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R. J. Reynolds High School and Auditorium

North Carolina, Forsyth County, Winston-SalemR. J. Reynolds High School and Auditorium were designed by Charles Barton Keen in the Neo-Classical Revival style and completed in 1923-1924. Made possible...

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Ox Swamp: The Swamp Fox Earns His Name

South Carolina, Clarendon County, ManningOn the night of November 7, 1780, Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton and his Green Dragoons - together with Harrison’s Provincials, a large unit of Tories from the...

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Wyboo Swamp: The Beginning of the Bridges Campaign

South Carolina, Clarendon County, near ManningIn March 1781, Lord Francis Hastings Rawdon, the British commanding officer in Charleston, designed a two-pronged assault against the forces of General...

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Andrew Hartley Payne

Oklahoma, Rogers County, FoyilAndrew Hartley Payne (1907 - 1977) won the 1928 Great Transcontinental Footrace, began in Los Angeles 3/4/28, ended 3,422.3 miles later in NYC 5/26/28. Andy, of Cherokee...

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Hoppy Lockhart Welcome Center

Oklahoma, Sequoyah County, SallisawFor 40 years of exemplary service to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation this facility is dedicated to the memory of Hoppy Lockhart. By his unyielding...

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Tower Building

Texas, Wheeler County, ShamrockThe distinctive tower building was one of many commercial structures erected in the early 1930s along new U.S. Route 66. Designed by Pampa Architect J.C. Berry, the...

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Superintendent of Indian Affairs

New York, Fulton County, Johnstown Gaining considerable knowledge of Indian Affairs, his area of responsibility for administration reached from Hudson's Bay Canada to the Carolinas. From the Atlantic...

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A Military Commander

New York, Fulton County, Johnstown Hostilities of the Seven Years' War having commenced, Colonel William Johnson was commissioned a Major General of Provincial Forces and assigned to command the Crown...

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A Colonial

New York, Fulton County, Johnstown Sent to the Province of New York in 1737, by his uncle Sir Peter Warren for the purpose of supervising landed property in the Mohawk Valley, William Johnson engaged...

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If it's Summer, Bring a Sweater

California, San Mateo County, Daly CityDaly City is usually blanketed with heavy fog and swept by brisk sea breezes from mid-May to mid-September. But while Daly City shivers, the summer fog and sea...

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El Camino Viejo

California, Kern County, Frazier Park El Camino Viejo (The Old Highway) began as an inland trail prior to 1800. It was originally a refugee route running between present day San Pedro in Southern...

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Roberto – Suñol Adobe

California, Santa Clara County, San JoseThis historic adobe was built in 1836 by a native Californian, Roberto Balermino, on Rancho de los Coches. The property was officially granted to him by Governor...

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Hamilton House

California, Santa Clara County, San JoseIn 1882 Captain James A. Hamilton purchased 21 acres of orchards and built this Queen Anne farmhouse for his family. James A. Hamilton was born in 1826 in...

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Gordon House

California, Santa Clara County, San JoseWelcome to the Gordon House Home of the Rotary Club of San Jose Hanford Lennox Gordon was born in 1846 and over his lifetime held a variety of positions as...

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Recovery and Progress

Virginia, FranklinFranklin's location at the junction of a railroad and important water route offered opportunities that attracted new people, so the town rapidly recovered from the War. In 1866 the...

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Home of Senator Alfred Cuthbert

Georgia, Jasper County, near MonticelloAlfred Cuthbert (1785 - 1856) was born in Savannah, the son of Colonel Seth John Cuthbert, brother of Congressman John Cuthbert, grandson of Revolutionary patriot...

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Blunck House

Colorado, Larimer County, Fort Collins1876     1976 Blunck House In 1905, the newly remodeled Northern Hotel was opened by a group of local investors. H.L. Daily found sucess in that venture, and...

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Ganson's Mill

New York, Livingston County, near Avon100 feet east is site of Ganson's Mill 1789 First flour mill in Genesee Valley (Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes...

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Michigan Central Railroad Depot

Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ann ArborBuilt in 1886, and conceived by Frederick Spier, the design of this granite block building was influenced by the Romanesque style of the great American architect...

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Tuscaroras

New York, Monroe County, near AvonSite of a setttlement of Tuscaroras 6th Nation of Iroquois League. Driven from Carloinas by British 1714-1722Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates,...

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