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Old Pearce Post Office
Arizona, Cochise County, PearceA Post Office was established in the Pearce Camp in 1896. At that time the Soto Bros and Chattman Store served as the first Post Office location with Thomas Chattman as...
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George Burke Johnston
Virginia, Montgomery County, BlacksburgMember, English Faculty 1930 - 1933 Dean, School of Applied Science and Business Administration 1950 - 1961 Dean, School of Science and General Studies 1961 -...
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Historic Gleeson Jail
Arizona, Cochise County, GleesonThis jail, built in 1910, replaced a tiny wooden jail which once stood nearby. Constructed entirely of reinforced concrete, it has withstood a hundred years of weather,...
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Hargrave Military Academy
Virginia, Pittsylvania County, ChathamOne of the few private military academies in Virginia, Hargrave Military Academy was founded in 1909 by John Hunt Hargrave and the Rev. T. Ryland Sanford as...
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Bilhartz, Hall & Co.
Virginia, Pittsylvania County, ChathamWhen the Civil War erupted, the South seriously lacked sufficient quantity of modern weaponry. The Confederate government attempted to correct this deficiency by...
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William Bradford Alwood
Virginia, Montgomery County, BlacksburgProfessor / Department Head, Horticulture, Mycology, & Entomology Vice Director, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station (1888 - 1904) "The splendid service...
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Shady Grove
Virginia, Campbell County, GladysTwo miles east is Shady Grove, which was built in 1825 by Dr. George Cabell, of Point of Honor in Lynchburg, for his daughter Paulina and her husband Alexander...
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The Alwood Oak
Virginia, Montgomery County, BlacksburgThis bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) was planted around 1895 by Professor Alwood at the site of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. One of many trees...
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Major General Israel Putnam
Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah A Connecticut Farmer turned soldier in the French and Indian War, his service included Roger's Rangers, Indian captivity, shipwreck and Pontiac's War. A staunch...
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A Memorial Landscape
Virginia, FredericksburgOn this site, the Fredericksburg Area Veteran's Council honors the local men and women who gave their lives in wars and military actions during the twentieth and twenty-first...
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The Moss Beach Distillery
California, San Mateo County, Moss BeachDuring Prohibition, the San Mateo Coast was an ideal spot for rum running, bootleggers and “speakeasies,” establishments which sold illegal booze to thirsty...
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Jones Building
California, Los Angeles County, Los AngelesDoria Deighton Jones was the widow of wealthy industrial John Jones who died in 1876. The Jones family formerly lived in a large adobe home which was torn...
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Main Street
California, Los Angeles County, Los AngelesMain Street is one of the oldest streets in Los Angeles. Originally called by its Spanish name, Calle Principal, it was included in the first survey map of...
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Machine Shop
California, Los Angeles County, Los AngelesThe Machine Shop is a one-and-a-half story building that was built on Main Street around 1910. It is located on the site of what is believed to have been the...
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The Hanging of Andrews Raiders
Georgia, Fulton, Atlanta280 feet south of this location on June 18, 1862, seven of the Union Army's brave Andrews Raiders were hanged and buried. On April 12, 1862, 22 Andrews Raiders seized the...
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“Dr. Bill”
California, Fresno County, CoalingaDr William H. Gilliatt was born in Sommerville, Massachusetts He graduated from Aurora College, Illinois and Boston University Medical School. Dr. Gilliatt or “Dr....
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Benitoite
California, San Benito County, near PaicinesWas discovered on February 22, 1907 by James Marshall Couch while prospecting for quicksilver on a fifty dollar grubstake for shares from R.W. Dallas and Tom...
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Bungalow
California, Kern County, BakersfieldThe bungalow style home was popular throughout California and across the country in the early years of the 1900s because of its simplistic design and low cost....
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Crissy Field
California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoThe land known today as Crissy Field has undergone many changes. Once a rich salt marsh and homeland of Ohlone people, it was later a landing...
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Rural Electrification
Pennsylvania, Clarion County, near PerryIn 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with Federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were...
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