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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...

    • michigan
    • 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

                Paramount Theatre

                  Paramount Theatre

                    Antonio Bras Columns

                    • howe
                    • 4460 howe
                    • 1898
                    • mountain vie...
                    • mcisaac
                    • cemetery

                    The Landmark Trees

                      Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library

                      • library
                      • carnegie
                      • oakland
                      • greene
                      • free to all

                      Yolo County Savings Bank