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The History of The Tumble Cart

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, Ireland.
Up to this time, William Smith & Sons had relied almost entirely on the increasing trade in sweepers, scrapers, spare parts and brushes. The range of machines available had been frequently updated and fifteen types of . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Woods Park

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Newton, Texas.
In 1937, the Southwestern Settlement and Development Company deeded land to Newton County. This property would become known as Woods Park, named for the company's surveyor, C.A. Woods. County resident sused the park for . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Newton Cemetery

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Newton, Texas.
This cemetery has served the town of Newton since it was officially set aside in 1903. The first burial, however, dates to 1864, when the landowner, G.W. Robinson, buried his young son. After Robinson passed away, a Newton . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

St. Margaret's

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Red Hook, New York.
”Mrs. Astor’s Orphanage,” later St. Margaret’s Home, a refuge & school for girls operated 1852-1940 as a private charity.

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

Elmendorph Inn

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Red Hook, New York.
Circa 1760 Stagecoach stop by 1785. Hosted town meetings, 1813, and 1st County Fair, 1817. Now a community center. Sign donated by junior friends

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

Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist

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, El Salvador.
Iglesia Parroquial San Juan Bautista Municipio: Nahuizalco Fecha de construcción: antes de 1800. Datos históricos: Para 1,660 ya existía esta edificación. En el año 1770, era cabecera de parroquia y comprendía los pueblos de . . .

(Churches & Religion • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Newton County, C.S.A.

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Newton, Texas.
Supply and military center in the Civil War. Target area for Federals trying to move up the Sabine or across Louisiana and take Texas. Confederates built breastworks and maintained arsenal at Burkeville. Major supply route, . . .

(Political Subdivisions • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Escanaba

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Escanaba, Michigan.
Escanaba: The Port It was the abundant timber that first lured settlers to the area to start sawmill communities along rivers flowing into the bay. Although Escanaba itself was not heavily wooded, as a port it became a . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial

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Bedford Heights, Ohio.
On May 28, 1961, the Kol Israel Foundation, a Cleveland organization of Holocaust survivors, dedicated this monument in remembrance of the attempted genocide against the Jewish people by Nazi Germany during World War II. The . . .

(Disasters • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 10 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Tin Palace Jazz Club

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New York, New York.
You are standing in front of the 1970s home of the Tin Palace, a vital part of New York’s alternative music scene. Originally a Federal-style 3-story, built circa 1830, it was allegedly a speakeasy run by gangster Meyer . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Canalway Trail: Sprakers / Competition / Anything & Everything

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Sprakers, New York.
The CanalWay Trail: Sprakers Welcome to the Canalway Trail System, offering hundreds of miles of scenic trails and numerous parks for walking, bicycling, cross-country skiing and other recreational activities. The Canalway . . .

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

Bell Purchased 7 May 1831

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near Salisbury, New York.
Bell purchased 7 May 1831 by the Baptist and Universalist Societies of Salisbury for the church erected in 1831 and occupied principally by the American Baptists. The church stood across the highway from 1831-1946 on the . . .

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

Veterans Memorial in Middleville

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Middleville, New York.
In memory of all who have served our Country

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

In Grateful Memory

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near Cold Brook, New York.
In Grateful Memory of These who Gave all In World War II Malcolm L. Blue Walter L. Bullock Worden D. Coffin Clyde W. Davis Burr DeWitt Lawrence J. Fitzpatrick Earl Nelson Irwin Harry F. Kested Walter J. Lamphier Edward . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Town of Morehouse War Memorials

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near Hoffmeister, New York.
This Tablet erected in honor of those who served from the Town of Morehouse in World War II George F. Remonda Died in Service Raymond E. Boh George Lewis Nelson G. Easton Claude L. Pardee Kenneth J. Edick Elmer D. . . .

(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Franklin Plantation

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Newellton, Louisiana.
At the time of the Civil War, Franklin Plantation was owned by Dr. Allen T. Bowie. Other planters of this prosperous section of Louisiana owned more property and grew more bales of cotton, but Dr. Bowle's mansion was the . . .

(Antebellum South, US • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Fort Izard

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near Plattsburgh, New York.
Fort Izard was constructed by the United States during the War of 1812 to defend Plattsburgh against a British land and sea attack from the north, and to engage the enemy forces as they journeyed southward toward Saratoga. . . .

(Forts, Castles • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Newport War Memorials

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Newport, New York.
center plaque: Dedicated to the Memory of Guy Bateman Daniel Toomey Theodore Morey Who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the World War left plaque: Dedicated to the memory of Kenneth Fischer Who made the Supreme Sacrifice in the . . .

(War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Elizabethtown War Memorials

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Elizabethtown, New York.
The Men of Elizabethtown Who served in the World War 1917-1919 Harry Metcalf, Oliver Mitchell, Hardy Sweet, William Hanchett denoted as having died while in service. further names were not transcribed In Memory of the Men . . .

(War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mako sica

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near Interior, South Dakota.
Mako sica - Lakota Les mauvaises terres - French The Badlands - English When the Lakota looked on the land around you, they saw the Paha ska (white hills)-a place of bountiful hunting. Historically used for transitory camps, . . .

(Native Americans • Parks & Recreational Areas • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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