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The Narrow Gauge

    Railroads & Mining: Building the West

      The Charlie Tayler Waterwheel

        Lincoln Borglum

        IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARVING THE SHRINE OF DEMOCRACY AND AS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO LINCOLN BORGLUM JULY...

        IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARVING THE SHRINE OF DEMOCRACY AND AS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO LINCOLN BORGLUM...

        • mount rushmore
        • mt rushmore
        • rushmore
        • keystone
        • south dakota

        First Step, Fallen Friend

        First Step, Fallen Friend The history of the University of Connecticut can be traced back to the Storrs Agricultural School which opened on this site in 1881 in the former Connecticut Soldiers'...

        First Step, Fallen Friend The history of the University of Connecticut can be traced back to the Storrs Agricultural School which opened on this site in 1881 in the former Connecticut Soldiers'...

        • uconn
        • storrs
        • mansfield
        • connecticut
        • university
        • jonathan
        • husky
        • dog
        • mascot

        Bristol & South Wales Union Railway

        The plaque marks the location of the terminal pier of the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway where passengers from Bristol would board the ferry to Portskewett in Wales. There is also a plaque...

        The plaque marks the location of the terminal pier of the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway where passengers from Bristol would board the ferry to Portskewett in Wales. There is also a plaque...

        • bristol
        • river severn
        • methodism
        • wesley

        Point of Infinity

          Future Plaque: World's Oldest Sequoia Celebrated 2,500th Birthday

            Future Plaque: Restored Wetlands Recovered CA Species & Protected Coastal Communities From Flooding

              Future Plaque: Kelp Restoration Protected Hundreds Of Ocean Species & Drove Fisheries Recovery

                Future Plaque: Muir Woods Redwoods Thrived Thanks To Abundant Karl (The Fog)

                  Future Plaque: Urban Greening & Tree Cover Lowers Temperatures In All Major California Cities

                    Future Plaque: California Salmon Thrive Thanks To Statewide River Restoration

                      Future Plaque: Wildlife Crossing Network Saved Southern California Mountain Lion Population

                        Future Plaque: Restored Coastal Habitat Protected Roadways From Rising Seas