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War Memorial

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Taylor, Pennsylvania.
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(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
In reverent and enduring memory of all Scrantonians who fought for a new world of freedom and peace

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, World I • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anna Barbara Künkelin

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, Germany.
Hier wohnte die Bürgermeisterin Anna Barbara Künkelin, die im Jahr 1688 mit andern muthvollen Schorndorfer Weibern die Stadt vor Melak und den Franzosen rettete. - (English translation:) Here lived the mayoress Anna . . .

(Wars, Non-US • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

150th Anniversary of the Constitution

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Presented to the People of Lackawanna County by the City of Philadelphia S. Davis Wilson, Mayor

(Government & Politics) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Pavilion at Nay Aug Park

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Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Nay Aug Park is a regional treasure and the largest park in the City of Scranton. Its legacy as a destination for outdoor recreation runs parallel to the City's proud history. The Pavilion at Nay Aug Park was built in 1897 - . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Holdorf Site: A Chipped Stone Workshop/The Christoff Site: A Prehistoric Campsite

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Scott, Wisconsin.
The Holdorf Site: A Chipped Stone Workshop The Holdorf site was situated at the top of an upland knoll about three miles north of the Door/Kewaunee County border. The site was one of the most unusual investigated by WIS 57 . . .

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Heyrman I: A Multi-component Workshop and Campsite

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Scott, Wisconsin.
The Site The Heyrman I site represents a campsite and stone tool workshop occupied almost continuously from Paleoindian to Historic Euroamerican times. The Heyrman I site was situated on a long, narrow, saddle-shaped sand . . .

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Eisenbahn Trail History

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West Bend, Wisconsin.
The Eisenbahn State Trail occupies a former Chicago and North Western Railroad corridor that was originally called the "Air Line" because of its direct route passenger service between Chicago and Green Bay. The Trail name . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

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St. Augustine, Florida.
The body of water in front of you is the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AICW). The Intracoastal Waterway is also known as the Marine I-95. The AICW is a marked continuous navigation channel that begins in Virginia and ends . . .

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

Rocklin Roundhouse

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Rocklin, California.
Circa 1863 Rocklin was chosen by the Central Pacific Railroad as the location for the roundhouse as it was close to the point where the railbed steepens and heads towards Auburn. The decision to build at Rocklin also . . .

(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Flint

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Flint, Michigan.
Creating a cultural core for the city, the Flint College and Cultural Center was established in the 1950s. C. S. Mott donated 36 acres of his land for the complex, which now includes Mott Community College and the University . . .

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

Albertson Home

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Galveston, Texas.
This historic house was built in 1870 by Charles Albertson in the Lost Bayou section of the current San Jacinto historical district. Albertson was a cotton buyer active in Galveston until 1900. The great storm of 1900 left . . .

(Architecture • Disasters • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Goode House

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Glendale, California.
Built in the 1880’s. One of the last remaining examples of Queen Anne-Eastlake architectural style in Glendale. Home of Ed Goode, 1897-1917. Outstanding community leader.

(Architecture • Charity & Public Work) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Judith Basin Country

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near Lewistown, Montana.
The Judith Basin occupies a central place in Montana's history. For centuries, the lush grasses of the region attracted large numbers of buffalo, antelope, and deer. The abundant game, in turn, drew Indian hunting parties to . . .

(Natural Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lewistown Army Airfield

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near Lewistown, Montana.
At this airfield, US Army Air Force airmen trained to fly and fight with the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during the darkest days of WWII. Heavy bomber crews completed final proficiency phase training here before being . . .

(Air & Space • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Queen of the Judith Basin

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near Lewistown, Montana.
The old mining camp of Maiden, now a ghost town, is located about 10 miles east of here. She roared into existence in April 1880 when "Slookum Joe" Anderson, Frank McPartland, and Dave Jones discovered placer gold in the . . .

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

Yogo Sapphires

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near Moccasin, Montana.
Rumors of gold in the Little Belt Mountains was enough to cause a stampede by hundreds of miners into the Pig-eye Basin and Yogo Gulch southwest of here in the spring of 1879. Although the placer mines soon played out, there . . .

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

Rolling Ridge Ranch

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Lafayette, California.
Site of Rolling Ridge Ranch 37 years of service to equestrians 1953 · 1990 Ken And Ada Brown

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

Lafayette Grammar School

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Lafayette, California.
Built in 1893 this portion of the church is the old schoolhouse with the original belfry, the third school in Lafayette since 1853. In 1927 the building was purchased to serve as the Methodist church. A group of neighbors . . .

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

Carmine Street Mural

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New York, New York.
This mural was painted in August 1987 by famed graffiti artist Keith Haring (1958-1990) on the wall that adjoins the Carmine Street Pool at the James J. Walker Park handball court. Measuring 18 feet high by 170 feet long and . . .

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