White Oak
White Oak The settlements of White Oak, Ingham, Wheatfield and Leroy were organized as Ingham Township by the Legislature on March 11, 1837. On April 2, 1837, the first township meeting was...
Millville United Methodist Church
Ingham County Historical Marker Millville United Methodist Church The ministry of the Millville Methodist Church began in 1840. Class meetings were formed and met in the old log school...
À tous les français
À tous les français La France a perdu une bataille mais n'a pas perdu la guerre. Des gouvernants de rencontre ont pu capituler, cédant à la panique, oubliant l'honneur livrant le pays à la...
- charles de g...
Charles-Marius Barbeau
A pioneer Canadian ethnographer and folklorist, Barbeau was born at Sainte-Marie (Beauce) and studied at the universities of Laval, Oxford and la Sorbonne. Over a lifetime at the National Museum...
Oakland Golden Gate Library Carnegie Plaque
THIS BULDING IS THE GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE BOARD OF LIBRARY DIRECTORS SAMUEL HUBBARD * PRES. WARREN OLNEY FRANK M. PARCELLS D.W. LA FORTUNE DR. E. N. CARD CHARLES S. GREENE LIBRARIAN HARRY...
- oakland
- califorinia
- library
- carnegie
Arthur Gilbert Rood
THIS FLAG WAS DRAPED OVER THE CASKET OF ARTHUR GILBERT ROOD KILLED IN ACTION AT CHATEAU THIERRY, JULY 27, 1918, WHEN HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO AMERICA ARTHUR ROOD WAS BORN JULY 6, 1894; LIVED AT...
- oakland
- califorinia
- wwi
- 1894
Yaya's Butterfly Garden
YAYA'S BUTTERFLY GARDEN In Memory of SanDee G. Nossaman 1940-2013 Longtime Lawrence resident, whose love for nature, animals, and humanity knew no bounds. Gift from the Robert E. Frederick Family...
- yaya
- butterfly
- sandee g. nossaman
- lawrence
- kansas
- gift
- memorial
- robert e. frederick
Achning Hardware
ACHNING HARDWARE THIS CIRCA 1866 BUILDING IS REFLECTIVE OF COMMERCIAL VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE LOCATION OF BOOT AND SHOE SHOP, GROCERY, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT DEALER, AND CIGAR SHOP CHARLES ACHNING...
- achning
- hardware
- building
- commercial
- victorian
- shoe
- boot
- grocery
- cigar
- lawrence
- kansas
House Building
House Building Built 1858-1860 for Josiah Miller Survived Quantrill's Raid, August 21, 1863 Façade altered 1921 Jacob House and descendants, clothiers, occupied this site 1862-1935 Submitted by: @shinton
- quantrill's raid
- josiah miller
- jacob house
Ridenour & Baker
RIDENOUR & BAKER 1858–1888 BARTELDES SEED COMPANY 1888–1963 ONE OF THE FIRST SITES REBUILT AFTER QUANTRILL'S RAID IN 1863 INTERIOR DESTROYED BY FIRE 1997 RESTORED 1997–98 THOUGH MODIFIED...
- ridenour
- baker
- barteldes se...
- quantrill's raid
- fire
- italianate
- store
- lawrence
- kansas
844-846 Massachusetts Street
844–846 MASSACHUSETTS STREET BUILT BY OCTOBER 1864 THIS STRUCTURE INITIALLY HOUSED WAGON/HARNESS MAKERS AND FARM IMPLEMENT DEALERSHIP SUBSEQUENTLY THE BUILDING HOUSED J.H. SHIMMONS...
- massachusetts street
- mass
- lawrence
- kansas
- wagon
- harness
- farm implement
- j. h. shimmons
- furniture
- kraft
- leader
Ohlone Dog Park
BERKELEY HISTORY OHLONE DOG PARK Berkeley’s Ohlone Dog Park, situated along a strip of land cleared in the 1960s for BART undergrounding, is widely considered the world’s first dog...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- dog park
- people's park annex
- benedict
- richards
Paloma (Fosteria)
GWIN MINE, PALOMA, AND LOWER RICH GULCH WAS MINED FOR PLACER IN 1849. QUARTZ WAS DISCOVERED BY J. ALEXANDER IN 1851. PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM M. GWIN, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST U.S. SENATOR, IN...
- paloma
- california
- mine
- mining
- quartz
- gwin
St. John's Church
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
- nashville
- tennessee
- church
- polk
- 1842
James Knox Polk
Submitted by Gilda Spitz
- nashville
- tennessee
- polk
- 1916
National Engineering Landmark Parkes Radio Telescope
Plaque reads: 'This 64 metre diameter telescope is the realisation of the vision of CSIRO's Dr E.G. Bowen. Designed by Freeman and Fox Partners to a CSIRO specification and built by...
- radio telescope
- australia
- nsw
- csiro
- astronomy
Parkes Radio Telescope
Plaque reads 'On 21 July 1969 the Parkes Radio Telescope brought television pictures of the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk to 600 million people around the world. This remarkable event was achieved...
- radio telescope
- apollo 11
- australia
- nsw
- nasa
- moon
- csiro
Johnny's Well
Plaque reads: 'Johnny's Well was not a well in the accepted sense, but a spring which provided clean water to passing ships from ports the world over, including American whalers. Water from...
- water
- spring
- nsw
- australia
Wishing Tree
Apparently people used to walk around the tree three times backwards and then make it wish, it was apparently a popular thing to do. Plaque reads: 'This was the site of the Gardens first Wishing...
- tree
- botanic gardens
- sydney
- australia
- tree
O'Shaughnessy Dam
66,000,000,000 gallons. #HetchHetchy Submitted by friscolex
- hetchhetchy
- dam
- reservoir