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Bellingham Cruise Terminal

    Gathering Together

      Christ Church Cathedral

      The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax...

      The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax...

      • texas
      • houston
      • church
      • religion

      Annunciation Church Houston

      Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent’s parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that...

      Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent’s parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that...

      • texas
      • houston
      • church
      • religion

      Ken Imus - Ferndale Visionary

        Daughters of the Republic of Texas

        On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the...

        On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the...

        • texas
        • houston
        • historic society
        • women

        Jack Petersen

        Cardiff born First Welshman to win British & Empire Heavyweight Boxing Championships Trained in this building Ganed yng Nghaerdydd, y Cymro cyntaf i ennill Pencampwriaethau Bocsio Pwysau Trwm...

        Cardiff born First Welshman to win British & Empire Heavyweight Boxing Championships Trained in this building Ganed yng Nghaerdydd, y Cymro cyntaf i ennill Pencampwriaethau Bocsio Pwysau...

        • united kingdom
        • wales
        • cardiff
        • sports
        • boxing

        Neath Freemasons

        Freemasons Have held meetings in Neath Since 1777 1717-2017

        Freemasons Have held meetings in Neath Since 1777 1717-2017

        • united kingdom
        • wales
        • neath
        • freemasons

        Jefferson Street Park

        Natchitoches is one of the many stops along the Jefferson Highway, one of the country's first intercontinental roadways. Today, a portion of the Jefferson runs through the Natchitoches Historic...

        Natchitoches is one of the many stops along the Jefferson Highway, one of the country's first intercontinental roadways. Today, a portion of the Jefferson runs through the Natchitoches...

        • louisiana
        • natchitoches
        • jefferson highway

        Jefferson Highway Tourist Camp

        The Natchitoches Tourist Park and Campground, situated west of what was the Normal College, was established in 1922 on the Jefferson Highway. One of the largest campgrounds on the highway,...

        The Natchitoches Tourist Park and Campground, situated west of what was the Normal College, was established in 1922 on the Jefferson Highway. One of the largest campgrounds on the...

        • louisiana
        • natchitoches
        • jefferson highway

        Steel Magnolias

        It was on this location that the movie Steel Magnolias filmed Shelby's (Julia Roberts) funeral. It was this scene that prompted the phrase "laughter through the tears" which was used to describe...

        It was on this location that the movie Steel Magnolias filmed Shelby's (Julia Roberts) funeral. It was this scene that prompted the phrase "laughter through the tears" which was used to describe...

        • louisiana
        • natchitoches
        • film location
        • movie
        • cemetery

        Early Spanish Missions

        Catholic mission church built at Las Cabezas on Bayou Scie about 1795. Succeeded by Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). In 1858 referred to as St. Michael (San Miguel). Zwolle's...

        Catholic mission church built at Las Cabezas on Bayou Scie about 1795. Succeeded by Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). In 1858 referred to as St. Michael (San Miguel)....

        • louisiana
        • spanish
        • church
        • religion

        Jefferson Highway Historic Route

        Named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, this highway was completed in 1926 and originally extended 2,194 miles from Winnipeg, Canada and onto New Orleans, Louisiana. Its route in central...

        Named for U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, this highway was completed in 1926 and originally extended 2,194 miles from Winnipeg, Canada and onto New Orleans, Louisiana. Its route in...

        • louisiana
        • pineville
        • rapides parish
        • jefferson highway

        Louisiana Logging Camp

        Established by the Louisiana Lumber Company of Glenmora. The company built a small town here in 1923 consisting of a hotel, commissary, oil and pump house, machine shop, and office building which...

        Established by the Louisiana Lumber Company of Glenmora. The company built a small town here in 1923 consisting of a hotel, commissary, oil and pump house, machine shop, and office building which...

        • louisiana
        • industry
        • logging

        Richard More

        This land was once owned by Richard More the only Mayflower passenger to move from Plymouth to Salem

        This land was once owned by Richard More the only Mayflower passenger to move from Plymouth to Salem

          William Stephens

            Allegheny West Historic District

            Allegheny West developed as a neighborhood of the wealthy and the substantial middle class between 1850 and 1910. North, Beech, Lincoln, and Western Avenues are streets of Italianate and...

            Allegheny West developed as a neighborhood of the wealthy and the substantial middle class between 1850 and 1910. North, Beech, Lincoln, and Western Avenues are streets of Italianate and...

            • pittsburgh
            • allegheny west
            • historic district
            • neighborhood
            • ccac

            Calvert United Methodist Church & Cemetery Washington County

            Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in in a community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the congregation...

            Calvert Methodist Episcopal Church South first organized in in a community building used for a school. In 1889, Francis A. and Edna Webb donated this property for a church, and the...

            • alabama
            • church
            • cemetery

            The Amédé Ardoin Lemon Tree

            Planted In Loving Memory Of Influential Louisiana Creole Singer, Songwriter and Accordionist Amédé Ardoin March 11, 1898-November 3, 1942 Born near Basile in Evangeline Parish Amédé Ardoin created...

            Planted In Loving Memory Of Influential Louisiana Creole Singer, Songwriter and Accordionist Amédé Ardoin March 11, 1898-November 3, 1942 Born near Basile in Evangeline Parish Amédé Ardoin...

            • louisiana
            • cajun music
            • music
            • entertainment
            • tree

            Art Alley

            In 2008, armed with vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, Brad Arender, Alan Brockman & Edmund Williamson, combined their resources and talents to create Monroe’s first Gallery Crawl on this very...

            In 2008, armed with vision and an entrepreneurial spirit, Brad Arender, Alan Brockman & Edmund Williamson, combined their resources and talents to create Monroe’s first Gallery Crawl on this very...

            • louisiana
            • art
            • monroe