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    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...

                        Our Saviour's Lutheran Church

                        Organized as a Scandinavian congregation in 1868, Our Saviour’s became a Danish church in 1875 and served the American Evangelical Lutheran Synod until 1962. First used for worship in 1869, the...

                        Organized as a Scandinavian congregation in 1868, Our Saviour’s became a Danish church in 1875 and served the American Evangelical Lutheran Synod until 1962. First used for worship in 1869,...

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                        Kathleen Blake Coleman

                        Submitted by @chrisbateman

                        Submitted by @chrisbateman

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                        • kit

                        The Wormeley Horse Trough

                        THE WORMELEY HORSE TROUGH  THIS GRANITE HORSE TROUGH, ORIGINALLY SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF  THORN HILL ROAD IN 1911, WAS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF KATHERINE  PRESCOTT WORMELEY BY HER FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR,...

                        THE WORMELEY HORSE TROUGH  THIS GRANITE HORSE TROUGH, ORIGINALLY SITUATED AT THE FOOT OF  THORN HILL ROAD IN 1911, WAS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF KATHERINE  PRESCOTT WORMELEY BY HER FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR,...

                          Brattle House Cambridge

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                          Polonia Monterez

                            Michigan Light Artillery Regiment / Batteries F and G

                            During the Civil War more than three thousand men served in Michigan´s First Regiment of Artillery. The twelve batteries saw action in both major theaters. Unlike in infantry regiments, the...

                            During the Civil War more than three thousand men served in Michigan´s First Regiment of Artillery. The twelve batteries saw action in both major theaters. Unlike in infantry regiments, the...

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