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The Trafalgar Way

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The Trafalgar Way Launceston - 4th Post-Horse Change On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed . . .

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

The Trafalgar Way

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The Trafalgar Way Kilmington On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed the threat of invasion . . .

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

The Trafalgar Way

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The Trafalgar Way Dorchester - 11th Post-Horse Change On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed . . .

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

The Trafalgar Way

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The Trafalgar Way Bridport - 10th Post-Horse Change On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed . . .

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

The Trafalgar Way

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The Trafalgar Way Axminster - 9th Post-Horse Change On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently removed . . .

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

The Trafalgar Way

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The Trafalgar Way Blandford Forum - 12th Post-Horse Change On Monday, 21" October 1805 the Royal Navy decisively defeated the Combined Fleet of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar south of Cadiz. This victory permanently . . .

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

Bayview Limekilns

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Bayview, Idaho.
Large kilns that produced line from 1904 to 1932 still can be seen by visiting Bayview, two miles from here. Production of lime f0r nearby mines and Spokane buildings commenced in this area as soon as rail transportation and . . .

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

Carlos María de Bustamonte

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, Mexico.
En esta casa murió el Historiografo Don Carlos Maria de Bustamante 21 de septiembre de. 1848. Catálogo de la Insp. Gral. de Monumentos Artísticos e Historicos English translation: In this house died the historian Carlos . . .

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Footprints of the Past

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near Bayview, Idaho.
Once the grounds of a naval hospital, this area of park is now home to four disc golf courses. In 1942, the US Government acquired this land to build a navy training station. Over the next four years 293,381 men went through . . .

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

Glacial Lakes

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near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Moving from the north down this valley, the edge of the continental ice sheet blocked rivers and formed glacial lakes. Then as the ice gradually melted, a lake rose here behind the receding ice dam, and extended up Kootenai . . .

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

Wild Horse Trail

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near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Thousands of eager miners came by here in an 1864-65 gold rush to Wild Horse, BC. Parts of their pack trail still can be seen. An extension of North Idaho's earlier gold excitements, Wild Horse was served by a pack trains . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera

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, Mexico.
Al esclarecido poeta Manuel Gutierrez Najera quien murió en este lugar Homenaje de El Buen Tono, S.A. MCMXXVI English translation: To the distinguished poet Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera who died in this place. Tribute from El . . .

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

Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo

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La ilustre heroína Insurgente Doña Leona Vicario de Quintana Roo murio en la recamara de la esquina de esta casa a las nueve de la noche del 21 de agosto de 1842. La Comision Nacional del Centenario de la Independencia . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Servando Teresa de Mier

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A la memoria de Fr. Servando Teresa de Mier Periodista Insurgente cuyos restos reposan en esta iglesia XII-1827-22-IX-1921 “Excelsior” English translation: To the memory of Friar Servando Teresa de Mier Insurgent . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Offices of El Tiempo

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, Mexico.
Aquí estuvo la redacción del periódico El Tiempo, diario de la oposición conservadora dirigido por Victoriano Agüeros. English translation: Here were the editors’ offices of El Tiempo, the conservative opposition newspaper . . .

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

Temple of Santo Domingo

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Templo de Santo Domingo. Formó parte del Convento del mismo nombre, uno de los más importantes de la ciudad, fundado en el siglo XVI. El templo data del siglo XVIII, obra de Pedro de Arrieta, el retablo es obra de Manuel . . .

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

David Thompson

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near Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Coming from Canada, the famous map maker and trader for the North West Company explored this area and river in 1808. On May 8 somewhere near here, Thompson's famished party, all sick from eating a "much tainted" antelope, . . .

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

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho

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Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho has lived in their aboriginal homeland of Idaho, Montana and British Columbia for thousands of years. A unique culture, the Kootenais are known for their distinctive sturgeon-nose canoe and their . . .

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

War Memorial

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Hancock, New York.
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(Education • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bonner's Ferry

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Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
Gold miners rushing to Wild Horse in British Columbia in 1863 were paddled across this river by Indians; in 1864 E.L. Bonner established a proper ferry here. This ferry and its trading store served the Wild Horse packtrains . . .

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