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Montgomery's Slave Traders

MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for slave...

MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for...

  • montgomery
  • slavery
  • slave traders
  • eji
  • mississippi
  • alabama

Ted Librero

In memory of  Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002

In memory of  Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002

  • emeryville
  • california
  • bay area
  • cove
  • emery

Emeryville Peninsula Fire Station

    Charles and Frankie Hromada Foyer

    THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF   CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA   AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...

    THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF   CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA   AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...

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    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • purdue university
    • forestry
    • entomology
    • pest management
    • terminix

    Purdue University's Gratitude to Mrs. Alice Earl Stuart

    THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...

    THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...

    • alice earl stuart
    • charles bene...
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • laboratory o...
    • board of trustees

    Thomas Duncan Laboratory

    THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"      Submitted by:...

    THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"      Submitted...

    • thomas duncan
    • laboratory
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • purdue university

    Wayne State University

    WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other colleges,...

    WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other...

    • university
    • central high
    • detroit
    • wayne

    The Montgomery Slave Trade

    THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...

    THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...

    • montgomery
    • slavery
    • slave traders
    • eji
    • mississippi
    • alabama

    Downieville

    DOWNIEVILLE   DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...

    DOWNIEVILLE   DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...

    • downieville
    • california
    • gold
    • ecv

    Santa Fe de Toloca

      A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of...

      A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town...

    • santa fe
    • toloca
    • la florida

    Almost to Cape Horn

    Continental DivideMilner Pass   elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.

    Continental DivideMilner Pass   elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.

    • alaska
    • cape horn
    • miler
    • drainage
    • divide
    • pacific
    • atlantic

    Eliza Fowler Hall

    ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

    ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

    • eliza fowler
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • auditorium

    Home of Silas Wright

    Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

    Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

    • canton
    • alan reno
    • wright
    • new york
    • politican

    Seven Sisters Country Park and Interpretive Centre

    SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

    SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

    • sussex
    • park
    • nature

    Talleyrand stayed here

    TALLEYRAND FRENCH STATESMAN AND AMBASSADOR STAYED HERE 1831

    TALLEYRAND FRENCH STATESMAN AND AMBASSADOR STAYED HERE 1831

    • france
    • statesman
    • ambassador
    • brighton

    Constitution Oak

    Constitution Oak Planted By The Tippecanoe County Bar Association To Commemorate The Bicentennial  Of The Constitution of the United States Of America September 17, 1987   Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

    Constitution Oak Planted By The Tippecanoe County Bar Association To Commemorate The Bicentennial  Of The Constitution of the United States Of America September 17, 1987   Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

    • oak tree
    • lafayette
    • indiana
    • tippecanoe c...
    • constitution
    • bicentennial

    The Memory of the Revolution Soldiers Buried in Clinton County

    THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTION SOLDIERS BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY CAPTAIN HARMON AUGHE JOHN APPLEGATE WILLIAM CARTER THOMAS HARRIS JOHN REED FREDERICK SHAFFER ROBERT...

    THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTION SOLDIERS BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY CAPTAIN HARMON AUGHE JOHN APPLEGATE WILLIAM CARTER THOMAS HARRIS JOHN REED FREDERICK SHAFFER...

    • clinton county
    • indiana
    • frankfort
    • court house
    • american revolution
    • soldiers
    • daughters of...

    Tree Donation

    "Trees Donated by Dwight Lydell Chapter of Izaak Walton League of America" From the website of the Izaak Walton League of America: The Izaak Walton League was founded in 1922 to conserve outdoor...

    "Trees Donated by Dwight Lydell Chapter of Izaak Walton League of America" From the website of the Izaak Walton League of America: The Izaak Walton League was founded in 1922 to conserve...

    • grand rapids
    • michigan
    • gerald r. fo...
    • ah-nab-awen park

    Here lived from 1833 to 1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell geologist

    Here lived from 1833 to 1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell geologist

    Here lived from 1833 to 1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell geologist

    • geology
    • dinosaurs

    The Mother of Modern Witchcraft

    Doreen Valiente 1922 - 1999 Poet, Author and Mother of Modern Witchcraft Lived Here Donated by The Centre for Pagan Studies

    Doreen Valiente 1922 - 1999 Poet, Author and Mother of Modern Witchcraft Lived Here Donated by The Centre for Pagan Studies

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    • witchcraft
    • blueplaque
    • residence
    • witch
    • pagan