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Strafford Union Academy / Austin-Cate Academy
Strafford, New Hampshire.Strafford Union Academy Strafford Union Academy, founded in 1833, served as a private secondary school in a building that is today known as Austin Hall. In 1848, the Academy...
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Belmont, 1906
Chevy Chase, Maryland.Black businessmen Alexander Satterwhite, Michel Dumas, James Neill,and Charles Cuney purchased 31 acres along Wisconsin Avenue to build a "high-class" suburb for African Americans...
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Christmas Truce 1914 / Trêve de Noël 1914
, Belgium.Trêve de Noël 1914 Kerstbestand Weihnachtsfrieden Christmas Truce St Yves - 2014 - Plugstreet Comines - Warneton (War, World I) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
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War and Veterans Memorial
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.Dedicated to those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country. Killed in Action War with Mexico George Small Civil War Samuel Agley • Albert Bartolet • Jacob...
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The Peterborough Club
Peterborough, Ontario.During the years 1873 to 1991, 123 Simcoe Street was the site of The Peterborough Club. Originally modelled as an English gentlemen’s club, it developed at this location as a...
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Northwood Congregational Church
Northwood, New Hampshire.This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Circa 1840 (Churches & Religion • Architecture)...
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Mt. Nebo Elementary School
Monroe, Louisiana.Mt. Nebo Elementary School The Mt. Nebo (Rosenwald) Elementary School was sited in the formerly segregated Prichard's Addition/Atkins Quarters in Monroe, Louisiana. The school was...
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Ordway's Mill
Chichester, New Hampshire.This is the site on the Suncook River in the Pineground area where one of the earlier water mills was built commonly known as Ordway's Mill. This mill was a grist and saw mill...
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Stealing the County Seat
Fergus Falls, Minnesota.One of the most enduring legends in Otter Tail County is that Fergus Falls stole the county seat from Otter Tail City, a once thriving town on the eastern shore of Otter Tail...
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Otter Tail River
Fergus Falls, Minnesota.The Otter Tail River has long played a vital role in the development of Fergus Falls, supporting flour mills, saw mills and power plants. Early maps of the area identify the...
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The Great Fergus Falls Cyclone
Fergus Falls, Minnesota.The heat was oppressive during the week of June 16, 1919. People opened their windows hoping to get some air while many slept on their porches instead of sweltering inside....
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Stoyer's Dam
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.Stoyer's Dam was known as Bittle's Dam in this March, 1906 image. Marcus Bittle established the dam in 1881 to establish an ice supply business, including erecting an ice...
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John Fincher
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.Dedicated to the memory of John Fincher First settler of Schuylkill Haven PA 1750 (Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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George B. Wright
Fergus Falls, Minnesota.Surveyor, Versatile Businessman, who founded Fergus Falls A.D. 1870, who promoted its Interests, took part in its early Activities & Controvercies, and whose Faith in "The...
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Bittle's Dam
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.This circa 1910 image of Stoyer's Dam, then known as Bittle's Dam, shows few homes compared to today. Note there are farms within the town limits and no development north...
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Government House Site
Peterborough, Ontario.On this site stood in 1825 Government House Log dwelling and office of Peter Robinson. In that year, 2,204 Irish immigrants were assisted in settling here by the British...
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Joe Whitford
Fergus Falls, Minnesota.Joseph Whitford founded the Fergus Falls town site in 1857. Born of Scotch-Irish parents near Montreal, Canada, he came to Minnesota with his brother John. In 1856, Little Falls...
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Now there's a Bright idea!
Pequot Lakes, Minnesota.The Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway Association thanks the MN Dept. of Natural Resources for their support and sponsorship of this site. You see that big fire tower over there? Well,...
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Agricultural Fair
Peterborough, Ontario.The West Riding Peterborough Agricultural Society Fair had been searching for many years for a larger location to hold the fair, and the closure of the Burial Grounds provided a...
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Antique Coal Car
Morgantown, West Virginia.Coal cars like this one were used from the mid 1800's until the mid 1900's to haul coal out of hand-worked underground coal mines. The cars were first pulled by mine ponies...
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USS Independence Gun
Farragut, Tennessee.This eight inch gun was a part of the battery of the frigate Independence placed on board at New York in 1841. Participated in capture of Guaymas and Mazatlan 1847 (War,...
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Caretakers’ Cottage
Sanibel Island, Florida.This cottage was built after 1925 behind the Mayer family’s bay-front home, Shore Haven. Through the years it served as guest house, bath house, caretakers cottage, and annex....
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Ehrenfriedhof / Cemetery of Honour
, Germany.German: Im hinteren Teil des ehemaligen KZ, in dem sich die Isolierblocks, das Baulager und die Desinfektion befunden hatten, wurde in den Jahren 1957 bis 1960 ein Ehrenfriedhof für die Opfer...
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Quarantänebaracken / Quarantine Barracks
, Germany.German: Bis Mitte 1942 müssen Häftlinge in Schwerstarbeit einen neuen Lagerbereich errichten. Dieser ist vom Rest des Lagers mit Stacheldrahtzaun abgetrennt. Hier sollen 2.000 sowjetische...
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Lagerbordell / Camp Brothel
, Germany.German: Das Lagerbordell in Flossenbürg wird Mitte Juli 1943 in einer eigens dafür errichteten Holzbaracke in Betrieb genommen. Auf direkte Anordnung des Reichsführers SS Heinrich Himmler...
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