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Omsrud Thordson – Torgrimson Log Cabin

Minnesota, Brown County, near HanskaThis log cabin was built about 1857 by the Omsrud/Thordson and Torgrimson families, immigrants from Valdres, Norway. It originally stood on the Thord Omsrud farm on...

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William Dunn Moseley

North Carolina, Lenoir County, La Grange Member of N.C. Senate, 1829-1836; Speaker, 1833- 1835. First governor of State of Florida, 1845- 1849. Home was 1 mi. N. (Notable Persons) Includes location,...

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Freedom Crossing Monument

New York, Niagara County, LewistonIt was here, along the Niagara River in the mid-1800s, that enslaved African Americans from the Southern United States first saw Canada, known as "the Promised Land"...

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"Nye's Annihilators"

Georgia, Chatham County, PoolerIn honor and memory of those airmen who flew, and the ground crews who maintained the Martin B-26 Marauder against the German Reicht, 1942-1945 "Nye's Annihilators" 322nd...

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Kaufmann's Department Store and Clock

Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, PittsburghHistoric Landmark Kaufmann's Dept. Store and Clock Built 1898 Charles Bickel Architect Addition 1913 Janssen & Abbot Architects (Notable Places) Includes...

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Protest Against Removing War Munitions

Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, PittsburghOn this site A mass meeting was held December 27th, 1860 to protest against removing war munitions from the Allegheny Arsenal to the south. The order was...

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Anthony Sadowski

Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, PittsburghProminent Indian trader and interpreter, employed by the provincial governor of Pennsylvania as an Indian agent in the Western Country. As a trader travelled...

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"The Bell Speaks"

Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, PittsburghIn 1751, the legislators of the Province of Pennsylvania ordered from an English foundry "A Good Bell" for the new bell tower of the state house (now know as...

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David Johnson Heaton

Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph Born in Phil. Pa. Dec. 6, 1808, Died in St. Joseph Mo. Apr. 28, 1898 Aged 89 years. United with the M. E. Church in 1834. A member of the I.O.O.F. from 1850 till...

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Lake Hanska

Minnesota, Brown County, near HanskaThe Sioux Indians called this lake "minne hanska," meaning "long water." The basin of the lake was formed 11,000 to 15,000 years ago by the Wisconsin glacier; the...

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William Mitchelhill

Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph Lost at sea, in the sinking of the "S.S. Lusitania" off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, on May 7th 1915 (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Disasters • War, World...

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Eugene Field's Lovers Lane

Missouri, Buchanan County, Saint Joseph "... a proper horse goes slow In those leafy aisles where Cupid smiles In Lover's Lane, Saint Jo." - Eugene Field Lovers Lane, beginning where 18th Street meets...

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Platte County

Missouri, Platte County, near Platte City [Front] Platte is one of 6 counties formed from the U.S. Government's 1836 Platte Purchase in which Iowa, Sac, Fox, and small bands of other Indian tribes gave...

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Taos

New Mexico, Taos County, TaosThe Spanish community of Taos developed two miles southwest of Taos Pueblo. It later served as a supply base for the “Mountain Men,” and was the home of Kit Carson who is...

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Sisters of St. Francis

Missouri, Nodaway County, Maryville This statue of St. Francis of Assisi is a tribute to the Sisters of St. Francis who established the local hospital in 1894 and gave service to numerous generations...

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Hanska

Minnesota, Brown County, HanskaIn 1899, the Iowa and Minnesota Land & Townsite Company circulated a petition to locate a railroad station in Lake Hanska Township. The petition was signed by 77...

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Nodaway County Veterans Memorial

Missouri, Nodaway County, Maryville Dedicated to the patriotic men and women of Nodaway County who served their country in time of need [Roll of Honored Dead] [Dedicated] Nov. 11, 1979 ————————...

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Maryville

Missouri, Nodaway County, Maryville [Front] On rolling prairie above the scenic One Hundred and Two River. Maryville was laid out, 1845, as the seat of newly organized Nodaway County. The town is named...

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The Johnson Smokehouse

Texas, Travis County, AustinCharles Johnson was a native of Sweden who settled in Austin in 1854. In 1858 he built his main residence near Deep Eddy along the Colorado River, which presently is the...

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Nodaway County Courthouse

Missouri, Nodaway County, Maryville This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior (Notable Buildings) Includes location,...

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