's Brigade Cheatham's Division 1:30 P.M. September 19, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Columbia County Courthouse

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Magnolia, Arkansas.
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

Clyde L. "Smackover" Scott

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Smackover, Arkansas.
Dedicated to an outstanding athlete who attained national recognition for his home town throughout a brilliant athletic career. Football All-American University of Arkansas -1948 United States Naval Academy 1945 United . . .

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

Breaking the Ice

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Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.
Look down at the massive icebreakers protecting the aqueduct's piers. John Roebling designed these plow-like structures to break up ice and deflect debris that flows down the Delaware. In some winters, ice may build up to . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ant & Yellowjacket

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Lapwai, Idaho.
According to a Nez Perce Indian legend the stone arch up the hill was once two fighting insects. Ant and Yellowjacket had an argument and came to blows over who had the right to eat dried salmon here. Fighting fiercely, they . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Escandón Bathing Pools

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Balneario Escandón “El Piojito” – 1736 En este año Don José Escandón y de la Helguera, Conde de la Sierra Gorda, adquirió éste terreno y los manantiales para la construcción de unos baños en el pueblo de La Cañada, los . . .

(Colonial Era • Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ant & Yellowjacket

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near Lapwai, Idaho.
The basalt arch on the hillside across the road depicts támsoy ka·?alatálo, insects Ant and Yellowjacket, locked in combat. Many features in this river valley relate to nimi·pu· (Nez Perce) traditional stories. Here the Ant . . .

(Anthropology • Native Americans • Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Isles Dernieres

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Gray, Louisiana.
English side Over 200 persons were killed when a giant tidal wave hit last island, 45 miles south of Houma, on June 10, 1856. The resort was a playground for southern aristocrats. Fishermen (with boats) call it a . . .

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

Indian Houses

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near Lenore, Idaho.
Indians have lived here next to this good fishing hold for 10,000 years. As long as 3,000 years ago, they had large oval houses, 28 feet long by 24 feet wide. To build these houses, they put a bark and mat covering over a . . .

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fraser

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near Orfino, Idaho.
David Fraser, a young merchant, came to the area with a pack string headed for Pierce City, the gold rush area, to open a store in the Spring of 1863. Some people of the area encouraged Fraser to open the store here as a lot . . .

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

24th Tennessee Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Tennessee 24th Regiment Infantry Strahl's Brigade Cheathaam's Division 2:30 P.M. September 19, 1863

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Sparkes

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, United Kingdom.
In Affectionate Remembrance of the Late George Sparkes Of Bromley in Kent Formerly Judge at Madras In the East India Company’s Civil Service A great and Good Man Gifted with Every Refined Feeling And Much Esteemed by All Who . . .

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

Sir Thomas More

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, United Kingdom.
Sir Thomas More 1478 + 1535 ( inscribed on the sides of the base ) Scholar · Saint · Statesman

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

Chelsea Embankment

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, United Kingdom.
Chelsea Embankment Opened May 1874 Lieut. Col. Sir James MacNaghten Hoog K.C.B. M.P. Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works Sir Joseph William Bazalgette C.B. Engineer

(Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ropers Garden

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, United Kingdom.
Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea The Worshipful the Mayor Councillor Lady Heath laid this stone on 11th March, 1964 to commemorate the constructon of Ropers Garden on the site of buildings destroyed by parachute mine on 17th . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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