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A Plow Factory

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Mosherville, New York.
The Mosher Furnace, Galway home of the Mosher Plow produced from 1847 to 1926. Powered by waterwheel. Frank Fonda ran gen. store.

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

Barkersville

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Barkersville, New York.
Founded May 3rd 1845 Land donated by the Barker and Carpentier families

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

Barkersville

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Barkersville, New York.
Originally Barker's Hollow settled in 1796 by David & Samuel Barker, who established several waterpowered saw & grist mills, a tannery & shoe shop on this site.

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

Old Baptist Meeting House

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near Galway, New York.
Site of old Baptist meeting house and cemetery. First town meeting held here April 5, 1796. First supervisor - Stephen Wait

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Mudd Club, 1978-1981

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New York, New York.
At this site publisher Steve Mass, curator Diego Cortez and singer Anya Philips opened the Mudd Club in a loft owned by artist Ross Bleckner. Named for Samuel Alexander Mudd, a doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth in the . . .

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

First United Methodist Church

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Aberdeen, South Dakota.
First United Methodist Church has been placed on the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES by the United States Department of the Interior Built 1904

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Broad Street History Path

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New York, New York.
19 street panels along the path of the original Broad Street canal 1642: The Dutch create a canal south of Beaver Street by expanding a small rivulet known as “the ditch”. It is called the “Herre Graft”. 1642: Broad Street . . .

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

The Orphanage

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, Mexico.
El Orfanatorio Toma el nombre de la antigua pensión para infantes que se instaló en un inmueble construido en terrenos que pertenecieron al convento de monjas concepcionistas. La dueña de este orfanato particular situado en . . .

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

Eligio Ancona Castillo

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, Mexico.
Homenaje al Benemérito del Estado que vivió en este predio Lic. Eligio Ancona Castillo (1835-1893) Ilustre historiador, prócer de las letras, combativo periodista, destacado jurista y político liberal, federalista y . . .

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

Augusto Cárdenas Pinelo

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, Mexico.
En esta casa nacio el dia 2 de diciembre de 1905 el trovador romántico Augusto Cardenas Pinelo (Gutty) Homenaje a iniciativa de “Caricaturas” bajo el patrimonio del Club Escuela Modelo y Trovadores Yucatecos junio de 1932 . . .

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

Julia Dominga Febles y Cantón

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, Mexico.
Aquí vivió y murió Julia Dominga Febles y Cantón (1870-1940) Ilustre poeta y periodista "Julia", los críticos españoles la consideraron una poetisa de las mas importantes de América en su tiempo. agosto 2008 Patronato Pro . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fotografía Guerra

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, Mexico.
En esta casa estuvo el ultimo gran local de la Fotografia Guerra Fundada en 1877 por D. Pedro Guerra Jordan al que sucedio D. Pedro Guerra Aguilar Patronato Pro Historia Peninsular, A.C. H. Ayuntamiento de Mérida English . . .

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

"The Nuns"

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, Mexico.
Las Monjas Poco tiempo después de iniciada la construcción de la Catedral, se comenzó la edificación de este significativo convento (edificio situado al frente y norte de esta cédula) que se dedicaría a las monjas . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

José Jacinto Cuevas Barrera

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, Mexico.
En esta casa vivió José Jacinto Cuevas Barrera (1821-1878) Padre y prócer de la musica yucatanense, fundador del Conservatorio de Música y Declamación y creador de la musica del himno yucateco. Centro Cultural Prohispen A.C. . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John A. Perkins Student Center

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Newark, Delaware.
This building was named for John A. Perkins (1914-82), who served as President of the University of Delaware from 1950-67. His tenure marked one of the greatest periods of growth in the history of the University, with the . . .

(Education • Notable Buildings • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rev. Dr. Francis Alison (1705-1779)

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Newark, Delaware.
Francis Alison came to America from Ireland in 1735 and served as a Presbyterian minister in New London, Pennsylvania, from 1736-52. In 1743, he started a free school there to which the University of Delaware traces its . . .

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

Juan Gamboa Guzmán

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, Mexico.
En este lugar estuvo la casa donde falleció el pintor yucateco Juan Gamboa Guzmán el 19 de abril de 1892 Mérida, Yuc., 23 de Octubre de 2002 Centro INAH Yucatán. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia English . . .

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

Florida Black Bear Scenic Byway

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near Altoona, Florida.
Marjorie Harris Carr - Tireless Conservationist Marjorie Harris Carr's most prominent legacy on the byway was to halt the construction of the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Over the long 1962-1971 battle, she enlisted citizen's . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Environment • Parks & Recreational Areas • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Harry Fletcher Brown (1867-1944)

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Newark, Delaware.
A New Englander born into modest means, Harry Fletcher Brown was a chemist who developed smokeless powder. In 1904, he joined the Du Pont Company and later became a benefactor of education and social services. Mr. Brown was . . .

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

Monsignor Norberto Domínguez

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, Mexico.
Monseñor Norberto Dominguez Dean de la Santa Iglesia Catedral, Prbto. Notario Apostólico, Prelado Doméstico y Camarero de Honor de su Santidad, nació en Mérida el 5 de junio de 1832 Murió santamente en ésta ciudad el 12 de . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Churches & Religion • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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