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  • Addison, NY

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    The town was first settled in 1791 by Samuel Rice. Addison, originally a part of the old town of Painted Post, was organized as Middletown at the time of the organization of Steuben county in March 1796. The name was changed to Addison, in honor of Joseph Addison, the English author, on April 6, 1808. The early settlers called it also "Tuscarora". An Addison Academy opened in 1840. In 1890 the population of Addison was 2,884.

  • Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya

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    Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Arabic: اللبّن الشرقية‎‎) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 20 kilometers south of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate. The town has a total land area of 12,075 dunams of which 200 dunams is built-up area. The village is just north of the historic Khan al-Lubban caravansary.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Lubban_ash-Sharqiya


    From Murray page 330

  • Aldgate, South Australia

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    Rather than take the train all the way in to Adelaide, Mark Twain and party disembarked at Aldgate and took an open carriage ride the 20 miles to Adelaide, accompanied by C.A. Murphy the American Consul. October 12, 1895 10:30am

  • Baldwinsville, New York

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    The village is named after Dr. Jonas Baldwin,[3] who built a dam across the Seneca River to generate energy and a private canal to keep the integrity of the water highway. It incorporated in 1848 as the Village of Baldwinsville. Prior to this, the community was known by a number of other names, including McHarrie's Rifts.

  • Belmont, NY

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    Belmont is a village within the town of Amity in Allegany County, New York, United States. Belmont is the county seat of Allegany County. The population was 969 at the 2010 census.[2] The name means "beautiful hill". The village is centrally located in Amity and is northeast of Olean.

  • Cohocton, NY

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    Cohocton, the town was first settled around 1794, known as Liberty. Cohocton was formed from Bath and Dansville in 1812. Part of the town was later used to form new towns in the county: Avoca (1843) and Wayland (1848). In 1874, the town was enlarged by the addition of a part of the town of Prattsburgh.

  • Ebersteinburg

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    Ebersteinburg is an Ortsteil of Baden-Baden. At 426m in elevation it lies between the valleys of the Murg and Oos rivers. The village has a population of 1,200 and since 1972 has been part of the city of Baden-Baden.

    By 1100CE the Counts of Eberstein had taken up residence and constructed Alt Eberstein on top of the hill. Today only the bergfried and shield wall remain intact.

    The village itself lies south of the ruins of Alt Eberstein. When the castle fell into decline, the stones were used in the district.

  • El Yuba Dam - Odem

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    Ian Strathcarron has identified what was El Yuba Dam as Odem, in the Golan Heights.
    Sam and the pilgrims were warned by their dragoman not to stop and ask for water at this location. The Quaker City Itinerary places the date for this as September 17, traveling from Kefr Hauwar to Baniyas.

    I've plotted the location of the Odem Mountain Winery, which according to Ian Strathcarron, is located at this site.

  • Endor - Village

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    Khirbet Safsafeh / Es-Safsafa (32°38′26.69″N 35°22′36.91″E) - Many believe Khirbet Safsafeh to be the site of ancient En-dor, as reflected as being the site most normally marked on maps.

    Wikipedia

  • Florida, Missouri

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    Sam Clemens was born in Florida, MO in November of 1835 when the population of the village was exactly 100.  His family had moved there the previous May or June with the hope that a railway line would be extended from St. Joseph and that the Salt River would be made navigable to the Mississippi.  Neither happened.  The family moved to Hannibal, 35 miles to the northeast, in 1839.

  • Forbach

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    Forbach is a village in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It lies in the district of Rastatt. It is located in the Murg river valley, in the northern part of the Black Forest mountains.


    From Bædeker's Rhine - 1873: Route 46 page 251

    Forbach (Krone conveyances Hirsch and Löwe by the bridge), a thriving village, with a church picturesquely situated on an eminence, is the finest point in the valley. 

  • Grindelwald, Switzerland

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    Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne. In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the municipality also includes the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg and Wargistal.

    Wikipedia


     

  • Heron, MT

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    Before the railroad arrived the lower Clark Fork River valley was very quiet, traveled seasonally by the local Salish and Kootenai peoples and then by the occasional fur trapper and adventurer following on the heels of David Thompson. Steep mountains, rain, snow, and river rapids made travel challenging. Camps were temporary, used only for berry picking, camas digging, fishing and hunting. They then moved on. Originally a railroad town on the Northern Pacific, the North Pacific Railway reached Heron in 1882.