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Folsom Pony Express Terminus

FOLSOM PONY EXPRESS TERMINUS GOLD RUSH AND RAILROAD TOWN FOLSOM BECAME THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE CENTRAL OVERLAND PONY EXPRESS ON JULY 1, 1860. DURING ITS FIRST FEW MONTHS, AFTER APRIL 4, 1860, THE ...

FOLSOM PONY EXPRESS TERMINUS GOLD RUSH AND RAILROAD TOWN FOLSOM BECAME THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE CENTRAL OVERLAND PONY EXPRESS ON JULY 1, 1860. DURING ITS FIRST FEW MONTHS, AFTER APRIL 4, 1860, THE ...

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442nd Regimental Combat Team

DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM ...

DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM ...

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  • internment
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Prof. Dr. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz

Placed in front of a large monument with a statue of Lorentz in the center. Original in dutch, translated for international sake:This Arnhem born became famous world wide for his revelations in the ...

Placed in front of a large monument with a statue of Lorentz in the center. Original in dutch, translated for international sake:This Arnhem born became famous world wide for his revelations in the ...

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Fanny Rosenfeld

Submitted by Gilda Spitz

Submitted by Gilda Spitz

    Big Diamond

    "BIG DIAMOND," A CIRCUS ELEPHANT, EXPIRED NEAR HERE IN 1927. HIS SKINNED HULK WAS BURIED. YEARS LATER, BONES WERE UNEARTHED AND SPECULATION AROSE ABOUT A HUMBOLDT MASTODON UNTIL IN- VESTIGATORS WERE ...

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    • ecv