Grave of Eleazer Williams
During the chaos of the French Revolution, numerous blue-bloods, nobles and their retainers managed to slip out of France. Escaping execution thru bribery, favors owed and disguise, they...
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Almanzo Wilder Homestead
Boyhood home and farm of Al Wilder, future husband of 'Little House on the Prairie' books, Laura Ingalls Wilder. She used his recollections of sylvan youth for some of her writings....
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Blue Star Memorial Marker
In 1917, U. S. Army Capt. Robert Queisser designed a banner featuring a Blue Star to honor his two sons serving in WW I. During WW II, National Garden Clubs have erected Blue Star Memorial Markers...
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Solomon Northup
SOLOMON NORTHUP BORN 1808 A FREE MAN. LURED FROM SARATOGA, KIDNAPPED & SOLD INTO SLAVERY, 1841; RESCUED 1853. AUTHOR, "TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE". CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS 1999 Submitted by @CGOMalley
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Jersey City: Cathedral of Oviedo
CATHEDRAL OF OVIEDO A GIFT FROM THE CITIZENS OF OVIEDO TO THE CITIZENS OF JERSEY CITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP OF BOTH CITIES AND THE MAYORS BEING GABINO DE...
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Necklace of Lights
NECKLACE OF LIGHTS With the foresight and leadership of the Late Merritt Breakfast Club, original sponsor of Children's Fairyland, and the inspiration of Emelyn K. Jewett, the Necklace of Lights...
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Liberty Hall
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During the Sack of Lawrence by Sheriff Samuel Jones
KAW VALLEY INTERURBAN THE KANSAS FREE STATE PRESS LOCATED NEAR THIS SITE BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION DURING THE SACK OF LAWRENCE BY SHERIFF JONES, MAY 21, 1856 DEPOT FOR ELECTRIC RAIL SERVICE 1917 -...
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Lawrence City Library
LAWRENCE CITY LIBRARY CONSTRUCTED 1903 - 1904 THIS CARNEGIE LIBRARY HOUSED THE LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1904 - 1972 DESIGNED BY GEORGE A. BERLINGNOF IN THE BEAUX ARTS STYLE REAR ADDITION WAS A...
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To The Cause Of Education
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Henry Suzzallo Library
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THE OPERA HOUSE
THE OPERA HOUSE RENOVATED BY KEN & LINDA McGURN HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILD 1887 Plaque...
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ROCHELLE VICINITY
ROCHELLE VICINITY Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the are in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Floirda to the United States in the War of 1812.The...
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- 1837
- lt. john h. winder
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- 1864
- confederate cavalry
- capt. j.j. dickison
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- gruelle
- 1884
- martha perry
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- 1882
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- st. petersburg
- 1888 great f...
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- 1973
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- 1935
"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN"
"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN" On November 23, 1909, the "Autists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was...
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Cold Ashby Triangulation Pillar plaque on 18 April 2016
ORDNANCE SURVEY COLD ASHBY The first observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Sergeant GR Mullinger Royal Engineers on 18 April...
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Plaque on Thorney Gale Triangulation Pillar
© Copyright David Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted by @Geograph_Bob via Geograph
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Chicago... Railroad Hub of The Nation
CHICAGO... RAILROAD HUB OF THE NATION Ever since the westward expansion of the frontier, Chicago has been the heart of the nation's rail network. Trains from the North, South, East and West...
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Pearl Rivers
The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet,...
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The Passenger Pigeon
Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove- which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...
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Cresheim Cottage
CRESHEIM COTTAGE BUILT IN 1700 BY THE PALENTINE GERMAN SETTLERS FROM THE RHINE VALLEYTHE FIRST HOUSE ON THE GREAT ROAD, GERMANTOWN AVENUE IN CRESHEIM VALLEY THE LAND WAS SECURED FROM WILLIAM PENN...
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