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Temple of San José de Gracia

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, Mexico.
Templo de San José de Gracia. Edificado en el siglo XVII, como parte del convent del mismo nombre. Es Catedral de la Iglesia Anglicana de México. English translation: Temple of San José de Gracia. Built in the 17th century . . .

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

Agustín Jáuregui

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, Mexico.
En esta casa residió el Licenciado Don Agustín Jáuregui, uno de los mártires de Tacubaya, sacrificado el 11 de abril de 1859. Dirección de Monumentos Coloniales. English translation: In this house resided Agustín Jáuregui, . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Teatro de Oriente

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, Mexico.
En este sitio estuvo edificado el Teatro de Oriente de fama en el año de 1854. Dirección de Monumentos Coloniales. English translation: At this site was built the Teatro de Oriente (The Theater of the East), famous in 1854. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Consecration de l'eglise paroissiale de Cap-Chat

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Cap-Chat, Quebec.
Consecration de l'eglise paroissiale de Cap-Chat a l'occasion du centenaire d'erection de la pariosse "L'an du Seigneur mil neuf cent soixante-quatre le vingt-sixième jour de mois d'aout, Moi Paul Bernier Archevêque-Evêque . . .

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

Great Falls of the Columbia

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near Wishram, Washington.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition reached Celilo Falls, its first major obstacle on the Columbia River, on October 22,1805. William Clark named this imposing stretch of the river “Great Falls of the Columbia.” For millenia, . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rivière-à-Claude Sesquicentennial

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Rivière-à-Claude, Quebec.
Ils sont venus, ils sont restés avec la foi en Dieu et le respect du prochain, ils ont bâti notre village. Hubert Castonguay 1844 Thimothée Auclair 1856 Germain Pelletier 1862 Ephrem Bernier 1863 Vital Rioux 1865 Joseph . . .

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

Scribner Home

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Ballston, New York.
Zaccheus Scribner settled 1773. Sons Aaron and Thadeus served in the militia. Thadeus was Ballston's 1st mail carrier

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

Milestone in Radio History: December 23, 1900

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Cobb Island, Maryland.
On December 23, 1900, Reginald Fessenden made the first wireless transmission of human speech; that memorable event took place right here on Cobb Island, Maryland. While Marconi is credited with the invention of the . . .

(Communications • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Graveline Bayou Indian Mound

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Gautier, Mississippi.
The nearby earthen mound was built by prehistoric Indians during the Late Woodland Period between 400 and 700 A. D. The mound's flat summit was used for ceremonial purposes. Listed on the National Register of Historic . . .

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

Mix of Cultures

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Columbia Heights, District of Columbia.
Youth from the Latin American Youth Center—Art + Media House used cameras and microphones to explore the changing faces of Columbia Heights' people and places. Collaborating with community artists, youth researched . . .

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

Mile Marker #30

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Orient, New York.
According to local legend, Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin set milestones in 1755 that mark the Post Road from here to Riverhead

(Anthropology • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ive's Landing Hotel

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Pateros, Washington.
In 1886, shortly after their arrival, Lee Ives and his wife Rena built two log cabins near the river bank and started taking in travelers. Their cabins were located very near this spot in what was to become Pateros. Lee Ives . . .

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

Parade Ground

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Malta, New York.
Donated by Captain Michael Dunning in 1776 for use as a militia training ground during the Revolutionary War. It has since served Malta as a public square.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Painted Aprons

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Huguenot, New York.
Black Rock School attacked by Brant's raiders, 1779. Girls spared as aprons marked with emblem signaling raiders not to harm them.

(Anthropology • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Rich Hill Historic Site

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Bel Alton, Maryland.
(Right Banner) After leaving Dr. Samuel A. Mudd's house on April 15, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, and his accomplice David E. Herold avoided Zekiah Swamp and made a wide arc around the . . .

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

Job's Last Stand

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Buffalo, New York.
Near here, Job Hoisington gave his life when he held the enemy & allowed Hull's militia to escape Buffalo's burning. Dec. 30, 1813.

(Anthropology • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Elias Nahum

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, Mexico.
En esta casa vivio y Murio El Sr. Elias Nahum. Gran impulsor Del comercio en el Centro histórico Noviembre 23 de 1933 English translation: In this house lived and died Elias Nahum, a great business promoter in the Historic . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

En historie for en omvej / A Story of a Detour

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, Denmark.
Carlsbergs vugge. Siden 1603 har der været bryggergård her, den er dog brændt nogle gange. I 1845 bryggede I. C. Jacobsen her det første Bayerske øl i København i sin mors kobberkedel. Det blev så stor en succes, at han . . .

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

Hommages aux Anciens / Honoring Our Pioneers

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Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec.
[Title is text] [Fisherman and dory bas relief]

(Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gaspé, une ville au coeur de la découverte

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Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec.
Gaspé est une ville historique qui mérite d'être connue et visitée. C'est le 24 juillet de l'an 1534 que Jacques Cartier planta, sur les rives de la baie de Gaspé, une croix au nom du roi de France, François 1er. Cet acte de . . .

(Colonial Era • Environment • Exploration • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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