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Chief Francis Godfroy's Council Chambers

Indiana, Miami County, near PeruNorth 87 degrees East 437 feet. War Chief Francis Godfroy's Council Chambers. Here May, 1812, twelve tribes of N.W. Territory voted not to join English. Tecumseh...

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Robb

Kansas, Montgomery County, Coffeyville Pioneer Settlers 1869 First Blacksmith Shop 1869 Samuel W. Robb 1828-1912 Lydia Ann Robb 1836 - 1891 Charles S. Robb 1862 - 1912 Imogene Robb Perry 1864 - 1944...

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Santa Fe Trail

Kansas, Marion County, near Durham[Title is text] (Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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Carl Lee Perkins

Tennessee, Madison County, Jackson(obverse) Called the "Rockabilly King" and a Rock 'n' Roll architect", singer-songwriter Carl Perkins was born in Lake County on April 9, 1932. In 1955, he wrote and...

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First Baptist Church

Texas, Henderson County, MalakoffIn 1894, the Reverend Monroe F. Jackson came to Malakoff and founded this congregation. He named it Good Hope Baptist Church. The same year, church trustees Sam...

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Cliff Homes and Canyon Life

Arizona, Coconino County, Walnut Canyon National Monument As recently as the mid-1200s, families lived, worked, and played in Walnut Canyon. Tending crops on the rim, traveling to gather food, and...

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A Complex Community

Arizona, Coconino County, Walnut Canyon National Monument The Island Trail, visible below you, follows the sharp meander of Walnut Creek. Many cliff dwelling rooms, unique in this area, were built...

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17th Ohio Infantry

Georgia, Walker County, Fort Oglethorpe Detachment of 17th. Regiment Ohio Infantry, Connell's Brigade. 1:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. September 20, 1863. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5...

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19th Ohio Infantry

Georgia, Catoosa County, Fort Oglethorpe19th. Detachment. Ohio Infantry, Genl. S. Beatty's Brigade. 1:P.M. to 7:P.M. September 20, 1863. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS...

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Frances Slocum

Indiana, Wabash County, near SomersetCaptured as a child by the Delaware Indians in 1778 from her Pennsylvania home, she grew up with the Indians, married a Miami chief, and lived in Indiana till her...

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Flight 93 National Memorial

Pennsylvania, Somerset County, StoystownOn September 11, 2001, at 10:30 am, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in the field in front of you, killing all 40 passengers and crew members, as well as the...

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Flight 93 National Memorial

Pennsylvania, Somerset County, StoystownThe Western Overlook is where the world first came to make sense of the story of Flight 93. On September 12 and for days after, the media lined up along the...

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Lane College

Tennessee, Madison County, JacksonFounded, 1882, by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America, as a high school, under direction of Bishop Isaac Lane, with his daughter as principal. It became...

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Merry High School

Tennessee, Madison County, JacksonWith the addition of the twelfth grade in 1922 the South Jackson School on Church Street, the city's only secondary school for black youth, was renamed Merry High...

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Harry Gilmore' Raid

Maryland, Harford County, Jerusalem MillsWhat caused the “great excitement” in Harford County during the summer of 1864? It was the arrival of a detachment of the Confederate cavalrymen led by partisan...

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The Historic Bowles House

Maryland, Washington County, HancockBuilt in the 1780’s this farm house witnessed the arrival of the C&O Canal in the mid-1830’s. Located at the east side of Hancock, the house residents catered to...

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A Work of Art

Maryland, Washington County, HancockLooking at the remaining iron railings and graceful arch of the Tonoloway Aqueduct, it is easy to see why canal company officials referred to the eleven aqueducts...

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New Germany Lake

Maryland, Garrett County, GrantsvilleLong before 1930, thirteen acres of low-lying land in the village of New Germany was flooded and dammed. An earthen dam was constructed, largely through the efforts...

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Swauger Mill

Maryland, Garrett County, GrantsvilleIn 1850, this land was the site of a three-story gristmill, which processed wheat, buckwheat and cornmeal for the people who lived in the village of New Germany....

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74th Indiana Infantry

Georgia, Walker County, near Fort OglethorpeIndiana Seventy-Fourth Regiment Infantry. (Chapman) Second Brigade. (Croxton) Third Division. (Brannan) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Sunday, September 20th,...

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