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Point Pinos Lighthouse Oil House

California, Monterey County, Pacific Grove“The Oil House” ***************************** The structure you see before you is a fuel storage house commonly referred to as an ‘oil house’. This oil house...

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The Gipsy

California, Monterey County, Pacific GroveThe anchor on display here is from the coastal steamer Gipsy sunk off what is now known as Cannery Row on September 27, 1905. At night a substitute Captain...

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Jehoshaphat's Cave

Israel, Jerusalem District, JerusalemThis is a burial complex from the Second Temple period. The facade of the cave features the relief of a gable resembling the roof facade of a sacred building. The...

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Great Railroad Strike of 1877

Maryland, BaltimoreThe first national strike began July 16, 1877, with Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and Baltimore Maryland. It spread across the nation halting...

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On to Yorktown

Maryland, BaltimoreOur nation never had more at risk than it did in September 1781. The American Revolutionary War—the War for independence—had raged for nearly six years. More than 4,000 American and...

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Pony Express Wharf

California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoNearby was the location of the Broadway Wharf. The wharf extended from Broadway and Davis Streets east to this location. All of the Pony Express...

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The Screening Room - 1966-1980's

California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoAlex De Renzy produced "Pornography in Denmark: a New Approach", and billed it as a documentary to avoid legal problems. The film, the first...

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Mills Canyon

New Mexico, Harding County, RoyThe site of one of New Mexico's most spectacular horticultural enterprises, the Orchard Ranch, established by Melvin W. Mills of Springer and notable for its skillfully...

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Wally Heider Recording - 1969-1980

California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoThe Greatful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jefferson Airplane and many other bands created landmark albums at Wally Heider Recording, the...

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Corn Springs

California, Riverside County, near Desert CenterMortar holes and rock paintings mark this as one time Indian habitation. Gold and silver prospectors found the spring flowing as late as the 1920s. One...

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Classic American La France

Tennessee, Greene County, GreenevilleFirst motorized fire truck boughtby the town of Greeneville and inservice from 1917 – 1965This display building erected in2006 by citizens of Greeneville.Organized...

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Livestock Water Trough

Kansas, Jackson County, Holton This hand-carved boulder was used by the Snyder family to water livestock in Jackson County, Kansas. The rock was moved seveal times and was last located at the home of...

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Fort Jim Lane

Kansas, Jackson County, Holton Birth place of the City of Holton Fort Jim Lane Built in 1856 Was located about 200 feet east of this marker which also commemorates Centennial of the Parish of Saint...

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Edward D. Holton

Kansas, Jackson County, Holton Businessman • Philanthropist Abolitionist Holton • Kansas Est. 1857 (Abolition & Underground RR • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Settlements...

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Jackson County Courthouse Horse Water Trough

Kansas, Jackson County, Holton [Title is marker text] Donated by: Chester & Ethel Lutz & Families (Animals • Charity & Public Work • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes...

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Civil War Memorial

Kansas, Jackson County, Holton Dedicated in F. C. & L. to the Union Soldiers & Sailors of the War 1861 - 1865 Erected May 30, 1913 Civil War Cannon Replica Dedicated Dec. 7, 1976 by Holton...

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Company E, 137th Infantry Regt, 35th Infantry Div

Kansas, Jackson County, Holton In memory of our comrades who died so that we may enjoy the freedom and heritage of our forefathers [Roll of Honored Dead] (Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II)...

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Absalom's Tomb

Israel, Jerusalem District, JerusalemThis splendid burial monument dates to the end of the Second temple period. The lower part of the monument is hewn and the upper part is constructed. The name...

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Devon Apartment Building

Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior Historic Topeka Inc. Preservation Award 1994...

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Cyrus K. Holliday

Kansas, Shawnee County, Topeka Founder and Mayor of Topeka. Influenced the selection of this city as the capital of Kansas. Organized the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company, obtained the...

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