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On This Spot Stood the First Congregational Church

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Chichester, New Hampshire.
On This Spot Stood The First Congregational Church Erected - 1793

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The Minuteman Memorial Building

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Capitol Hill, District of Columbia.
The Reserve Officers Association of the United States was founded in 1922 by combat veterans of World War I at the request of their commander, General of the Armies John "Black Jack" Pershing. The Association holds a . . .

(Charity & Public Work • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Robert Frost in Allenstown / Buck Street Mills

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Allenstown, New Hampshire.
Robert Frost in Allentown In the summer of 1896, aspiring poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) and his wife Elinor spent a belated honeymoon in a rented cottage near the Suncook River in Allenstown. Carl Burell, a high school . . .

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History of the Steamboat Rock Area

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near Electric City, Washington.
Indians, fur traders, military expeditions and settlers traveled where you are now standing. A major Indian trail passed at this location. Alexander Ross passed here in 1841. John Works, Hudson's Bay Company was here in . . .

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

Story of Dry Falls

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near Coulee City, Washington.
These cliffs are skeletal remnants of what was once the world’s largest waterfall. They bear stark witness to the tremendous power of catastrophic floods that swept over Eastern Washington at the end of the last Ice Age. The . . .

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Dry Falls

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near Coulee City, Washington.
Flood waters, perhaps 300 feet above you, once rushed over these cliffs. During the ice age, glaciers to the north blocked the Columbia River and forced it to find a new route. The river, swollen from melting glacial ice, . . .

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World's Greatest Waterfall... Without Water!

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near Coulee City, Washington.
The sheer cliff in front of you was once the world's greatest waterfall. From here, you see only the western portion of this remarkable Ice Age floods feature. With the end of the last Ice Age, floodwaters no longer swept . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

In the Path of Cataclysmic Floods

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near Coulee City, Washington.
You are standing in the pathway of some of the largest floods ever known. They carved steep-walled canyons, sculpted immense waterfalls, and left behind landscapes found nowhere else on earth. Massive Glacial Dams and Lakes . . .

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Explore Massive Floodscapes!

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near Coulee City, Washington.
Raging Ice Age floodwaters carved spectacular features throughout eastern Washington, creating unique landscapes. Follow the path of the floods and discover more about this amazing story. Gouging Deep Coulees The powerful . . .

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9-11 West 54th Street

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New York, New York.
These two buildings, which share a fine Georgian façade, were designed in 1896 by McKim Mead and White for the James Goodwin family, who occupied the residence from 1898 to 1944. The ownership of the building changed hands . . .

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Borough of Lewes

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, United Kingdom.
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Thomas Paine House

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, United Kingdom.
1768 — 1774. In this house lived Thomas Paine, Writer and Revolutionary. ( the marker text is inscribed along the bottom of the upper storey )

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Bull House Westgate

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, United Kingdom.
Bull House Westgate In ancient times the Bull Inn within the Westgate was held of the Barony of Lewes at the yearly rent of a race of ginger. It was sold in 1583 by Thomas Matthew to Sir Henry Goring who built the house . . .

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Dr. Gideon A. Mantell

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, United Kingdom.
Dr. Gideon A. Mantell F.R.S. Surgeon and Geologist Born in Lewes 1790. Died in London 1852 Lived Here He discovered the fossil bones of the Prehistoric Iguanodon in the Sussex Weald

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County Hall

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, United Kingdom.
County Hall 1812 Built to replace the old Town Hall and Sessions House which stood in the middle of High Street. Demolished in 1810. 1981

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

Chennelsbrook Castle

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, United Kingdom.
Chennelsbrook Castle An Early Norman Castle Site near Horsham a 900 year old fortified hunting lodge Castle You are standing near a 900 year old castle. Today it is just bumps in the ground. Back then it was the home for . . .

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Rusper War Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
In Thankful Remembrance of the Men of this Parish Who Gave Their Lives In The Great War 1914 — 1919 Cpl. H. Adams · Pte. E. Brooker · Capt. E.D.S. Casswell · Pte. C. Cooks · Capt. G. Dowling · Pte. H. Huggett · Cpl. C. . . .

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Newdigate War Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
( inscribed around the edge ) To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of our Gallant Newdigate Men who fell in the Great War, 1914 to 1919 1939 to 1945 ( World War I ) George Ackland · William Beadle · Wilfred S. Bird · . . .

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The City of London

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, United Kingdom.
The City of London Farthing Downs has been owned and managed by the City of London Corporation since 1883, The City of London Corporation provides local government services for the financial and commercial heart of Britain — . . .

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Open Spaces

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, United Kingdom.
Open Spaces Farthing Downs Farthing Downs is owned and managed by City of London Corporation. Along with the three other Coulsdon Commons (Coulsdon Common, Kenley Common and Riddlesdown) it was acquired by the City to . . .

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