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First of its KindFIRST Lutheran Church in Austin -- Austin TX

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Gethsemane Church is not only the first Lutheran Church in Austin, it is also the first Swedish Lutheran church in the United States.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Texas

date approved: 5/21/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST Women's College Club in the United States - Boston, MA, USA

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Founded in 1890, The College Club, which is a private membership organization, was the first women's college club in the United States. It is located in the historic Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Chasing Blue Sky

location: Massachusetts

date approved: 5/21/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST Hotel to Bear Conrad Hilton's Name - Dallas, TX

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Just inside the Harwood St entrance to the Hotel Indigo, Dallas, TX, this Texas Historical Marker commemorates this hotel as the very first to bear the Hilton name. This was also his first high-rise hotel.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil

location: Texas

date approved: 5/20/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindProduction of Dallas's FIRST Bottle of Coca-Cola - Dallas, TX

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A Texas Historical Marker at 2628 Elm Street, in Dallas's Deep Ellum, commemorates this as the site where the city's first bottle of Coca-Cola was produced in 1902.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil

location: Texas

date approved: 5/20/2013

last visited: 5/20/2013

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First of its KindFIRST - Chain Store in California - Denny Bar Company - Yreka, CA

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The historical marker is located in front of the Masonic Hall Building on historic Miner Street in downtown Yreka, CA and notes this building's FIRST-ever accomplishment.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member thebeav69

location: California

date approved: 5/20/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST -- Classes of the University of Texas Law School, Austin TX

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A historic marker at the spot where the first classes of the University of Texas Law School were held back in 1883.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Texas

date approved: 5/19/2013

last visited: 4/14/2013

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First of its KindFIRST - Round Trip Flight Across the English Channel - Marine Parade, Dover, Kent, UK

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The statue, at this location, is of Charles Stewart Rolls of Rolls Royce fame. The plaque, on the pedestal of the statue, tells about this "First".

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Master Mariner

location: South East England, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/17/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindJohn Keenan - FIRST Settler Child Born in Dallas County - Farmers Branch, TX

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A Texas Historical Marker at the grave of John Keenan indicates that he was the first settler child born in the area that is now Dallas County, TX. Unfortunately, he is also the first burial in Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, TX.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil

location: Texas

date approved: 5/15/2013

last visited: 5/15/2013

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First of its KindFIRST -- Meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Lampasas TX

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One of 9 -- NINE -- historic markers on the lawn of the Lampasas County Courthouse describes the first meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), the former custodians of the Alamo

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Texas

date approved: 5/15/2013

last visited: 4/14/2013

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First of its KindFIRST Vision Lampasas Community Mural -- Lampasas TX

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The first community mural project in Lampasas celebrates the city's connection to the cowboy boot-making tradition and boot-wearing tradition here.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Texas

date approved: 5/15/2013

last visited: 4/14/2013

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First of its KindFirst - Oil Well in Huntington Beach - Discovery Well

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A plaque commemorating the first oil well - the Discovery Well - where oil was found in Huntington Beach.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member senoritafish

location: California

date approved: 5/15/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Church in Cullman, AL - Cullman, AL

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St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church was the first church established at the town site of Cullman.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hummerstation

location: Alabama

date approved: 5/11/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst-Ever First Minister of Scotland: Donald Dewar, Glasgow, UK

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Monument to Donald Dewar in front of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member haggaeus

location: Southern Scotland, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/9/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - North American Christian Indian - St George's Church, Church Street, Gravesend, Kent, UK

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An information board, in Princess Pocahontas Gardens at St George's church in Gravesend, state that Princess Pocahontas was the first North American Indian.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Master Mariner

location: South East England, United Kingdom

date approved: 5/6/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST School Teacher in OKC (Celene Gray Reed) - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK

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Headstone for Oklahoma's first school teacher

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Max and 99

location: Oklahoma

date approved: 5/5/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Woman Settler of Willow Bend

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Julia Everett Curtis was the first woman settler in the pioneer town of Willolw Bend (now Aurora), Utah.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 5/4/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Department Store in America

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The Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), founded by the Mormon Church in 1868, was America's first chain of department stores.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 5/4/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Department Store in America

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The Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), founded by the Mormon Church in 1868, was America's first chain of department stores.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 5/4/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Protestant Church Building Constructed in Magna

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The Magna Community Baptist Church is the first and only Protestant church building constructed in Magna.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 5/4/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Langstrecken Segelflug

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DE: Hier startete der erste Langstrecken-Segelflug. | EN: Here the first long distances-sail flight started.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member 00M

location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

date approved: 5/4/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST - Discovery of Quinine by Pelletier and Caventou - Paris, France

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A monument east of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, France honors Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou for the first discovery (extraction, isolation, purification and naming) of quinine.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1

location: Île-de-France, France

date approved: 5/2/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Flight of Prototype UH-1 Helicopter

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The prototype of the Bell UH-1 "Iroquois" helicopter first flew in October of 1956.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 5/2/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFIRST demonstration of electric lights -- 400 Douglas St., Wichita KS

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A plaque installed by the Wichita Rotary Club commemorates some oddball history at corner of E Douglas St and S Topeka Ave in downtown Wichita.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Kansas

date approved: 5/1/2013

last visited: 3/16/2013

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First of its KindFirst Flight of North American B-25J "Mitchell" Bomber

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The original B-25 for the U.S. Army made its maiden flight on August 19, 1940.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 4/30/2013

last visited: never

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First of its KindFirst Flight of Prototype Northrup T-38A "Talon"

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The T-38A prototype first flew on 10 April 1959.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Utah

date approved: 4/30/2013

last visited: never

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