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Concrete City
Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, near NanticokeNotable for early use of International Style architectural concepts in creating “model” industrial housing. Located ¼ - mile north of here. The homes, built...
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Andreas Hofer
Austria, Tyrol, InnsbruckIn diesem Hause hatte anno 1809 Andreas Hofer wiederholt Aufenthalt während der Kämpfe für die Befreiung des Vaterlandes. Hier wurde auch am 2. Novemb. 1809 die Unterwerfung...
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The Tower of the Coat of Arms
Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck1490 im Auftrage des Kaisers Maximilian I, erbaut und vom Hofmaler Jörg Kölderer mit den Wappen der Habsburgischen Länder geschmückt. 1766 in die neue Hofburg eingebaut. Der...
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First Ascent of the Matterhorn
Switzerland, Valais (Canton), Visp (District), ZermattErstbesteigung Matterhorn über Hornligrat 13./14. Juli 1865 Edward Whymper Reverend Charles Hudson Lord Francis Douglas Douglas Robert Hadow...
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Cayucos by the Sea
California, San Luis Obispo County, CayucosBorn in Bristol, England, Nov. 24 1824, James Cass came to N.Y.C. at the age of 12, then to California during the Gold Rush. His mining, mercantile, and...
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400th Anniversary of the Naming of Monterey Bay by Gen. Sebastián Vizcaíno
California, Monterey County, MontereyThis date marks the 400th anniversary of the naming of Monterey Bay by Gen. Sebastián Vizcaíno, commissioned by Don Gaspár Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count of Monte Rey....
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Enoch Ambler
New York, Montgomery County, Root Home of Enoch Ambler Inventor of First Mowing Machine Patent Signed by Pres. Andrew Jackson in 1834 Heritage & Genealogical Soc. of Montg. Co (Agriculture •...
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Honoring Our Heroes
Indiana, Floyd County, New AlbanyAn act of Congress in 1862 established fourteen national cemeteries for the interment of casualties from the Civil War. The first National Cemetery was at Gettysburg,...
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Waterford Bridges
New York, Saratoga County, Waterford National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark Waterford Bridges Waterford, New York The Union Bridge, the first to cross the lower Hudson River was built in 1804 at...
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McGarrah’s Inn
New York, Orange County, MonroeFreemasons met here from 1817-1826. Purchased by the Cornerstone Lodge #711 in 1998. The 1817 Lodge Room remains active as of 2013. (Fraternal or Sororal Organizations •...
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Portland / Our Lady Church
Kentucky, Jefferson County, LouisvilleFrench immigrants established a community here in 1806. In 1814 it was surveyed and platted. By 1837 it was incorporated as a suburb of Louisville. It was an early...
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Parrott Ropewalk
District of Columbia, WashingtonHere the Richard Parrott Ropewalk manufactured rope and rigging used on sailing vessels that plied their trade in old Georgetown through the early 19th Century. The...
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The Jonesville Community
Alabama, Montgomery County, Mathews(Obverse) The Jonesville Community on Old Pike Road in Mathews, named for wealthy landowner George Mathews from Olgethorp County Ga. was designated by the Montgomery...
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Site of the First National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction
New York, Otsego County, CooperstownSite of the First National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction, June 12, 1939 * * * * * Attended by Grover Alexander, Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Walter Johnson, Nap Lajoie,...
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Sacred Heart Academy
District of Columbia, WashingtonSet back from the Street at 1621 Park Road, to your left, is an elegant old house, once the all-girls Sacred Heart Academy. The Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters of Wisconsin...
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Neptune’s Fountain
Italy, South Tyrol, BolzanoThe text of this marker is in three languages; Italian (top), German (middle) and English (bottom). Fusione in bronzo di Joachim Reiss, su modello dello scultore Georg Mayr....
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Pete Gray Wyshner
Pennsylvania, Luzerne County, near NanticokeThe only one-armed man to play major league baseball. Born and resided in Nanticoke’s Hanover section. As a child, he lost his right arm in an accident....
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Thomas Howe House
Connecticut, New London County, StoningtonThomas Howe Circa 1790 Lived in by Howe Descendants 1797-1957 First Stonington Library 1887-1899 (Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era) Includes location,...
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Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Connecticut, New London County, StoningtonCaptain Nathaniel B. Palmer House Built 1852 Has Been Designated A National Historic Landmark This Building Possesses National Significance In Commemorating...
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VFW Bucky O'Neill Post No. 541
Arizona, Yavapai County, PrescottFounded in Jan. 1921 and named after the famous Rough Rider William "Bucky" O'Neill, the post is the oldest active VFW post in Arizona. Born Feb. 2, 1860 in St. Louis,...
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