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Peabody High School
Virginia, PetersburgPeabody High School, originally the Colored High School, was established in 1870 in the old First Baptist Church located on Harrison Street. The second school was built here on this...
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Rohoic Dam
Virginia, PetersburgErected by Genl. R.E. Lee Aug. 1864 (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Alexander Stewart
North Carolina, Beaufort County, Bath Anglican minister to N.C., 1753-71. Served parish of St. Thomas & as chaplain to Gov. Arthur Dobbs. Erected first glebe house on record in the colony. (Notable...
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Essex
Connecticut, Middlesex County, EssexOriginally called Potopaug by local Indians, Essex was named after England’s Essex County, whence some of its early settlers had come. As a part of Saybrook colony,...
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Warship Oliver Cromwell
Connecticut, Middlesex County, EssexHere Was Built The Oliver Cromwell Connecticut Warship In the Revolution 1776 (War, US Revolutionary • Waterways & Vessels) Includes location, directions, 2...
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The Great Guns of the Fort...
Maryland, BaltimoreThe guns in front of you are the heaviest cannons ever mounted at Fort McHenry. The largest fired exploding projectiles weighing 440 pounds. Mass-produced they represent the "coming...
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Atwell-Christy House
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, SewickleyHistoric Landmark Atwell-Christy House Built 1862 (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Galax: Home of Traditional Mountain Music
Virginia, GalaxDon't be surprised if you hear the sweet strains of fiddle or the lively licks of some mean guitar pickin’ while you are in Galax. Folks around here take pride in Galax’s place in the...
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Indian Mounds and Village
Wisconsin, Sauk County, BarabooAt this site was the village of Chief Car-A-Maue-Nee of the Winnebago Indians. Across the St. was his Council House in the midst of 7 effigy Earth mounds representing...
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The Pioneer Mother of Kansas
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal With faith in God, she built a home for her family in the wilderness; she overcame loneliness with tenderness, she set an example for all of us by her perseverance &...
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Sallie S. Cotten
North Carolina, Pitt County, Bruce Writer and advocate of women's rights. Helped organize N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902. Lived one mile south. (Notable Persons) Includes location, directions,...
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History of Cape Henry Lighthouse
Virginia, Fort StoryGovernor Alexander Spotswood first proposed building a lighthouse at Cape Henry in a message to the Virginia House of Burgesses on November 27, 1720. He suggested the province of...
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Purple Heart Trail in Delaware
Delaware, New Castle County, Newark Dedicated by Governor Jack A. Markell and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Department of Delaware July 27, 2011 The National Purple Heart Trail Memorializes...
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Galax
Virginia, GalaxThe town is on the dividing line between Grayson and Carroll Counties. Its original name was Bonaparte, which was changed to Galax, the name of a mountain shrub abundant in the vicinity....
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Replica of the Statue of Liberty
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of...
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Liberal Memorial Library
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal Founded by Liberal Women's Club 1904 ————————— This Edifice erected to the memory of the U.S. Armed Forces of Seward County Kansas who served in World War I, II, and...
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International Pancake Day
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal R. J. Leete, Liberal, Kansas Jaycee President in 1950, issued a challenge to Vicar Ronald Collins of Olney, England to turn his 500-year-old race into an international...
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Bath African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
North Carolina, Beaufort County, BathThis site marks the former location of the Bath African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. The AME Zion denomination, chartered in New York City in 1801, began in the...
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The Railroad: Lifeline to the World
Virginia, GalaxAs you stand here, with cars rushing by you, imagine what the roads in the Galax area must have been like when the City was incorporated in 1906. There were very few roads, and those...
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War Memorial
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal Dedicated to the memory of those who offered their lives in the service of our country ———————— In memory of David Rathkey Maidenhead, Berkshire, England; Stephen...
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