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Fishermen of the Trolling Fleet

IN MEMORIAM FROM THIS HARBOR - IN STORM - DEPARTED ROY BOWER AND JACK CHAMBERS FISHERMAN OF THE TROLLING FLEET OCTOBER 4, A.D. 1936 ON A MISSION OF RESCUE IT IS NOT TRUE LIFE IS NOT SLAIN BY...

  • depoe bay
  • mission of rescue
  • in storm

Shelby County Archives And Hall Of Records

After the Shelby County criminal courts and jail moved from here in 1982, this National Register Historic District building stood empty until 1998, when extensive renovations were completed and...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Site of First Adobe Home, Lake County

BUILT BY CHARLES STONE AND ANDY KELSEY ON LAND PURCHASED FROM SALVADOR VALLEJO. CONSTRUCTED BY FORCED INDIAN LABOR CAUSING MUCH RESENTMENT AND CULMINATING IN MURDER BY INDIANS OF BOTH STONE...

  • adobe
  • slavery
  • murder

California's Original Constitutional

Colton Hall - Site of California's Original Constitution Forty-eight men of diverse education and cultural backgrounds from throughout California converged upon Monterey in September in 1849 to...

    This Grove of Trees

    THIS GROVE OF TREES IS DEDICATED TO THEO DUMARS FOR HIS HELP AND SERVICE TO WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE COMMUNITY OF WOODLAND, AND HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THANK YOU. JULY 30, 1991

      Court Square Lighting

      Improvements to Court Square's pedestrian and accent lighting during the 2004 park renovation were made possible through a generous donation from the Marriott SpringHill Suites and the Sleep Inn &...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Claremont Riding Academy

      CLAREMONT RIDING ACADEMY LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, APRIL 1980 BUILT IN 1892 IN THE ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE, THE CLAREMONT RIDING ACADEMY...

      • claremont
      • riding
      • stables
      • horse elevator
      • sleigh

      Claremont Riding Academy

      CLAREMONT RIDING ACADEMY BUILT IN 1892 As THE CLAREMONT STABLES, THIS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY FRANK A. ROOKE IN THE THEN-POPULAR ROMANESQUE REVIVAL STYLE, HERE CHARACTERIZED BY A...

      • new york
      • nyc
      • riding
      • stables

      Battle of Collierville

      On Sunday October 11, 1863, the Confederate forces of Brigadier General James R. Chalmers, consisting of the 7th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Tennessee Cavalry, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 12th and...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Finch Station Payphone

      FINCH STATION PAYPHONE This booth contains a coin- operated telephone established on March 29, 1974. Hundreds of Torontonians have used this "payphone" to communicate with other telephones. To...

      • coin-operated
      • telephone
      • change rooms
      • time machines
      • 1874