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What is: Abandoned tracks and a truck, Blue Ridge Mountains, VA What was: The Blue Ridge or Virginia Blue Ridge Railroad (VBR) was a unique shortline railroad nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The steam locomotives shunted and moved freight over
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On this day in 1955, What is: The River site where Emmett Till's body was found. What was: On Wednesday, August 31, 1955 -- 3 days after Emmett Till's murderers had dumped his body in the river, 17year old Robert Hodges was fishing in the Tallahatchie R
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August 28th, 1955, the kidnapping and lynching of 15 year old Emmett Till. August 28th, 1963, March on Washington. 1863 was the year of the Emancipation Proclamation, meaning the March on Washington was 100 years after Emancipation. When A. Philip Rando
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Roadside church #roadsideamericaphotoseries #Church #steeple #NewMexico
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End of summer at the beach. #Beach #tiretracks #whatisleadsustowhatwas
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End of Summer #pool #float #whatisleadsustowhatwas
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Markers, entry and exit, #ThePines #Pines #fireislandpines #fireislandferry
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No story. Just an image. Palms #palmtrees
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Cape Henry Lighthouse is the first federally funded public works project of the newly formed United States government. It was authorized by George Washington and overseen by Alexander Hamilton. The Lighthouse is situated near the “First Landing” site wher
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I dont have a story. Just an abandoned church I passed by #roadsideamericaphotoseries #church #churchsteeple #abandonedamerica #virginia #Highway360
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What is: The Tallahatchie County Second District Courthouse in Sumner, Mississippi One of three sites that are part of the newly established National Monument honoring Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley. What was: On September 23, 1955, after a 5 day tr
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One of the new National Monument Sites What is: The River site where Emmett Till's body was found. What was: 3 days after Emmett Till's murderer in 1955 when his body had been dumped in the river, 17year old Robert Hodges was fishing in the Tallahatchie
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What is: Entry to the Trains headed North, Clarksdale,MS What was: The Train from Clarksdale was part of the Great Migration. As cotton prices fell in 1920, many African Americans living in the Delta began to leave. During the 1940s the exodus continued
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What is: The Milk Bottle Grocery, Route 66, Oklahoma City What was: The Milk Bottle Grocery was constructed in 1930. The store is one of the few triangular buildings in Oklahoma City. Due to its shape, the store was known as the Triangle Grocery from 194
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What is: The Gold Dome Building, Route 66, Oklahoma City What was: The Gold Dome Building, famous for its unique architecture, is a geodesic dome and major landmark along historic Route 66. Located on the southern end of Oklahoma City's Asian district, t
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What is: Mississippi River at Friars Point What was: Founded in 1836 along the Mississippi River, Friars Point was once the largest cotton shipping center south of Memphis. The historic port town remains the only place in Coahoma County with public acces
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What is: a l]t in Glendora Mississippi. Previously the location of Kings Juke Joint. What was: an anonymous tip lead a reporter here seeking 2 lost witnesses who could have changed the course of history. On Sunday September 18 1955 reporter James Hicks
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Like the last one...I got no story. Highway 278 Mississippi. Clarksdale to Oxford. #roadsideamericaphotoseries #whatisleadsustowhatwas #mississippi #hwy278 #abandonedamerica #countrystore #gasstation
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Sometimes there is no story...a sign on Route 278 in Mississippi. #roadsideamericaphotoseries #whatisleadsustowhatwas
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What is: the Drive In movie sound system What was: The concept for the first drive-in movie business originated with one man in the late 1920s. Richard M. Hollingshead Jr. came up with the concept of watching movies from ones car. He was looking for an a
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What is: Teepee Curios Route 66 Tucumcari NM. A concrete wigwam fused into the front of a souvenir shop. What was: Part of the magical tapestry of Route 66 the Teepee Curios building opened as a Gulf gas station in 1944. In 1948 it was Leland Haynes Groc
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What is: Cotton Gins at Mound Bayou Mississippi What was: Mound Bayou in the Mississippi Delta was founded in 1887 by former slaves with a vision to be a self-reliant autonomous all-black community. For decades it thrived and prospered becoming famous fo
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The front porch. Blue Chair. Rocking Chair. Wicker Chair and Scale #roadsideamericaphotoseries #frontporch
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What is: Abandoned House in the fields on the way to Nat Turners Cave. Southampton County Virginia What was: The legacy of the biggest slave revolt in U.S. history still hangs over the sandy soil blackwater cypress swamps and abandoned homes of the count
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What is: Front entrance to the Paramount Movie Theatre Clarksdale Mississippi What was: The Paramount Movie Theatre in downtown Clarksdale main entrance was for white people only. The colored entrance was in the back parking lot leading to the segregated
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What is: The parking lot and stairs to the balcony entrance of the Paramount Movie Theatre Clarksdale Mississippi What was: This old covered stairway in a parking lot behind the Paramount Movie Theatre in downtown Clarksdale is the entrance for blacks to
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Route 66, Conway, Texas. Gas station. That's all I got on this one. #roadsideamericaphotoseries #whatisleadsustowhatwas #gasstation #abandon #abandonedamerica
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What is: The Pamunkey Reservation and Railroad Tracks The 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation created an 6-mile wide, 18,000-acre exclusive Native American zone by prohibiting colonists from living within three miles of the settlement on Pamunkey Neck. In 1
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What is: Entrance to a waterfront parking lot, Yorktown, Virginia What was: We mostly know of Yorktown as being the location of the last major conflict in the Revolutionary War. However, in the 18th Century Yorktown’s waterfront was a major harbor -- the
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What is: The Yorktown, Virginia waterfront, fishing pier. A Naval ship headed out to sea. What was: We mostly know of Yorktown as being the location of the last major conflict in the Revolutionary War. However, in the 18th Century Yorktown’s waterfront w
