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Carondelet Hotel

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St. Louis, Missouri.
Built in the 1850's and located on S. Broadway, the Carondelet Hotel housed up to 100 guests as well as the town post office.

(Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Carondelet Drum Corps

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St. Louis, Missouri.
The Carondelet Germania Turnverein Drum Corps was formed in 1875 by local German groups to promote social engagement and exercise programs in the community.

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Illinois Remembers POW/MIA

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near Highland, Illinois.
Capt. John Causey, Granite City SP4 Randall Dalton, Collinsville W01 James Dayton, Granite City

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

Bruceton Community Honor Roll

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Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.
Bruceton Community Honor Roll Dedicated to all veterans who serve their country

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

Duke Fordham's Inn

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Sag Harbor, New York.
Here stood Duke Fordham's Inn, destroyed by the fire of 1845; here James Fenimore Cooper penned his first novel, Precaution, while awaiting the return of the whaleship Union, in which he owned shares along with his uncle, . . .

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

First Custom House

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Sag Harbor, New York.
First Custom House in First District of New York State Act passed by First Congress making Sag Harbor Port of Entry, approved Aug. 4, 1790

(Government • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Broad Spring

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Bethpage, New York.
This spring marks point laid out in first highway survey of Bethpage made 1732 by Samuel Willis

(Natural Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Powell Home

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Bethpage, New York.
Built by Thomas Powell in 1700 after purchase of Bethpage from Massapequa Indian Tribe October 18, 1695

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

George Washington

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Freeport, New York.
Georce Washington passed this way on his 1790 journey through Long Island

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

Cobble Villa

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Long Beach, New York.
Erected circa 1912 for the late Senator Reynolds, developer of City Of Long Beach. Placed on the National Register by the U.S. Department Of Interior. The Steele residence since 1978.

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

First Post Office

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Bethpage, New York.
January 29, 1857 1st post office in village Jeremiah Weaver Postmaster Ahern Home - W. Ahern involved in 1936 - name change from Central Park to Bethpage

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

Site of the Block House

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Liberty, Pennsylvania.
This tablet marks the site of the Block House Built in 1792

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

Murphy Windmill

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San Francisco, California.
In 1947, the first restoration project executed included minor repairs to the windmill and replacement of the sail stocks. The 114-foot spars made out of 6 tons of laminated wood were shipped from Portland, Oregon to replace . . .

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

Charles Eisenmann’s Photography Studio

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New York, New York.
You are standing next to an 1876 Federal-era building that was the home and studio of Charles Eisenmann, the premier photographer of sideshow exotics – called “freaks” – who worked at circuses and Bowery dime museums. A . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Blockhouse

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Newtown, Ohio.
500 feet west of this marker near the big spring is the site of the the blockhouse erected by Capt. Aaron Mercer in 1792 establishing Mercersburgh later known as Newtown. First settlement in Anderson Township

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

Mills of Plain Township

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New Albany, Ohio.
When the early settlers moved to the Ohio frontier in the early 1800s, mature trees dominated the landscape. As the region grew, water-powered mills were constructed to meet the demand for building materials cut from the . . .

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

Sidewalks Of New York Premieres On Bowery!

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New York, New York.
The New Museum is the former site of the London Theatre, where in 1894 Lotte Gilson (“The Little Magnet”) first sang “The Sidewalks of New York,” an iconic song that encapsulated the feel of Manhattan’s working class . . .

(Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Garibaldi in Granada

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, Nicaragua.
Aqui en 1851 vivio Guiseppe Garibaldi Heroe de dos mundos y forjador de la unidad italiana Instituto Nicaraguense de Turismo English translation: Here in 1851 lived Guiseppe Garibaldi Hero of the Two Worlds and creator of . . .

(Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spanish War Veterans Memorial

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Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
This monument erected by the city of Fitchburg to commemorate the valour and patriotism of the men who served in the war with Spain Philippine insurrection and China relief expedition1898-1902. Dedicated September 1,1924 . . .

(War, Spanish-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Wickapickit Brook and Bridge

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Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Nearby as early as 1814 stood the Wickapickit Mill by 1870 it was the Phelps Saw and Grist Mill many bridges were built here in 18th and 19th centuries as this was the early mail road to Brattleborough but spring floods often took the bridges away

(Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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