Bright Pearl
Submitted by: Vincent Gornall
Centennial Square Fountain
Placed in concrete around the edge of the Centennial Square Fountain is an inscription made out of metal letters. The words say, "The Centennial Fountain Gift to the City of Victoria from the...
First Memphis Waterfront
From here north to Auction Avenue steamboats landed; flatboats used the mouth of Gayoso Bayou above. Paddy Meagher, associated with this bluff as early as 1783, built a warehouse here in 1828. In...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Bartlett, Tennessee
The toll road of 1829 became Stage Road, Bartlett's main street. In 1856 the town was called Union Depot. Incorporated in 1866 and named Bartlett for Major Gabriel Matson Bartlett. Shelby County...
- shelby county
- tennessee
G. P. Hamilton
Born in Memphis 1867, G.P. Hamilton was the author of The Bright Side of Memphis, one of the earliest books on black residents of Memphis. In 1892 Hamilton, an honors graduate of LeMoyne,...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Eudora Baptist Church
Organized October 19, 1850 on two acres of land donated by Col. Eppy White, using the Greek word "Eudora" signifying "good gift" as its name, this church met in a log schoolhouse until...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Gold Discovered
1848 GOLD DISCOVERED News of the discovery of gold at Coloma reaches Monterey. Many people depart for the gold fields, leaving Monterey almost abandoned.
- monterey
- california
- 1848
- gold
- coloma
Burt Toler, Sr
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- football
- field official
Corona WWII Deaths
- corona
- italy
- wwii
Silk Stocking Historic District Est. 1912
Submitted by @jqmcd
- chandler
- arizona
- silk stocking
- 1912
Federal Building
THIS FEDERAL BUILDING WAS OFFICIAL OPENED BY DAVID W. GROOS M.P. ON 17 JANUARY 1967 Submitted by: Vincent Gornall
- victoria
- british columbia
- federal building
The Famous "49 Fourth Street" Location
ON THIS SITE, THE FAMOUS "49 FOURTH STREET" LOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES SELECTIVE SERVICE INDUCTION CENTER, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SAN FRANCISCANS AND OTHER NORTHER CALIFORNIANS WERE INDUCTED INTO...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- wwii
- selective service
- 1940
Usonia Homes
Submitted by: Sam Santangelo
- frank lloyd wright
- usonia
- 99pi
- new york
Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty
"ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBERTY" MARKING ROUTE TAKEN BY WASHINGTON FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CAMBRIDGE TO ASSUME COMMAND OF THE PATRIOT ARMY IN 1775 PLACED HERE BY THE NEW...
- washington
- george washington
- revolutionary wary
- liberty
- vigilance
- 1775
Usonia Homes
Submitted by Avery Trufelman.
- wright
- frank lloyd wright
- 99pi
- new york
Reconciling History, Baltimore's Confederate Monuments
Lee Jackson Monument This monument was a gift from prominent Baltimore banker J. Henry Fergusun, who left funds in his will for the City of Baltimore to create a monument to his childhood...
- baltimore
- maryland
- confederacy
- civil war
- special commission
- white supremacy
- lost cause
1887 Railway Accident Memorial
Plaque reads: This memorial is erected by public subscription in the honor of the late Frederick William Maskell and James McNab The former engine driver, aged 46 years And the latter Fireman,...
- train
- railway
- accident
- melbourne
- australia
- heroic devot...
- windsor
- fearful accident
Western Canada's Oldest Skyscraper
Union Bank Building (Top right plaque. English transcription) Constructed in 1903-1904, this building is Western Canada's oldest skyscraper. It combines the technology of steel framing, a...
- winnipeg
- manitoba
- royal bank
- skyscraper
- canada
- western canada
- tallest
Field Artillery Cannon, Donor Unknown
Proclaiming Its Admission to the Union
THIS GUN WAS USED TO FIRE THE FIRST SALUTE (OCTOBER 18TH, 1850) ON THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEWS IN CALIFORNIA PROCLAIMING ITS ADMISSION TO THE UNION REMOUNTED FOR THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, MARCH 22,...
- watsonville
- california
- cannon
- admission
- 1850