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William J. Klauer
New Mexico, Taos County, near Rancho de TaosThe Klauer family of Dubuque, Iowa, stewards of the Taba Valley Overlook since 1920, transfered ownership of this property to the U.S. Bureau of Land...
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Israelite House of David / Mary's City of David
Michigan, Berrien County, near Benton Harbor (Side 1) Israelite House of David Based on the teachings of the Christian Israelite tradition begun by Joanna Southcott in England in 1792. Benjamin and...
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The Fruit Belt
Michigan, Berrien County, near Benton HarborBecause of Lake Michigan's moderating effect, a narrow coastal strip from Indiana to Grand Traverse Bay, 300 miles north, is blessed by a climate uniquely...
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Gordon Beach Inn
Michigan, Berrien County, Union PierBuilt in 1924 by Louis and Lena Gordon, and expanded four years later, Gordon Beach Inn was the centerpiece of the Jewish resort subdivision of the same name. The...
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Lakeside Inn
Michigan, Berrien County, LakesideKnown as Ames Grove, this property served as a picnic ground and recreation area beginning in the 1880s. John Aylesworth purchased the property in 1901 and opened the...
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Portage Prairie United Methodist Church
Michigan, Berrien County, near Buchanan (Side 1) Persuaded by reports of good land from the Reverend John Seybert, Bishop of the Ohio Conference, the Jacob and David Rough families came to Portage...
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Burnett's Post
Michigan, Berrien County, St. JosephWilliam Burnett, an American patriot from New Jersey, established a trading post on the bank of the St. Joseph River immediately east of this point between 1775 and...
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Old St. Joseph Neighborhood
Michigan, Berrien County, St. JosephDuring the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, local river captains, mill owners, merchants and other professionals built homes in this neighborhood. Over...
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The Hogue House
Michigan, Berrien County, Sodus TownshipIn 1854 Robert Hogue (1846-1905) migrated from Pennsylvania to Pipestone Township with his family. At age seventeen, he began teaching in a local school. He...
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Peck Chevrolet
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonBob Peck opened his first Chevrolet dealership in 1939 on Wilson Boulevard in Clarendon. In 1964, he moved the dealership west to Ballston to the very prominent...
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Oildale Waits Drilling Company
California, Kern County, OildaleIn May 1899, Thomas A. Means owned the land where James and Jonathan Elwood discovered oil on the North Bank of the Kern River. They used a hand auger under the edge of...
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Fr. Fidelis Wieland, O.F.M
California, San Luis Obispo County, San MiguelThis Bell Tower is erected In memory of Fr. Fidelis Wieland, O.F.M. Former Superior of Old Mission San Miguel United States Navy Chaplain Killed in Action...
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Mission Cemetery
California, San Luis Obispo County, San MiguelThe first burial of a Christian Indian took place in this mission cemetery on March 17, 1798, as appears from the records still preserved at the mission....
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Southern-Shreve Cemetery
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonFive generations of the Southern, Shreve, and related families are interred in this burial plot. The Shreve family in Arlington dates from the arrival of Samuel...
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Lacey Car Barn
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonIn 1896, the Washington, Arlington & Falls Church Railway began running electric trolleys from Rosslyn to Falls Church on the present routes of Fairfax Drive...
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The Gate House
California, Marin County, San RafaelThe Gate House, the Boyd's guest house, was completed in 1880 by Ira B. Cook, the great grandfather of Miss Louise A. Boyd. With the adjoining park, it was donated...
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356th Fighter Group
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler 359th, 360th, 361st Hqtrs & Support Sqdns 413 Missions Flown - 278 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed With Loss of 72 Personnel... Operated From Martlesham Heath, Ipswich,...
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The City-Gate
Israel, Haifa District, near Megiddo[Text on the Left Side of the Marker]: Megiddo became an Israelite city sometime between the 10th and 9th centuries B.C., and functioned as an administrative center...
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Marianne Gaillard Faulkner
Vermont, Windsor County, WoodstockMarker Front:Born September 19, 1859, in Mobile, Alabama, Marianne Gaillard married Edward Daniels Faulkner in 1885. Edward owned Johnson & Faulkner, a very...
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Stone Fences
Kansas, Wabaunsee County, near Alma The 1867 law abolishing the open range provided for payment of 40 cents per rod (16½ ft.) to landowners to build and maintain a 4½ ft. stone fence. Stone was...
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