Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site Bent’s Old Fort is a fort located in Otero County in southeastern Colorado, United States. A company owned by Charles Bent and William Bent and Ceran St. Vrain built the fort in 1833 to trade with Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho Plains Indians and trappers
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West Quoddy Head Lighthouse West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. The current tower, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was constructed in
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Beavertail Lighthouse Beavertail Lighthouse was built in 1856 and is the premier lighthouse in Rhode Island, marking the entrance to Narragansett Bay. The 64-foot lighthouse lies on the southernmost point of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, Rhode Island in Beavertail State Park, on a site where beacons have
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Thurmond Historic District Thurmond, West Virginia, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is in the heart of New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The Thurmond Depot now operates as a summer visitor center. The Thurmond Historic District comprises the entire town and a small portion
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Knox Covered Bridge A History of the Knox Covered Bridge Originally built in 1851 at a cost of $843, its span was 50 feet. The bridge was made of white pine, light in weight and resistant to worms and weather. Like other covered bridges, it was covered for protection
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Niagara Falls State Park Niagara Falls State Park is located in the City of Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York, United States. The park, recognized as the oldest state park in the United States, contains the American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls, and a portion of the Horseshoe
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Ryus Kansas Abandoned Carbon Black Plant Ryus is an unincorporated community in Grant County Kansas. The town has never had a post office and consists of only a few scattered farm houses and grain elevators with the Cimarron Valley Railroad is based in Satanta, Kansas running through it. United Carbon
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Michigan City Breakwater lighthouse The Michigan City Breakwater lighthouse is located in the harbor of Michigan City, Indiana. The lighthouse is also known as Michigan City East Pierhead Lighthouse Built in 1904, the lighthouse has become the most popular symbol of Michigan City, and is the only public operating
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Organ Pipe Cactus – Bates Well Ranch The Bates Well Ranch , also known as the Bates Well, Growler Well, Gray Ranch and El Veit, was one of the fifteen ranches and line camps in the Gray family cattle business in the Sonoran Desert country north of the US-Mexico border
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Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse The Algoma Light or Algoma Pierhead Light is a lighthouse located near Algoma in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin. The lighthouse was originally a square white wooden tower structure built in 1893 as a set of range lights. It was rebuilt in 1908 as the iconic red lighthouse ,
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