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First Methodist Church

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Saint Charles, Missouri.
Oldest existing brick church north of the Missouri River. Built of hand-made bricks with walls 18 inches thick. Records establish that Mrs. Catherine Collier built this church in 1831. It was used by her Methodist Episcopal . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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Saint Louis, Missouri.
A father and son who worked in this building greatly shaped our nation’s economy. William McChesney Martin, Sr. is credited with helping to write the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, creating the Federal Reserve System. He . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Teenager Samuel Clemens

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Saint Louis, Missouri.
“The first time I ever saw St. Louis, I could have bought it for six million dollars, and it was the mistake of my life that I did not do it.” Across Fourth Street from this location, teenager Samuel Clemens set type for . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Site of Headquarters

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Site of Headquarters Major General Joseph Wheeler, C.S.A. Commanding Cavalry Corps

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Point in the Line of Fort Sherman

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Point in the line of Fort Sherman, The Chief Work of the Inner Line, which comprised the entire line from Battery Bushnell to Signal Hill.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Church of the Nazarene

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Marksville, Louisiana.
The Marksville Church of the Nazarene was organized on October 26, 1926 in the home of Mrs. L.J. Coco. Rev. LL Latham was the first minister This "New England” style building has outstanding twelve over twelve windows. . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Smith/Furr Pioneer Homesite

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Wesson, Mississippi.
Deed U.S.G. 1816 Section 17 Township 8- North Range 9- East Christian Furr 1792-1850 Catherine Pierce Furr 1792-1882 Lott Furr 1834-1862 Martha Maxwell Furr 1824-1894 James William Smith 1864-1931 lst marriage: Mary Breedon . . .

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

Monumento a los Excombatientes / Monument to the Veterans

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, El Salvador.
"Monumento a Los Heroes y Martires del FMLN del Divisadero Morazan, caidos en el conficto armado por amor y defensa de Nuestro Pueblo" En memoria de: Juan Sanchez Vasquez. "El Gato" (Comandante Jimmy) Gonzalo Posada. Isidro . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Conmemoracion a los Ingenieros

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, El Salvador.
Universidad de El Salvador Facultad Multidisciplinaria Oriental Departamento de Ciencias Agronomicas En Memoria de Los Compañeros Ingenieros Agronomos José Daniel Campos Villafuerte Noé Alcides Díaz Reyes German Emilio . . .

(Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Juan José Cañas

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, El Salvador.
Aqui nació Juan José Cañas Autor de la letra del himno nacional de El Salvador Homenaje del Pueblo Migueleño en el 75 aniversario de haber sido cantado por primera vez 15 de septiembre de 1954 - (English translation:) . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Point in the Line of Fort Sherman

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Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Point in the line of Fort Sherman, The Chief Work of the Inner Line, Which comprised the entire line From Battery Bushnell to Signal Hill.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Etta M. Hutchins

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Quincy, Massachusetts.
Erected by John Veader in memory of his daughter Etta M. Hutchins wife of Samuel G. Hutchins Died Feb. 20, 1901 aged 34 yrs. This grave given my beloved neice [sic] by her Uncle Joseph Veader Her last request was "I want . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Civil War Memorial

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Southborough, Massachusetts.
In Memoriam Our Country's Defenders Rebellion 1861. W. E. Buck • P. H. Cleary • O. Edwards H. L. Fay • E. A. Frederick • C. F. Fisher T. A. Gould • J. Haggarty • P. Kilgariff M. J. Burditt • R. Mulstee • G. W. Nichols A. G. . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Round Island Affair - 1849

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Round Island is easily seen three miles south of the Pascagoula River entrance. In the summer of 1849 it was the site of an event which drew attendance by soldiers of fortune from all over the South and required intervention . . .

(Hispanic Americans • Military • Notable Events • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Running the Blockade: SS Fanny (Fox)

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
During the American Civil War the Union forces' grand strategy, the Anaconda Plan, was to encircle and then strangle the Southern States into submission. Confederate response included the use of blockade runners that dashed . . .

(War, US Civil • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I Memorial

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Southborough, Massachusetts.
Captured World War I German Howitzer 155 mm Donated in 1919 by American Legion Post 132 Restored 1991 In memory of All World War I Veterans Southborough, Massachusetts

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Faulkner, Pascagoula Novelist

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Pascagoula, Mississippi.
William Faulkner (1897-1962) is considered one of the great Southern writers. Faulkner is traditionally associated with northern Mississippi. For much of his life, Oxford, Mississippi was his home, and many of his stories . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Joseph Burnett

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Southborough, Massachusetts.
This stone commemorates the life and good works of Joseph Burnett of Southborough Born November 11, 1820 Died August 11, 1894. Founder and builder of this church Founder of St. Mark's School Devoted and honoured citizen . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Education • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eliza, Waldo and Edward Fay

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Southborough, Massachusetts.
The three bells in this tower are named by Alison Ledger Fraser in honor of Eliza, Waldo and Edward Fay Each of whom was Headmaster of Fay School and each devoted over thirty years of faithful service to the School and to . . .

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

150th Anniversary of St. Mark's Church

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Southborough, Massachusetts.
The Electronic Carillon playing hymns from this tower is given in honor of the 150th Anniversary of St. Mark's Church by The Parishioners of 2012 as a gift to the Church and to the community of Southborough Blessed and . . .

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