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Bodie

BodieGold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than 100...

BodieGold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than...

    Return to Bodie

    Return to BodieDuring the California Gold Rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie...

    Return to BodieDuring the California Gold Rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie...

      The Mohave Road

      • ecv

      Nipton, California

      NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO CAMP...

      NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO...

      • ecv

      Lockheed P-3 Orion

        Billy Martin

        • berkeley high
        • oakland oaks
        • 333

        Halle Park

        A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

        A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        Boy Scouts Statue of Liberty

        WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE OF...

        WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A...

        • greeley
        • colorado
        • boy scouts
        • statue of liberty

        Vinyard School

        VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

        VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

        • hollister
        • san benito
        • school
        • ecv

        Christ Church Cathedral

        CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated turrets...

        CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated...

          In Memory of Janey Johnston Duclaw

            Cape Foulweather

              Pioneer Life Posed Many Challenges in the Redwood Forest

              • big basin
              • california
              • park
              • redwood
              • pioneer

              Brownsville, Oregon

                The Spirit of America

                DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

                DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

                  Riparian Habitat

                    Front Street

                    Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're Battle...

                    Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're...

                    • shelby county
                    • tennessee

                    Oregon Wheat Fields

                    • oregon
                    • 1840s
                    • food cargo
                    • wheat seed
                    • moro

                    Henry W. Howe (Mush)

                    • brownsville
                    • oregon
                    • harley davidson
                    • mush
                    • 1945
                    • tree

                    Historic Oakland

                    HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW TOWN. FIRES...

                    HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW...

                    • oakland
                    • oregon
                    • mainly agricultural