The closed stone (de gesloten steen)
This plaque explains the stone on the corner of the street, which is chained to the building. The stone was placed to protect the building from being damaged by passing carriages. Legend has...
- middle-ages
- building
- protective rock
Spinoza birthplace
This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...
- pliosopher
- amsterdam
- birthplace
Lincoln Highway monument
"WE MUST THINK ANEWAND ACT ANEW"ABRAHAM LINCOLN1809-1865THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES THESESQUICENTENNIAL OF LINCOLN'S BIRTHBY THE STATE OF WYOMING IN 1959.WYOMING STATE PARKS COMMISSIONJACK F....
- lincoln highway
- laramie
- cheyenne
- wyoming
- i-80
- interstate 80
- travel
Lincoln Highway memorial
"THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF...
- lincoln highway
- laramie
- cheyenne
- wyoming
- interstate 80
- i-80
- travel
- abraham lincoln
North Park area of Colorado
IN HONOR OF THOSE STURDY PIONEERMEN AND WOMENTHAT BUILTTHIS NORTH PARK COUNTRY(the plaque is in a geographical area named "North Park" in front of the Jackson County courthouse in the town...
- colorado
- walden
- courthouse
Woody Guthrie Square Plaque
Woodrow Wilson (Woody) Guthrie (1912-1967) composer of "This Land is your Land," arrived in Los Angeles in 1937 along with thousands of other migrant workers and families from the "Dust...
Explosion In A Coal Mine
In the year 1936 January 20th at 6:20 a.m. an explosion occurred at the Monarch No. 2 Coal MineEight men perished in the explosion.The bodies of the following seven menwere...
- coal mine
- superior
- broomfield
- louisville
- colorado
- disaster
- mining
- tombstone
The Erath Sugar Company
Donated byThe Erath Sugar Co.Erath Sugar Refinery was built in the year 1910.In the year 1914 the Earth Sugar Company, LTD.acquired this bell from the Rose Hill refineryand was used to...
- louisiana
- plantation bell
- sugar mill
Vernon Baptist Association
At the 24th annual session of the Sabine Association, Oct. 16, 1871, delegates from the First District petitioned for Letters of Dismission for the purpose of forming the Vernon Baptist...
- louisiana
- church
- religion
Camp Claiborne (Birthplace of the 761st Tank Battalion )
The 761st, a mostly black tank battalion, was activated at Camp Claiborne, LA on April 1, 1942. While at Camp Claiborne, the 761st trained on M5 Stuart light tanks. After reassignment to...
- louisiana
- wwii
- world war ii
The Vernon Bank
Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the InteriorEstablished in 1899 as the "Bank of Leesville" on this site. The first bank...
- louisiana
- bank
- nrhp
The 1964 Fall of the Erath Water Tower
"In the wake of tragedy, In the wake of a storm, In the wake of disaster, A small town mourns." On this site, the old City Hall and a 125' water tower once stood. On October 3, 1964,...
- louisiana
- disaster
- hurricane hilda
Talbert - Pierson Cemetery 1889
Established by members of the Talbert and Pierson families, pioneers who first settled in the area in the 1860's. Thirteen graves are covered with unique grave houses. The origins of grave...
- louisiana
- cemetery
University of Louisiana at Lafayatte
After four black students successfully sued in federal court to gain admission, SouthwesternLouisiana Institute, now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, became the first...
- louisiana
- ull
- civil rights
Southwestern Honor Roll World War II
- louisiana
- wwii
- world war ii
- ull