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Lake Joe

Lake Joe   This six-acre lake is named after Joseph B. Fraser who with his brother Charles was an early developer of Sea Pines. In 1964 Sea Pines Company excavated a section of an airplane runway...

Lake Joe   This six-acre lake is named after Joseph B. Fraser who with his brother Charles was an early developer of Sea Pines. In 1964 Sea Pines Company excavated a section of an airplane...

    Robert Enoch Withers

    Robert Enoch Withers   Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine...

    Robert Enoch Withers   Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine...

      Ohio University

      Ohio Historical Marker   Ohio University    “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be...

      Ohio Historical Marker   Ohio University    “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be...

        Alumni Gateway

        ALUMNI GATEWAY    The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class. The...

        ALUMNI GATEWAY    The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class....

          Silpson Bros. Corporation Boston

            El Dia de 4 de Agosto de 1802

              Allenoke Manor

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University of...

              CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University...

                Lake Orion Methodist Church

                Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a union...

                Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a...

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                • michigan his...

                William (Billy) Henry Foreman

                [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

                [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

                  The Urns at Bow Bridge

                    The Shadetree

                    • peralta
                    • ohlone
                    • 1842
                    • first mayor ...
                    • schulz
                    • ecv

                    Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

                    Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

                    Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

                    • michigan
                    • michigan his...

                    Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

                    • ecv
                    • civil war

                    Marrowboneslip

                    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                    • marrow
                    • bone
                    • slip

                    Plebiscito

                      Pioneer Mother Monument -- Benjamin Ide Wheeler

                        Lake Merritt

                        LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

                        LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

                          Royal Naval Hospital

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                            442nd Regimental Combat Team

                            DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT...

                            DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL...

                            • wwii
                            • internment
                            • japanese-american
                            • 442nd
                            • concentration camps

                            Treaty of Painted Post

                            JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

                            JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

                            • painted post
                            • corning
                            • iroquois
                            • six nations
                            • 1791