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Altar a la Patria

    Salvador Diaz Miron

      Escuela Naval Militar de 1876 a 1952

        Los Heros Ambrosio Alcalde

          Jose Azueta

            First Catholic Church in North America

            Citation required but this is super interesting and supposedly the first Catholic Church in the America’s.  Talking with the architect who is renovating this church and uncovered this. The A is a...

            Citation required but this is super interesting and supposedly the first Catholic Church in the America’s.  Talking with the architect who is renovating this church and uncovered this. The A is a...

              Veracruz

                Pointed at Jerusalem

                  Papantia de Olerte

                    Ninomiya House

                    Ninomiya House Dedicated May 2016Tei Ninomiya was the first Asian student to graduate from Smith College. Born in 1887, in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, she graduated from Smith in 1910 at a time...

                    Ninomiya House Dedicated May 2016Tei Ninomiya was the first Asian student to graduate from Smith College. Born in 1887, in Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, she graduated from Smith in 1910 at a...

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                    Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz U.S.N

                      Goodman

                        John L. K. Brown

                          Reid Martin Mason

                            George V. Halloran

                              Berthold and Inge Hannes

                                Sawtown 1906 - 1934

                                SAWTOWN 1906-1934  THIS ABANDONED SAWMILL IS ALL  THAT REMAINS OF A LOGGING COMMU-  NITY THAT ONCE INCLUDED MORE  THAN 600 PEOPLE. SAWTOWN'S MILL  PROCESSED ALL THE CYPRESS LUMBER  CUT WITHIN 50...

                                SAWTOWN 1906-1934  THIS ABANDONED SAWMILL IS ALL  THAT REMAINS OF A LOGGING COMMU-  NITY THAT ONCE INCLUDED MORE  THAN 600 PEOPLE. SAWTOWN'S MILL  PROCESSED ALL THE CYPRESS LUMBER  CUT WITHIN...

                                  Little River School House / Isaac and Lucy Berry

                                  The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building in...

                                  The original, one-room, log schoolhouse on this site opened in 1877 under the direction of Isaac and Lucy Berry. The multi-racial community known as Little River raised the present building...

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                                  Detour Reef Light Station

                                  Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes shipping....

                                  Located where the St. Mary’s River enters Lake Huron from Lake Superior, DeTour Passage separates the Upper Peninsula from Drummond Island. It has long been a choke point for Great Lakes...

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                                  Hank Greenberg

                                  Hank Greenberg 1B, LF 1930-1946   Greenberg was the first Tiger inducted into the military during World War II, interrupting his outstanding baseball career for four full seasons.  He finished his...

                                  Hank Greenberg 1B, LF 1930-1946   Greenberg was the first Tiger inducted into the military during World War II, interrupting his outstanding baseball career for four full seasons.  He finished his...