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The Reuben Foster House

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Concord, New Hampshire.
This Property Has Been Placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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

Former Murals

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Athens, Ontario.
This Mural was created by artist, Pierre Hardy on the north wall of the H & R Feed & Pet Supplies building in 1988. In this mural, the action takes place in the lumberyard of the Hartley Saw Mill. It is springtime, the time . . .

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

The Weitz & Luxenberg Building

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New York, New York.
When constructed in 1891, 700 Broadway was called The Schermerhorn Building and has served until today as an outstanding example of renowned architect George Post’s work in the Classical Revival style. In 1992, the National . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

MacMillan Wharf

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Provincetown, Massachusetts.
MacMillan Wharf A Tribute To Donald B MacMillan RAdm. USNR For Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Arctic Exploration

(Environment • Exploration) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rose Dorothea

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Provincetown, Massachusetts.
This Stone Commemorates the Victory of the Schooner “Rose Dorothea” Captained by Marion Perry and Crew, at the Old Home Week Celebration in Boston 1907. This Cup Given by Sir Thomas Lipton for the Winner of this Race can be . . .

(Entertainment • Sports • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Brockville & Westport Railway

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Athens, Ontario.
[Mural shows former Athens railway depot] [Insets show] • Athens village map [showing railroad right of way] • B.W.& N.W. Railway Pass, early 1900s • B.W.& N.W. Railway Time-table, April 16, 1913

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown

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Provincetown, Massachusetts.
This Property Has Been, Placed on The National Register Of Historic Places By The United States Department of the Interior.

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rev. Samuel Mather M.A.

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Deerfield, Massachusetts.
In Memory Of Rev. Samuel Mather. M.A. Pioneer Minister of Deerfield 1673 – 75. Who lived in a house on this site. Born at Dorchester, 1650. Graduated Harvard College 1671. Married Hannah, Daughter of Governor Robert Treat Of . . .

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

Farmersville Model School

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Athens, Ontario.
This iconic Athens building opened in February 1860 as the Farmersville Public School. Primary grades occupied the first floor and in September the grammar (or high) school opened on the second floor. As the first high . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Church of San Antonio

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, Mexico.
Templo de San Antonio La edificación de esta capilla data del año 1846, así lo hace saber una placa colocada en la nave del edificio que dices "Manuel Guerrero hizo para su hija María Dolores y dedicó el convento la Capilla . . .

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

Jeffrey Boats

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Brockville, Ontario.
Astonishingly, Myles Jeffrey never made a boat for himself. Myles gained his knowledge working for Gilbert's in Brockville, Pyke in Lachine, PQ, and Chris-Craft in Michigan, USA. But he preferred working at his own pace and . . .

(Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Exploring the Arkansas

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Russellville, Arkansas.
'The Arkansea' was a land of mystery, wonder and riches... Back east rumors grew of the Arkansea, a land of vast swamps, gators, buffalo, elk, beaver, and more bear than could be imagined. There were huge flocks of green and . . .

(Exploration • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Settling the Conflicting Surveys

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The Citizens' Survey, begun the day after the Run, was reconciled with the survey of the Seminole Town and Improvement Company at a mass meeting on April 27. As the Citizens' Committee and its surveyors worked north from . . .

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

The Citizens' Committee

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Overnight, a city of tents arose next to the railroad station. But where were the streets and lot lines? Amid the confusion, a mass meeting was called which elected a committee to bring order with a new survey. Confusion . . .

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

The New Community of Saint John / La nouvelle localité de Saint John

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Saint John, New Brunswick.
English: With the rebels controlling the New England timber trade in 1779, Hazen and White secured a contract to supply the Royal Navy with essential masts and spars. Their lumber camps fought battles with those of rival . . .

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

Angelo C. Scott

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Journalist, Lawyer, Educator, Orator, and Author of Oklahoma City History Arriving from Kansas on April 22, Angelo C. Scott, age 31 and his brother W.W. Scott started a newspaper, the Oklahoma Times, soon renamed the . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Steamboats - Power on the River

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Russellville, Arkansas.
The first steamboat to ascend the Arkansas River, the Comet, arrived at Arkansas Post on March 31, 1820, and river travel was transformed. Two years later people in the new town of Little Rock were jubilant over the arrival . . .

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

The Election of May 1, 1889

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Oklahoma City ,, Oklahoma.
A slate of candidates supported by the Seminole Town and Improvement Company, including the temporary mayor William Couch, was elected at the polls on Wednesday, May 1. At the mass meeting on April 27, after the compromise . . .

(Government • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Military Road marker stone

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Russellville, Arkansas.
This stone is a marker from the old Military Road which extended from Little Rock to Ft. Smith. The marker was found west of Dardanelle in 1940 by Mr. Henry Sellers, District Highway Engineer, while supervising the . . .

(Native Americans • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Trail of Tears along the Memphis to Little Rock Road

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Wynne, Arkansas.
Down the trail from where you are standing is the most well-preserved remaining section of the historic Trail of Tears in Arkansas. Tradition and heritage run deep jn the collective souls of the Five Southeastern Tribes . . .

(Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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