Eads' Jetties
About 18 miles below Ft. Jackson at Head of Passes, the Mississippi River branches into Southwest Pass, South Pass and Pass A Lutre before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. As early as 1723 French...
- louisiana
- civil engine...
- plaquemines parish
Mary Plantation
This property was first recorded on a 1723 French colonial map of Louisiana. Louis Brognier de Clouet, a prominent Frenchman and critical figure in the development of New Orleans acquired...
- louisiana
- plaquemines parish
- plantation
Saint Thomas Church Louisiana
Father Jean Martin, Missionary, on Feb. 25, 1854, recorded baptisms he performed in Pointe-à-la- Hache. For more than 10 years afterwards St. Thomas Church continued to share the services...
- louisiana
- church
- religion
- plaquemines parish
Bayou Mardi Gras
His Majesty Rex, King of the Carnival and Monarch of Merriment hereby honors the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the first celebration of Mardi Gras in Louisiana.
- louisiana
- waterway
- mardi gras
Cavelier de la Salle
Cavelier de la Salle 1640-1687
- louisiana
- exploration
- explorer
Phillip Roth
Philip Roth March 19, 1933 to May 22, 2018 Philip Roth was among the greatest American writers of any generation. He published thirty-one books of fiction, memoir, and essays. More than half...
- philip roth
- writers
- jewish writers
- pulitzer
New Englands First Fruits
After God had carried us safe to New England and wee had builded our houses provided necessaries for our liveli hood reard convenient places for Gods worships and settled the civill government one...
- harvard
- puritans
- protestant
- education
- new england
- ministers
Honoring Alberto Arroyo for 50 years of jogging in Central Park
State of New York, Legislative Resolution Honoring Alberto Arroyo for 50 years of jogging in Central Park
- central park
- jogging
- reservoir
Sadie V. Thompson School
- mississippi
- education
Montreal's First Collector Sewer
Submitted by @krebzo.
Pheena the Fin Whale
- lhs
- lawrence hal...
- larry foster
- whale
- 1975
- 2016
- 2017
Cerrito Theater Renovation
Mitchell Lookout
Major Thomas MitchellSurveyor General of the colony of New South Wales was the first European to ascend this mountain. This he did on September 30th 1836 during the course of an expedition...
- macedon
- mitchell
- victoria
Mill Valley Softball Field
Gate House
GATE HOUSE HISTORY: Originally a one-story building housing a Model T Ford it was built before 1942. Dick Graveson, who served as president of the Marin Society of Artists, a previous owner, built...
- goodnight moon
- runaway bunny
The Mountain Theatre
Cushing Memorial Amphitheater
Mill Valley Mt Tamalpais and Scenic Railway
The Greatest Sightseeing Trip on Earth
The Tavern, the Arch, and the Dance Pavilion
