Fort Henry, Kingston Canada
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- fort
- french
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R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Calumet Plant
Chicago Landmark R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. Calumet Plant Time and Life magazines, mail-order catalogs, and telephone books were all printed at this premier publishing house throughout the...
- chicago
- illinois
- printing
Prairie Avenue Historic District
- chicago
- illinois
- prairie
Capital Hotel, Woodland
Capital Hotel, Est. 1869 Woodland, California This commercial Italianate brick building was designed and built by Michael O'Connell for A. S. House. It is the oldest existing commercial building...
- woodland
- california
- hotel
Dead Cat Alley
Woodland begins On this site in 1853 Henry Wyckoff built the town's first store to serve travelers and farmers. In 1862 the small wooden building, owned by Franklin S. Freeman, became...
- woodland
- california
- dead cat
- cat
- yolo
The Commander Henry T. Stanley Playground
A plaque for a Navy pilot who guided his crippled plane down to a safe spot, dying in the process.
- bay area
- california
- fremont
Deputy U.S. Marshall Bass Reeves
DEPUTY U.S. MARSHAL BASS REEVESTHIS STATUE WAS ERECTED IN 2012 AS A RESULT OF GROWINGAWARENESS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE OF BASS REEVES, ANAFRICAN-AMERICAN FORMER SLAVE WHO BECAME...
- arkansas
- slave
- slavery
- marshal
- fort smith
John B. Williams
IN LASTING MEMORY OFJOHN B WILLIAMS, 1917 - 1976, A MAN OF VISION, COMPASSION AND COURAGE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OAKLAND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY1964 - 1976DEDICATED BY HIS COL-LEAGUES WHO ELECTED...
- bay area
- california
- oakland
- redevelopment
For the Restoration of 2480 Virginia St
In gratitude to Nancy and TomLehrkind for the restoration of 2480 Virginia Street ~ 2014 ~ Submitted by @jqmcd
- bay area
- california
- berkeley
- virginia
Stone Fireplace and Root Cellar
The plaque reads: The stone fireplace and root cellar are the remains of a homestead farm built by the Guinan family in the latter half of the 19th century. John Guinan, born in Ireland in 1815,...
- michigan
- ireland
- potato famine
- potato
- farm
- ann arbor
This Park is in Honor of Dick Keene
This Park is in Honor ofDick Keene His efforts on behalf of this property and the entire East Bay Real Estate Community have been countless. Dick will be missed, but never forgotten as a...
- wareham
- bay area
- emeryville
- california
- amtrak
Battleship Wisconsin: A Floating Fortress
Battleship Wisconsin: A Floating Fortress Battleship Wisconsin and the sister-ships in the Iowa Class arguably hold a symbolic status as monuments to naval surface warship design. Unlike torpedo...
- battleship
- wisconsin
- norfolk
- virginia
- wwii
Major William Mayo
In memory of Major William Mayo Who, in 1737, "Without fee or reward" Laid off the original town site of Richmond for his friend Colonel William Byrd Erected by the people of the East End In...
- richmond
- mayo
- byrd
- virginia
The American Flag was First Raised in San Francisco
On this spot the American flagwas first raised in San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of the U. S. S. Portsmouth July 9 1846 Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution San...
- bay area
- california
- san francisco
- flag
- portsmouth
San Francisco Chinatown Map Plaque
- bay area
- san francisco
- chinatown
- 99pi
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
"FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA WAS DEVELOPED AND STRENGTHENED BY THE SIGNING OF THE WEBSTER-ASHBURTON TREATY, ON AUGUST 9, 1842, IN THE OLD STATE DEPARTMENT BUILDING WHICH...
- washington
- dc
- washington dc
- webster ashburton
- maine
- canada
- boundary dispute
- 1842
Cleared Minefield Near the Temple of Boeng Mealea
Minefield Cleared by CMAC Supported by Germany IN AND AROUND THE TEMPLE OF BOENG MEALEADU6 HAS CLEARED 1.559.932M^2 AND FOUND438 ANTI PERSONNEL MINES AND 809 UXO SWORK STARTED THE 1. JANUARY 2003...
- cambodia
- minefield
- cmac
- boeng mealea
Welcome to Locke
This plaque is in the Locke Historical District in the town of Locke, CA. It reads: "Locke was founded in 1915 after a fire destroyed most of the Chinese neighborhood in nearby Walnut Grove. The...
- locke
- chinese
- california
San Francisco Brewing Company
This plaque is located at the Comstock Saloon in San Francisco, site of the former San Francisco Brewing Company. It reads: "SAN FRANCISCO BREWING COMPANY This building is the last of the...
- beer
- pub
- bar
- brewery
- san francisco
- barbary coast
Framat Lodge #405
- bay area
- california
- berkeley
- finland