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Old Chisholm Trail Centennial Monument

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Cuero, Texas.
From Longhorn cattle gathering site, 1800 Longhorns were headed up and moved out of Cardwell Flats near here on April 1, 1866 on first Chisholm cattle drive to northern markets. Crockett Cardwell, owner of cattle bedground . . .

(Animals • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Princess Theater

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Sausalito, California.
Sausalito's first movie theater. Renamed the Gate Theater in 1937 in honor of the Golden Gate Bridge. Briefly housed live theater in the 1960's, showcasing a repertory company widely known for its Irish and Shakespearian productions.

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

Camp Oyo Boy Scout Camp

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near West Portsmouth, Ohio.
In 1926, Ohio Governor Alvin Donahey approved setting aside 55 acres of the Roosevelt Game Refuge for a Boy Scout camp. Since that time Camp Oyo has served Boy Scouts and other groups from Ohio and Kentucky. The name ‘Oyo’ . . .

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

Camp Oyo

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West Portsmouth, Ohio.
Camp Oyo was created in the spring of 1926. A group of Portsmouth businessmen and the newly organized Scioto Council of the Boy Scouts purchased a tract of “wasteland” on the edge of the Roosevelt Game Preserve. The driving . . .

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

Guadalupe Road

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, Mexico.
Calzada Guadalupe Este paseo arbolado es parte de la avenida peatonal más larga del continente americano. Desde el siglo XVII ha sido espacio de encuentro social a través de peregrinaciones, rezo de novenarios y la procesión . . .

(Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colón Garden

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, Mexico.
Jardín Colón Muchos potosinos le siguen llamando “Jardín de la Merced” porque en este lugar se encontraba el Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, desparecido durante la Reforma. En la época del porfiriato el área fue . . .

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

Welcome to the National Road

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near Belmont, Ohio.
The National Road crosses six states from Baltimore, Maryland, to East St. Louis, Illinois. The road fulfilled the dreams of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to build an all-weather route across the Allegheny Mountains . . .

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

The Plague Cemetery

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
A "burying ground" established near this site in 1821 is believed to have been the first cemetery in what is now Indianapolis. It has been historically referred to as the "plague cemetery" because the first interments were . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wilson House Site

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Revolutionary War veteran Isaac Wilson, one of the first settlers in Indianapolis, built a frame house on this site in 1821 or 1822. Just west of this location Wilson built the first mill for grinding grain on Fall Creek. . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

This Tablet Marks the Homestead of Isaac Wilson, Pioneer and Patriot.

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
After serving throughout the Revolutionary War he freed his slaves and in 1800 moved from Kentucky to Indiana. In 1820 he came to Indianapolis and built one of the first houses on "donation land." In 1822 he moved from the . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Coleman Hall

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
The William H. Coleman Hospital for Women built in 1927, was the first hospital in Indiana built specifically for gynecology and obstetrics. Architect Robert Frost Daggett designed the building, which was funded by William . . .

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

Robert W. Long Hospital

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
In 1910 Indianapolis physician Robert Long and his wife Clara provided the funds for the construction of a hospital to serve the teaching needs of the Indiana University School of Medicine, as well as the health needs of . . .

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

Emerson Hall

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Emerson Hall, originally known as the Medical School Building, was the first medical classroom building constructed on the Indiana University Medical Center campus. It replaced outdated facilities at 102 N. Senate Avenue, . . .

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

Hine Street

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dr. Maynard K. Hine (1907-1996) was Dean of the IU School of Dentistry from 1945 to 1968, transforming the school into one of the world's premier dental educational institutions. Dr. Hine devoted 52 years of his life to . . .

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

Sewall House

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
May Wright Sewall (1844-1920) was an educator, cultural leader, and organizer of the woman's suffragette movement in Indianapolis. She formed the Art Association of Indianapolis, which became the John Herron Institute and . . .

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

Stewart House

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
George P. Stewart (1874-1924) was co-founder of the Indianapolis Recorder newspaper in 1897 and in 1899 became sole owner, editor and publisher until his death in 1924. The Recorder published positive stories acclaiming . . .

(African Americans • Communications • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stout House

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Frances Connecticut Stout (1854-1933) was a successful businesswoman who epitomized African-American determination and strength in Indianapolis. In the late 1880s, Frances and her husband Benjamin became the first . . .

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

Boaz House

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Indianapolis, Indiana.
Patricia A. Boaz (1922-1993) was an Associate Professor of Chemistry who began her career at IUPUI in 1967. She also served as Associate Dean in the School of Science, Director of the Adult Education Coordinating Center, and . . .

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

Oscar F. Wilber

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Allegany, New York.
Civil War private buried here Died in 1863 from wounds rec'd at Chancellorsville. Subject of Walt Whitman's 1864 essay "A New York Soldier".

(Arts, Letters, Music • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Little Valley, New York.
Bldg. dedicated Sept. 7, 1914 to honor the nearly 3.500 Cattaraugus County citizens who served in the Army and Navy during the Civil War.

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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