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Dentsville School

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Dentsville, South Carolina.
(side 1) Dentsville Consolidated School opened at this site in 1926. The brick building was the first school in the newly created Richland Two school district and served students who had previously attended numerous, smaller . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Rogers Clark

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Parkersburg, West Virginia.
At the Little Kanawha, 1774, George Rogers Clark and 90 companions, largely recruited in what is now West Virginia, assembled on their way into Kentucky. Their plans, halted by Indian Wars, later resulted in conquest of the Northwest.

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Burr-Blennerhassett

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Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Harman Blennerhassett purchased island in 1797, and built for his bride a mansion which became the showplace of the Ohio Valley. Aaron Burr was his guest in 1805. Here they planned a military expedition with the intention to conquer the Southwest.

(Architecture • Notable Persons • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Big Hole Valley

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Wisdom, Montana.
Across the valley is the Continental Divide and the beautiful Bitterroot Mountains. The famous Big Hole River winds through the valley that is noted for abundant hay, fine cattle and horses, great hunting and fishing, . . .

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

Welcome to Hamilton Ranch

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near Jackson, Montana.
On a clear day, the sweeping views from here take in more than 400 square miles. Most of these lands look much as they have for centuries. Human travel routes haven't changed much either. Highway 278 mirrors very closely . . .

(Agriculture • Exploration • Natural Resources) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Hot Spring Valley"

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Jackson, Montana.
In 1806, Captain William Clark and his crew traveled through here on horseback moving quickly on their return trip to St. Louis. Arriving at present day Jackson Hot Springs in the afternoon of July 7th, they stopped to . . .

(Agriculture • Exploration) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"The Carroll Ranch"

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near Jackson, Montana.
For generations the Hamilton Ranch was widely-known as the Carroll Ranch - and it served as a vital link between the Big Hole and Beaverhead valleys. Its location at the base of this mountain pass made the ranch a perfect . . .

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

Spottfratze, ca. 1450

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, Germany.
ursprünglicher Standort: westliche äußere Stadtmauer im Bereich des Kiliansturms Der Zungenblecker mit der eindeutigen Aufforderung "Leck mich am...” sollte die mit dem Westwind kommenden bösen Geister, Krankheiten und Leid . . .

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

A Soul-Searching Birthday

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Jackson, Montana.
Meriwether Lewis is hardly the only person ever to have found himself evaluating the meaning and purpose of his own life. But the words he wrote on the evening of August 18, 1805 - when camped about 35 miles southeast of . . .

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

Naturally Sustained Productivity

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near Jackson, Montana.
Ranching, anchored in the natural productivity of rangelands, is one of the main reasons so much or the landscape surrounding you still looks as it did centuries ago. The climate here is too harsh for farming, but native . . .

(Agriculture • Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Villa de Guanajuato

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, Mexico.
En el año de 1668 hasta aquí llegaba el caserio de la Villa de Guanajuato English translation: In the year 1668 this was the limit of the Town of Guanajuato

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

Hans Christian Andersen

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

Bodmin Beacon

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, United Kingdom.
Walter Raleigh Gilbert Born March 18 1785 Died 10 May 1855 To the Memory of Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert. Lieutenant General in the Bengal Army who, after sharing as a Subaltern in the campaigns of 1803 and 1804 under Lord . . .

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

St Breward War Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
We Must Not Forget We Must Always Remember WWI 1914 – 1918 L/Sgt Francis S Armstrong · L/Cpl William H Arthur · Pte George Bunt · Pte Frederick W Chidley · Pte Frederick C Cottell · PO John Drew · Sgt Frank Ebbett · Sapper . . .

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

Diamond Jubilee Oak Tree

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, United Kingdom.
This Oak Tree Was Planted In Commemoration Of The Diamond Jubilee Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II On 4th June 2012

(Environment • Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Zion Church Military Hospital

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Allentown, Pennsylvania.
In memory of the Soldiers of the Continental Army who suffered and died in Zion Church used as a military hospital from September 1777 to April 1779. This tablet is erected by the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the . . .

(Churches & Religion • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Zion's Reformed Church

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Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Founded 1762, site of a Revolutionary War Hospital, Birthplace of of [sic] the local Public School System and a College now Cedar Crest College. Also known as the "Liberty Bell Church" ——————————— This property has been . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

House of Juan Antonio de Riano y Bárcenas

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, Mexico.
Casa del Intendente D. Juan Antonio de Riano y Bárcenas, insigne benefactor de la Ciudad. H. Ayuntamiento Constitucional 1938-1939 English translation: House of the Intendant Juan Antonio de Riano y Bárcenas, illustrious . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • War, US Revolutionary • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Euquerio Guerrero López

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, Mexico.
En esta casa nació el 20 de Febrero de 1907 el insigne Lic. Don Euquerio Guerrero López quien fuera Rector de la Universidad de Guanajuato, Presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, Senador por el Estado y . . .

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

"Gerolzhöfer Frauenaufstand" / The Gerolzhofen "Womens' Revolt"

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, Germany.
Gedenkstein für den "Gerolzhöfer Frauenaufstand" geschaffen vom Gerolzhöfer Bildhauer Erich Leuner (1931-1958) Am 6. April 1945 versammeln sich rund 1000 Frauen und Männer unter Führung der Hauptlehrerin Josefine Schmitt . . .

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