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General Eloy Alfaro Delgado - President of Ecuador

Plaque reads:'Para la posteridad de los pueblos libres de América    GENERAL ELOY ALFARO DELGADO   Montecristi, Ecuador 1842 - 1912 Presidente de la República del Ecuador 1897 - 1901 y 1906 – 1911...

Plaque reads:'Para la posteridad de los pueblos libres de América    GENERAL ELOY ALFARO DELGADO Montecristi, Ecuador 1842 - 1912 Presidente de la República del Ecuador 1897 - 1901 y 1906 – 1911...

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Fort Wilkins

As soon as miners began to enter the Copper Country, appeals were made to the army for protection from resentful Indians. Thus, in 1844, Fort Wilkins was built. Two companies of infantry stood...

As soon as miners began to enter the Copper Country, appeals were made to the army for protection from resentful Indians. Thus, in 1844, Fort Wilkins was built. Two companies of infantry stood...

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Hemingway at Walloon Lake

In 1899 the Hemingways of Oak Park, Illinois built a summer cottage called Windemere some six miles northwest of here on Walloon Lake. Young Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) spent his days at the lake...

In 1899 the Hemingways of Oak Park, Illinois built a summer cottage called Windemere some six miles northwest of here on Walloon Lake. Young Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) spent his days at the...

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Yee Tock Chee Park

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Meigs' Experimental Railway

    Much more detail on the marvelous Soonish Podcast.Image by Tim Pierce - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10422423

    Much more detail on the marvelous Soonish Podcast.Image by Tim Pierce - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cur id=10422423

      Quincy Homestead

      Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR & the...

      Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR &...

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      Santa Cruz County Bank

        Col. A. J. Shuttleworth J.P.

        Submitted by @imageryan

        Submitted by @imageryan

          San Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer

            Los Rios Historic District

              Francis Point Provincial Park

              FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK  Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the  FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY    Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of  Canada and The Nature...

              FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK  Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the  FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY    Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of  Canada and The Nature...

                Industry of East Cambridge

                This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...

                This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...

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                Coast Guard Station Bell, Depoe Bay

                THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT  SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES  HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE  WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE

                THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT  SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES  HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE  WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE

                  Humphrey Booth the Elder

                  © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob

                  © Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob

                    Bloody Thursday

                    In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry and...

                    In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry...

                      Houghton County / Houghton County Courthouse

                      Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw and...

                      Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw...

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                      Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ

                      On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...

                      On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...

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                      Alumbrando Publico

                        Francis Violich

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                        • 1980

                        Lincoln at Kalamazoo

                        On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that Lincoln...

                        On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that...

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