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Big Bridge
New York, Niagara County, LockportBig Bridge. One of the widest bridges in the world; 399 ft. in width, 129 ft. in length. Built 1914. (Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 5 photos,...
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Pierce Mill
District of Columbia, WashingtonThe last of several grain mills operating on Rock Creek during an era when most American mills derived their power from small streams located near an Indian site. The...
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Herring Highway
District of Columbia, WashingtonPeirce Mill Dam was completed in 1906 to create a scenic waterfall on Rock Creek. Since its construction, the dam has prevented spawning herring and other migratory and...
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Clara Barton House
Maryland, Montgomery County, Glen EchoClara Barton House has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site...
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Mobile Architecture
Alaska, AnchorageAthabascans were masters at designing a variety of shelters--simple and functional--that kept them both warm and mobile as they set out to hunt and trade. Emergency shelters were...
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Lambie Street
Australia, New South Wales, Beresford, CoomaThis marker consists of two plaques placed back to back. In the 1850s Cooma was developing in two areas, one around Lambie and Mulach Street, the other over...
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Civil War Monument
Minnesota, Meeker County, LitchfieldThe Grand Army of the Republic Badge To the Honor and Memory of the Loyal Soldiers and Sailors of the War of 1861 to 1865. (War, US Civil) Includes location,...
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Harpers Ferry Bolivar Veterans Memorial
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar This Memorial is dedicated to all from the Harpers Ferry-Bolivar District who served their country from World War I to the present. Their sacrifice and valor...
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The Appalachian Trail and Benton MacKaye
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry The American Institute of Certified Planners has designated The Appalachian Trail as a National Planning Landmark and Benton MacKaye as a National...
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Galveston Island
Texas, Galveston County, GalvestonFew spots have played a more exciting role in the life of Texas than Galveston Island. Cabeza de Vaca, the Spanish explorer, wrote of the cannibalistic Karankawa...
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St. John's Lutheran Church
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry The Reverend Doctor Josiah P. Smeltzer laid the cornerstone of St. John's Lutheran Church on April 30, 1850. The building was completed two years later...
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Grand Army of the Republic Hall / Litchfield's Historic Downtown
Minnesota, Meeker County, Litchfield Grand Army of the Republic Hall This brick fortress style building across from Central Park was built in 1885 by Civil War Union soldiers to help promote veterans...
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Foundations of Freedom
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry Harpers Ferry, including Anthony Hall (to your left), played host to large and small scenes in the epic human struggle for freedom and equality. In this...
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Heads versus Hands
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry A national controversy regarding the education of African American students played out in the building before you. Throughout its history, Storer College...
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Storer College Veterans Memorial Gate
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry To the students of Storer College who fought in the Civil War 1861 - 1865 Spanish American War 1898 The World War 1917 - 1919 May their illustrious...
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Liberty Bell Reproduction
Alaska, Juneau Borough, JuneauThis reproduction of the Liberty Bell was placed on permanent display at the Treasury by direction of Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. It is a duplicate of the...
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Electric Street Lighting
Australia, New South Wales, Inglis, TamworthTamworth N.S.W. was the first town in Australia to introduce electric street lighting by means of two 18kw steam driven Crompton dynamos. Electricity was...
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Vietnam War Memorial
Australia, New South Wales, Inglis, TamworthFor Australia 1962 – 1973 Their bodies are buried in peace and their names liveth for evermore Killed in Action From Tamworth Region 213780 Pte Wilson M.A.F....
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Church and School
West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry The school and mission work are inseparably interwoven with each other. Storer teacher - Kate J. Anthony The Curtis Memorial Freewill Baptist Church...
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The Only Classified Brothel in Victoria
Australia, Victoria, Campaspe (Shire), EchucaThis Establishment Built About 1878 Is The Only Classified Brothel in Victoria The house consists of 3 small rooms on each floor, the upper rooms being...
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