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Rochester
In 1869 The Minnesota Guide summed up Rochester, Minnesota as “a fine business point.” Today Rochester is not only a fine business point but also a world-class medical center, a…
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Rural Life in the Piedmont of South Carolina
Agriculture, the backbone of South Carolina’s economy since the time of the first settlers in the late 1600s, has truly shaped the identity of the Piedmont region, serving as a…
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Rye and Rye Beach
Although small, the town of Rye played a significant role in New Hampshire’s history and in nineteenth-century lifestyle and recreation. From its beginnings in 1623, Rye was predominantly a farming…
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Saltville
Saltville, Virginia, lies on the banks of the North Fork of the Holston River on the border between Smyth and Washington Counties. Its history began very long ago; in fact,…
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San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo has been a desirable place to live since 1847, when squatters built their cabins on the north side of San Lorenzo Creek, then part of two Mexican ranchos….
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Sandy Hook
Sandy Hook, a peninsula on the northern Atlantic coast, is a magnificent ocean beach and the most visited site in Monmouth County. For generations,residents and visitors have enjoyed the area’s…
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Scottsdale
Just a century ago, the now-tony tourist destination of Scottsdale was a tiny farming village in the pristine desert east of Phoenix. Named for its 1888 homesteaders—U.S. Army chaplain Winfield…
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Seattle’s Green Lake
Discovered in 1855, Green Lake has been an essential feature within Seattle’s distinctive juxtaposition of landscape architecture and urban expansion, providing recreation and community focus for the last 150 years….
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Spearfish
Rimmed by Crow Peak and Lookout and Spearfish Mountains, like jewels in a crown, Spearfish, the Queen City, reigns over an area of scenic beauty. Originating from the Black Hills…
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Watertown and Codington County, South Dakota
The picturesque, gently rolling hills of northeastern South Dakota were formed by glaciers 20,000 years ago. A French cartographer first mapped the area in 1838, calling it Coteau des Prairies,-French…