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Of the Boys of this District

A tiny monument tucked into the corner of North Oakland. The school it is located on built their perimeter fence around it. Full monument

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Mark Twain lived here

Mark Twain lived here in the first years of the 20th Century. Plaque reads: In this house once lived Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens), author of the beloved American classic The Adventures of...

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DER ANTIFASCHISTISCHE

HIER WOHNTE DER ANTIFASCHISTISCHE WIDERSTANDSKIMPPER SETTRICH PREUR GEBOREY AY, 23 IMI 1886 W MAUENFELD 12 ERVORDET I 28. AUGUST 1914 I ZUCHTMUS BRANDENBURG DIE TOTEN MANNEN