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Mission Dam
Los Angeles, CA
Lime Kiln
Cockeysville, MD
The Concord Point Light Keeper's House and Property
Havre de Grace, MD
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Bullard Company #2
Scranton, PA
This oil-burning steam engine was designed to be operated by a single engineer-fireman and was among the smallest standard-gauge locomotives ever built. Locomotive #2 operated up and down the railroad sidings and loading tracks outside t… more »
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Platt-Simpson Building
Austin, TX
Radcliff Platt constructed the original portion of this building about 1871. He operated a livery stable here until 1890 and lived in one side of the structure for a number of years. In 1901 J.S. Simpson (1854-1934) purchased and enlarged t… more »
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The city of Danville: How a once-lively community lost its chance to prosper and became a ghost ...February 19th 2019 2:03PMThe ghost town of Danville northwest of Willis is recognized by a single historical marker near the entrance of Old Danville Family Cemetery, a private ... |
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Alumni, community, preservationists honor Bishop in marker dedicationFebruary 19th 2019 10:41AMSunday as alumni from near and far gathered to witness the unveiling of an official Texas Historical Marker at Marshall's second historically-black ... |
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Small town's big idea: a new Civil War memorial?February 19th 2019 4:30AM... statues and markers in America dedicated to this war, the most commemorated war in our land, according to the Historical Marker Database. |