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Hydrastis canadensis

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
Native American medicinal uses of the root included treatment of the eyes and skin and for cancers and venereal diseases. The yellow root provided dye. This plant should be avoided during pregnancy.

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Smilacina racemosa

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
Smoke from the burning root was used by the Meskwaki to revive unconscious patients, to hush a crying child, and to cast spells.

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Churches & Religion • Horticulture & Forestry • Native Americans • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Asarum canadense

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
The Chippewa used this herb to season food and chewed the root to relieve indigestion. The Iroquois used the roots to preserve meats.

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Horticulture & Forestry • Native Americans • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Alice Moore Dunbar [Nelson] and Paul Laurence Dunbar Residence

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LeDroit Park, District of Columbia.
Alice Moore Dunbar [Nelson] (1875-1935), a budding poet and essayist, and Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906), already a nationally and internationally acclaimed poet, married in 1898 and moved to this house. Mary Church . . .

(African Americans • Arts, Letters, Music • Civil Rights • Education • Women) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Euonymus atropurpureus

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
The Meskwaki used the fresh outer bark, pounded into a poultice (compress), to heal facial sores. They steeped the inner bark to make an eye lotion.

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Horticulture & Forestry • Native Americans) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Polygonatum biflorum

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
This plant was called the "reviver" by the Menomini and Fox because inhaling the smoke of the heated root revived unconscious patients.

(Anthropology & Archaeology • Horticulture & Forestry • Native Americans • Science & Medicine) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Sugar Bowl (BCS National Championship)

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
LSU's suffocating defense limited the nation's top scoring offense and Heisman Trophy winner Jason White to only 154 yards as the Tigers claimed their second national title in football with a 21-14 win over Oklahoma in the . . .

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

Dawn Redwood from China

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
This small grove of Dawn Redwood is somewhat reminiscent of the few stands that occur in its native homeland, China. Known only through paleobotanical records prior to 1945, living specimens of this almost extinct plant were . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry • Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Man Who Loved Conifers

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Arboretum, District of Columbia.
Would your hobby take you to the four corners of the world? Few private plant collectors have approached their hobby with more enthusiasm than the late William Gotelli who travelled the world in search of unusual conifers, . . .

(Horticulture & Forestry) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Missoula Mercantile Warehouse

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Missoula, Montana.
Established in 1866 under the name Bonner and Welch, the Missoula Mercantile Company quickly grew into an economic and political powerhouse. In 1890, the company handled about 60 percent of the city’s retail trade, worth . . .

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

Headquarters Building and Daily Company Annex

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Missoula, Montana.
An exuberant ambassador of the late nineteenth century and its more Spartan complement comprise this architectural duet, whose history spans Missoula’s development. The older and more impressive Headquarters Building, . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Where Two Worlds Met / Rencontre de deux mondes

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Bayside, New Brunswick.
English: the Micmac, Maliseet, and Passamaquoddy hunters and traders provided a commercial lifeline for Sieur de Monts' colony. Their first-hand knowledge of the territory allowed these entrepreneurs to control the supply of . . .

(Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Old Moravian Church

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Pine Plains, New York.
Site of Old Moravian Church Built in 1743 of bark. Mentioned in 1840 at dedication of Union Bethel Church

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

Isaac Huntting Homestead

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Pine Plains, New York.
Isaac Huntting Homestead Built 1774. In Huntting Family about 1904.

(Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grinding Works

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Pine Plains, New York.
Site of Grinding Works Founded by Col. Silas Harris about 1832.

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

Pine Plains Northeast Line

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Pine Plains, New York.
Pine Plains Northeast Line Pine Plains organized 1823. Northeast Formed 1788 and included Milan and Pine Plains. Milan taken off in 1818.

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

Carman Mill

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Pine Plains, New York.
Carman Mill A mill stood here as early as 1784. Processing timber, wool, apples and grain with water power. Struck by lightning & burned in 1936.

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

Pine Plains-Stanford Line

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Pine Plains, New York.
Pine Plains-Stanford Line Pine Plains organized 1823. Part of Northeast 1788 and Little Nine Partners 1706. Stanford organized 1793. Part of Washington 1788 and Great Nine Partners 1697

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

Union Library

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Pine Plains, New York.
Union Library of Pine Plains Organized 1798. Ebenezer Baldwin first librarian. First public library in Town of North East

(Arts, Letters, Music • Education) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Roll of Honor

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Pine Plains, New York.
Roll of Honor Pine Plains, New York Spanish American War Fred Bostwick · Fred Knickerbocker World War I Henry Dathrick · Webster Bathrick · Smith Bielby · Clyde S. Bouton · Russ R. Bouton · Frank Brandt · George H. Cahill . . .

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