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Chattanooga Cane Mill

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, Jamaica.
Chattanooga Cane Mill This type of cane mill fitted with corrugated metal rolls, was first produced in 1897, and is still in production. Cane is passed from front to rear, through one aperture and returned through the other . . .

(Agriculture • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Planet Locomotive

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, Jamaica.
Planet Locomotive This Planet Locomotive equipped with a horizontally opposed 4 cylinder 2 stroke 20 hp diesel engine was last in operation at Inswood Estate. It was used to haul sugar cane from field to factory and was . . .

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

Logwood Scale

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, Jamaica.
Logwood Scale This scale was located at Pantrepant in the Parish of Trelawny. It was used to weigh logwood, which was utilized extensively as a dyestuff from the 16th century, and was among Jamaica’s prime exports from that . . .

(Colonial Era • Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tomb of the Unknown Concentration Camp Prisoner

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

Site of the American University Address

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Tenleytown, District of Columbia.
Commencement June 10, 1963 Delivered by John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of the United Sates 1961-63 This address contained the policy declaration which led to the treaty banning nuclear weapon tests in the atmosphere, . . .

(Peace • Politics • War, Cold) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of the Covenant World War I Memorial

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Tenleytown, District of Columbia.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of the men of the Church of the Covenant who gave their lives in the Great War William Strong Jr Lieutenant January 1915 Expeditionary Force Enlisted at Toronto • Gassed at Vimy Ridge . . .

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

Charlie Musselwhite

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Kosciusko, Mississippi.
(side 1) World-renowned harmonica virtuoso Charlie Musselwhite was born in Kosciusko on January 31, 1944. His great uncle, Lamar Coalson, once owned the store that occupied this site. Musselwhite began playing in Memphis and . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The National Presbyterian Church

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Navy Yard, District of Columbia.
The National Presbyterian Church Established on the foundation of The Church of the Covenant and The First Presbyterian Church The Church of the Covenant was organized in 1883 and since 1885 has worshipped in this edifice . . .

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

Society of Colonial Wars World War I Memorial

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Navy Yard, District of Columbia.
In reverent memory of Alan Ogilvie Clephane Elias Quereau Horton Guy Wilkinson Stuart Castle who willingly gave their lives for their country in the World War This memorial is erected by The Society of Colonial Wars in The . . .

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

The National Presbyterian Church World War II Memorial

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Navy Yard, District of Columbia.
In honored memory of the men of this congregation who gave their lives for their country in the War 1941 - 1945 Samuel Kendall Angus, U.S.A. Charles Stone Borden, A.A.F. David Rumbough Donaldson, U.S.A. William B. Drysdale, . . .

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

The Huddle

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Bolton, New York.
Bolton's first hamlet. First post office (1816), general store, tannery blacksmith shop, gristmill & residences

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

Glen Echo Park

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Glen Echo, Maryland.
Fun is where you find it... Glen Echo Park, the Washington DC Metro area's premier amusement park from 1898 to 1968, is the only amusement park preserved by the National Park system. In the early 1890's this was a National . . .

(Civil Rights • Education • Entertainment • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nanih Waiya

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Noxapater, Mississippi.
S.E. 10 ½ miles is site of sacred Choctaw mound, the legendary birthplace of the race. Served also as fort and as a center of Choctaw ceremonials. Mississippi Historical Commission • 1949

(Forts, Castles • Native Americans • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hot Springs Intracity Transit National Historic Register

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Hot Springs, Arkansas.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. Department of Arkansas Heritage.

(Notable Buildings • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saratoga State Seal Waters

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Saratoga Springs, New York.
By the 20th century, Saratoga's waters were celebrated throughout the nation. Tourists to Saratoga and the public at large were pursuing a healthy lifestyle that included a proper diet and exercise. Even Theodore Roosevelt . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Sycolin Community Cemetery

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near Leesburg, Virginia.
This section of Sycolin Road was an African American Community developed in the last quarter of the 19th Century. It was created out of a larger tract of land know as "Egypt Farm" and was comprised of descendants of former . . .

(African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Warrensburg

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Warrensburg, New York.
From the Native Americans who first settled what is today known as Warrensburg, to the early pioneers that introduced industry, to the current inhabitants and visitors who enjoy all the many recreational attributes, the . . .

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

Pearson Auditorium

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Roswell, New Mexico.
Named in honor of Colonel Daniel Cecil Pearson Born 1881 • Died 1956 D. C. Pearson served NMMI over a 50-year period starting in 1906 as Commandant of Cadets. He was also an Instructor, Dean, and in 1927 became . . .

(Architecture • Education • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Florida Militia Ambush

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Seffner, Florida.
Here a SUPPLY TEAM of the Florida Militia 3 wagons & guards Enroute from Ft. Brooke (Tampa) to inland encampments was AMBUSHED & MASSACRED by SEMINOLE INDIANS, May 17, 1856.

(Wars, US Indian) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Brooke-Confederate Battery

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Tampa, Florida.
Fort Brooke (Tampa) Established 1824 by Col. George M. Brooke 4th US Infantry, east bank Hillsborough river. Prominent as Army Headquarters Seminole Indian Wars of 1835-42 & 1855-58. Confederate Battery A parapet mounted by . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, US Civil • Wars, US Indian) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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