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The Mines of Tombstone

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Tombstone, Arizona.
Tombstone was a mining town. Everything that happened here happened because of the lure of the silver and gold found by Ed Schieffelin in the hills of Tombstone in 1877. And so they came, the prospectors, laborers, miners, . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Allen English Home

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Tombstone, Arizona.
Born in Saginaw, Mich., in 1860, English, a law graduate, moved to Tombstone in 1880. He first worked as a miner, then became a partner in Smith & Goodrich law firm. He also served 3 terms as Cochise County District . . .

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

Million Dollar Stope

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Tombstone, Arizona.
At 1:00 p.m. on April 21st, 1907, the "Million Dollar Stope" was created when the Good Enough Stope caved in dropping a horse and wagon 75' into a gaping hole. The driver had climbed down to see why his horse had stumbled . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Alumni Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
[Left plaque] Alumni Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places [Right plaque] Alumni Hall Erected before 1810

(Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The San Juan Arch

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, Mexico.
Arco de San Juan Hoy conocido como “de San Juan” y originalmente como “Arco de San Cristóbal” se encuentra en la antigua salida al Camino Real a Campeche. Es el de mayores dimensiones de los tres que hoy permanecen en pie . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Raub Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
Raub Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places

(Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

George Evans House

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Newark, Delaware.
George Evans House has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places Erected in 1863

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

Recitation Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
Recitation Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places

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

Recitation Hall Annex

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

E. A. Trabant University Center

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Newark, Delaware.
This building is named in honor of E. Arthur Trabant, who served two terms as President of the University of Delaware: 1968-87 and 1988-90. During his presidency, enrollment at the University doubled, the Laird Campus was . . .

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

John A. Munroe ('36 B.A., '41 M.A.)

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Newark, Delaware.
This building is named for renowned scholar John A. Munroe an authority on Delaware history and the author of many books, including a history of the University. After receiving his bachelor's and master's degrees from . . .

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

In Memoriam

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Newark, Delaware.
To the students of the University of Delaware who died in the service of their country during Asian Conflicts. Bird, Leonard A. '66 — Vietnam Flaherty, Kevin G. '63 — Vietnam Johnson, James R., Jr. '56 — Vietnam Lowdon, . . .

(War, 1st Iraq & Desert Storm • War, Korean • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Winifred J. Robinson (1867-1962)

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Newark, Delaware.
When Winifred J. Robinson became the first Dean of the Women's College in 1914, the school consisted of a muddy field and two buildings under construction on what is now the south lawn of The Green. Dr. Robinson visited . . .

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

Emalea Pusey Warner (1853-1948)

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Newark, Delaware.
Emalea Pusey Warner was one of the most influential women in the history of the University of Delaware. She was the first woman appointed to its Board of Trustees, serving from 1928-42. The project closest to Mrs. Warner's . . .

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

Laurel Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
This building is named for the small southern Delaware town of Laurel, the birthplace of Mary Wooten Carpenter. Her Husband, Walter S. Carpenter, Jr., who served as President of the University of Delaware Board of Trustees . . .

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

Squire Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
Squire Hall is named for Francis Hagar Squire, a popular Professor of History at the University from 1927-56, who also served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1945-56. Professor Squire helped establish the . . .

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Hugh Martin Morris (1878-1966)

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Newark, Delaware.
An 1988 graduate of Delaware College, now the University of Delaware, Hugh Martin Morris was one of Delaware's most distinguished jurists, serving as a Wilmington attorney and, from 1919-30, as a U.S. District Judge for . . .

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Beatrice Hartshorn (1897-1972)

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Newark, Delaware.
Beatrice Hartshorn joined the Women's College at the University of Delaware in 1925 as head of the physical education program, which at the time consisted of rudimentary exercises and games. Miss Hartshorn, who served on the . . .

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

Sussex Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
This residence hall is named after Delaware's southernmost county and is one of the oldest buildings on the south Green. Sussex Hall was completed in 1917 and was built with an appropriation from the Delaware General . . .

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

Kent Hall

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Newark, Delaware.
Kent Resident Hall, constructed in 1956, is named after Kent County, located in the central part of Delaware and home of the First State's capital city of Dover. The adjoining Kent Dining Hall predates the residence hall by . . .

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