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HILDEBRANDE OF ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, MISSOURI

For the area of Bonne Terre, St. Francois County, Missouri, the Missouri Historic Sites Catalogue for the George Hildebrand-Jacob Boaz Home…

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CINCINNATI INN--RALLS COUNTY, MISSOURI

The Missouri Historic Sites Catalogue, which was published in 1963, lists a building called the Cincinnati Inn as being near Center, Ralls…

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'NOAH'S ARK" IN PLATTE COUNTY, MISSOURI

The Missouri Historic Sites Catalogue, which was published in 1963, makes note of Noah's Ark Covered Bridge which was constructed in 1878 a…

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JACQUES/ ELDON/ AMERICAN GOTHIC

For the community of Eldon, wapello County, Iowa, Buildings of Iowa notes:  "The Small Des Moines River village of Eldon harbors probably t…

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0 Jan 26

LEAD, DEADWOOD 1943

For January 20, 1943, Days of the West notes:  Temperatures of  52  degrees and  -16  degrees are reported at Lead and Deadwood, South Dako…

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OLD TOWN OF SCALES--SIERRA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

Historic Spot in California makes mention of a mining community called Scales which is located in Sierra County, California, and includes a…

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0 Jan 20

PIONEER/ ST. CHARLES

Goodyear Bar, California, is located in the northern part of State Highway 49 in Sierra County.  Otheto Weston noted:  "...When Miles Goody…

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0 Jan 13

LUDLOW, CALIFORNIA: A GHOST OF MORE THAN ONE ERA

When speaking of Ludlow, California, Philip Varney noted that it was really a ghost of more than one era.  It was originally a railroad tow…

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0 Jan 13

TIMBUCTOO

For the mining town that was known asTtimbuctoo, Otheto Weston noted:  "Beyond Rough and Ready a few miles is Timbuctoo, once a large camp.…

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2 Jan 13
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BRET HARTE/ CHAFFEE AND CHAMBERLAIN=TENNESSEE?

For Second Garrote, California, Otheto Weston noted:  "...inj 1850, one of the Mexicans robbed a sluice and Judge Lynch stepped in.  The cu…

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