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Roseau Cathedral

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, Dominica.
Roseau Cathedral 1730 First started as a 16 x 40 ft solid timber church. This was fashioned after the Kalinago Kabays, consisting of strong posts and woven palm leaves. It was constructed by French lumbermen and peasant . . .

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

Pottersville

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, Dominica.
Pottersville Was once known as Ballahoo Town and then Lod bor – creole for “the other side”. Was mainly occupied by fishermen, domestics and port workers who worked in Roseau. Pottersville was named after the Potter family . . .

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

David the Goliath

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, Dominica.
David the Goliath The African Baobab Tree (Adansonia digitata) was blown down on the bus during Hurricane David on August 29th 1979. Fortunately the bus was empty at the time. The main stem is now more than 21 ft (6.4 m) in . . .

(Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mines Building

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New Castle, New Hampshire.
Portsmouth Harbor was protected by underwater mine fields during both wars. During World War II, this protection was supplemented by an anti-submarine net which stretched across the mouth of the harbor from nearby Fort Stark . . .

(Forts, Castles • War, World II • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Queen's Island Shipyard / Belfast's Industrial Growth

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, United Kingdom.
[Front] Queen's Island From Pleasure Garden to Shipyard Edward Harland and Gustav Wolff's shipyard, which would go on to become the most successful in the world, was established in 1861. [Blue inset caption reads] The . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Portcullis

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New Castle, New Hampshire.
Replaced by the New Hampshire Daughters of the American Revolution commemorating the capture of the fort by New Hampshire Patriots December 14, 1774. Dedicated August 10, 1974

(Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frost Cemetery

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New Castle, New Hampshire.
The Frost Cemetery was a private family burying ground passed down through the Frost and Bell families for many generations. The families lived near the Piscataqua River and the cemetery was located at the end of their . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Take Your Pick

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Denver, Colorado.
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(Animals • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Yo Soy Joaquin

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Denver, Colorado.
Rudolfo Corky Gozales born in Denver June 18, 1928, son of a migrant worker, helped organize and lead the Chicano civil and human rights movement of the 1960s and '70s. He advocated equality, justice and self-determination . . .

(Civil Rights • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Village of Charlotte Hall

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Charlotte Hall, Maryland.
The Village of Charlotte Hall derived its name from the school located there, authorized by the Maryland General Assembly in 1774. The area was originally known as "Ye Coole Springs" for the purported healing qualities of . . .

(Colonial Era • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heroum Gesta

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Boscawen, New Hampshire.
(Front/West side) Hannah Duston Mary Neff Samuel Leonardson March 30 1697 Mid-night (Front base of monument) David Blanchard W. Concord, N.H. (Right/South side) Statua Know ye that we with many plant it in trust to the state . . .

(Colonial Era • Native Americans • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Falls and Industry 1800’s – 1960

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Greenville, South Carolina.
Reedy River, with its Falls and Gorge, constitutes the most distinctive feature in the topography and landscape of Greenville. It is without a doubt the most important single feature to be considered in the development and . . .

(Environment • Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Queen's Island Shipyard / Hamilton Dock

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, United Kingdom.
[Front] Queen's Island From Pleasure Garden to Shipyard Queen's Island was created in 1847 when slobs from the digging of Victoria Channel were deposited on the Co. Down side of the Lagan Estuary. Queen's Island was . . .

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

The Falls Forgotten 1960 - 2002

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Greenville, South Carolina.
In 1960, the four-lane Camperdown Bridge was erected over the Reedy River Falls, obscuring its view for the next 40 years. The neighborhood surrounding the river declined, and many residents lost even the memory of the . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Acadian House

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Lafayette, Louisiana.
ACADIAN HOUSE: A Small Cajun Plantation Building This small Cajun structure dates from the 1830s, and originated on the Mouton Plantation near Carencro, north of Lafayette. The plantation was owned by Francois and Antoine . . .

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

Falls Reclaimed and the Liberty Bridge 2004

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Greenville, South Carolina.
By the 1990s, the river had been rehabilitated, and a citizen movement to remove the highway bridge and reclaim the falls began in earnest. After much discussion, controversy, and debate, Mayor Knox White and City Council . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roseau Bayfront

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, Dominica.
Roseau Bayfront Ferry Terminal Roseau Bayfront 1900, at the time it was known as Bay Street. For many years the town was fronted by a wide beach but after a series of hurricanes, sea defence walls were built along the . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oak Lawn School

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Waxahachie, Texas.
Oak Lawn began as an elementary school for blacks in 1887 on North Aiken Street. In 1893 the school moved to this site. By the end of the 19th Century, High School classes had been added to the curriculum. Two of the first . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stephentown War Memorial

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Stephentown, New York.
In memory of all who served from Stephentown (names not transcribed)

Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Pottersville

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, Dominica.
Pottersville By the Pottersville Savannah View of Woodbridge Bay in 1960 prior to the construction of the Deep Water Harbour. Walking distances to various historic sites and landmarks Map, key and emergency information . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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