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Great Cambridge Junction

GREAT CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION  THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE NAMING OF THIS TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENT [illegible] MICHAEL PORTILLO MP MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND INNER CITES ON 27th JULY 1990 ON...

  • cambridge
  • england
  • trunk road i...

Oakley Store

S.A. Oakley established his mercantile and grocery store here in 1938. Oakley sold hardware, canned goods, feed, kerosene and candy. After Oakley's death in 1941, his son Minor Oakley, operated...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Collierville Fort/Stockade

Collierville was occupied by Union forces from 1862 until the end of the war in 1865. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Barken Elieser

BARKEN ELIESER  Der Norske Misjonsselskaps misjonsskip ELIESER av Bergen ble bygget ved Jacob Trumpys Verk her pa Bradbenken.  Det var Louise Olsen (1817-1872) som tok initiative til innsamling og...

  • elieser
  • trumpys
  • olsen
  • africa
  • madagascar

United Nations Plaza

UNITED NATIONS PLAZA UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005 ACCESSIBLE FORMAT AVAILABLE SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY (415) 557-4400

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • united nations
  • library
  • accessible format
  • environment day

First Vessels Direct from Europe to Chicago

HERFRA DIREKTE TIL CHICAGO SEILTE DISSE SKUTENE SOM APNET EUROPEISK TRAFIKK PA LANKENE.  SKONNERTBRIGG SLEIPNER 150 REGISTER-TONN DROB 23 MAI 1862 EMIGRANTER OG LAST.  JAKT SKJOLDMOEN...

  • norway
  • bergen
  • chicago
  • 1863
  • skonnertbrig...
  • montreal

Camp Henry C. Drewes

JANUARY, 1944THE SECOND AM TRAC BN., U.S. MARINES, ESTABLISHED CAMP HENRY C. DREWES ON THIS SITE; HERE THEY TRAINED UNTIL MAY, 1944  HERE WE RESTED FROM BATTLE... PREPARED FOR ANOTHER......

  • wwii
  • 1944
  • hawaii
  • marines
  • alligator marines

Here Worshiped George Washington

    Trethewey Airfield

    • toronto
    • airfield
    • farm
    • 1910

    William Walker

    WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

    • nashville
    • destiny
    • republic of ...
    • hondouras
    • nicaragua
    • mexico