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Brown County
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmBrown County, an historic gateway on the Minnesota River, opened the fertile prairie lands of the Great Plains to the northern hardwoods of a continental divide. The...
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Discover: Dorchester
Maryland, Dorchester County, CambridgeBoarded by two rivers that flow into the Chesapeake Bay, Dorchester County is graced with expansive marshes, fertile farmland, and scented pine forests. Here on...
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Allegiance by Force
Maryland, Baltimore"if there should be an uprising in Baltimore, I shall be compelled to try to put it down; and that gun is the first I shall fire." -- Major General John Dix, U.S. Army,1861 At the...
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Enjoy Our Park
Maryland, Dorchester County, CambridgeTake a stroll along our one mile waterfront trail. This boardwalk stretches from the Franklin Street boat ramp, near Governor’s Hall, to the end of the Choptank...
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Civil War Magazine
Maryland, BaltimoreLarger cannon -- and more cannon -- came to Fort McHenry during the Civil War period. To provide safe storage for the additional gunpowder and ammunition, the Army built this...
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Keith House
Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, HorshamBuilt 1722 by Sir William Keith, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1717~1726. Also called Graeme Park, for Dr. Thomas Graeme, owner after...
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Lower Swedish Cabin
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, near Drexel HillThe only remaining log cabin of its type, among several once located on Darby Creek. Evidently built by Swedish settlers who came to this area after 1638....
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Thomas Garrett
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Drexel HillBorn at Riverview, near here, Garrett was a prominent abolitionist and Underground Railroad activist. He moved to Wilmington, DE in 1822, and sent many...
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Old Haverford Friends Meeting
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, HavertownThis site has been a center for Friends’ activities since 1684. The older section of the current structure, since remodeled, was built in 1700 as an addition to...
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Grant
Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth [List of battles in which Ulysses Grant participated] (Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • War, Mexican-American • War, US Civil) Includes...
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Site of Former Burial Ground
Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth [Title is text] (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Forts, Castles • Patriots & Patriotism) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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French Aid During American Revolution
Kansas, Leavenworth County, Fort Leavenworth On 4 July 1976, the 200th birthday of our Republic, this French cannon was dedicated as a symbol of the aid received from France during our struggle for...
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Palmer - Marsh House
North Carolina, Beaufort County, BathColonial home of Colonel Robert Palmer, Surveyor-General of North Carolina 1753-1771 and Collector of Customs for the Port of Bath. Built c. 1744, probably by...
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The Seminary Comes to Gettysburg
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgBeginning in the late 17th century, large waves of European settlers flooded into William Penn's colony in pursuit of opportunity and religious freedom. By the...
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Life as a Seminary Student
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgThe Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg held its inaugural session in 1826 with one professor, eight students, a small collection of books, and less than...
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Valentine Hall
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgThe Seminary constructed this large Romanesque Revival building in 1894-95 as the Seminary's "Recitation Hall." Architect John Dempwolf designed the structure and...
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Franklin Township High School
Indiana, Johnson County, near FranklinFranklin Township High School served this community as the first public school with grades one through twelve. Although fire destroyed the building in December...
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Presque Isle Lodge
Michigan, Presque Isle County, Presque IsleNewell Avery Eddy Jr., who built the Presque Isle Lodge, was born in Bay City in 1880 to a lumbering family that had relocated from Maine to Michigan's...
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Big Spring
Indiana, Johnson County, near FranklinIn 1824, settler Simon Covert led Thomas Henderson to Big Spring. A church, school and cemetery were envisioned to the south. Henderson outwitted a man seeking...
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Big Spring
Indiana, Johnson County, near Franklin1831 - - - 1931 Big Spring Center of Hopewell Settlement This building erected by John Hoefgen, in memory of the early settlers, his Mother, Eliza Demott Hoefgen,...
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