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Paradise Row and Baltimore Row

Submitted by Jen Auchterlonie

Submitted by Jen Auchterlonie

  • west virginia
  • white sulphu...
  • greenbrier
  • robert e. lee
  • civil war
  • 1832

The Old White

Submitted by Jen Auchterlonie

Submitted by Jen Auchterlonie

  • west virginia
  • white sulphu...
  • greenbrier
  • old white
  • 1858
  • old dominion

The Greenbrier

 Submitted by Jen Auchterlonie

 Submitted by Jen Auchterlonie

  • west virginia
  • white sulphu...
  • greenbrier

The First Special Services Force (The Devil's Brigade) Highway Dedication Plaque

In honour of the First Special Service Force – famously nicknamed The Devil’s Brigade or The Black Devils - and their achievements in World War II, the sections of Highway 4 in Alberta, Canada and...

In honour of the First Special Service Force – famously nicknamed The Devil’s Brigade or The Black Devils - and their achievements in World War II, the sections of Highway 4 in Alberta, Canada and...

  • devil's brigade
  • canada
  • usa
  • wwii
  • special serv...
  • lethbridge
  • glat
  • commando

Dr. Sekino Yoshiharu

In memory of Dr. Sekino Yoshiharu. A Japanese scientist world trotter starting South America in 1993 spending a night at Oldupai Gorge on 8th February 2002 to end up at Laetoli Footprint Trackway...

In memory of Dr. Sekino Yoshiharu. A Japanese scientist world trotter starting South America in 1993 spending a night at Oldupai Gorge on 8th February 2002 to end up at Laetoli Footprint Trackway...

    Fullen Market Building

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1985 FULLEN MARKET BUILDING Henry S. Patton, Builder 1907–08 Built by a real-estate developer during the East Bay building boom that followed the 1906...

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1985 FULLEN MARKET BUILDING Henry S. Patton, Builder 1907–08 Built by a real-estate developer during the East Bay building boom that followed the...

      Oak of the Golden Dream

      If you head north and east out of Los Angeles toward Santa Clarita on Highway 14, you pass one of those historical marker signs that declares, "Oak of the Golden Dream, this exit." Or something...

      If you head north and east out of Los Angeles toward Santa Clarita on Highway 14, you pass one of those historical marker signs that declares, "Oak of the Golden Dream, this exit." Or...

      • los angeles county
      • california
      • gold rush
      • wild onions
      • gold

      Radium Queen of the Desert: Josephine Stephens Bishop

      Another find along Highway 14, which is the route from the Los Angeles basin up to the Mojave Desert, U.S. 395 and the Eastern Sierra. Northbound, there's a sign before you get to the Jawbone...

      Another find along Highway 14, which is the route from the Los Angeles basin up to the Mojave Desert, U.S. 395 and the Eastern Sierra. Northbound, there's a sign before you get to the Jawbone...

      • california
      • kern county
      • radium
      • mojave desert

      20-Mule-Team Borax Terminus

      This is on California Highway 14, the main drag through Mojave, a desert crossroads and would-be spaceport (Burt Rutan, the designer and builder of the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne and Virgin...

      This is on California Highway 14, the main drag through Mojave, a desert crossroads and would-be spaceport (Burt Rutan, the designer and builder of the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne and...

      • kern county
      • california
      • mojave desert
      • mining

      Statehood

      1850  STATEHOOD  California is admitted to the United States as the 31st state. The constitutional convention of 1849 designated San Jose as the first state capital.

      1850  STATEHOOD  California is admitted to the United States as the 31st state. The constitutional convention of 1849 designated San Jose as the first state capital.

      • monterey
      • california
      • 1850

      Ardenwood Trains

        AT&T & RCA Receiving Stations

        • point reyes
        • radion
        • wireless
        • ship-to-shore
        • sky wave

        Point Reyes Receiving Station

        • point reyes
        • radion
        • wireless
        • marconi

        Eniac

        ENIAC THE FIRST LARGE - SCALE, GENERAL - PURPOSE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER. ENIAC (ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND COMPUTER) WAS DELIVERED TO THE US ARMY'S BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY...

        ENIAC THE FIRST LARGE - SCALE, GENERAL - PURPOSE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER. ENIAC (ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND COMPUTER) WAS DELIVERED TO THE US ARMY'S BALLISTIC RESEARCH...

        • maryland
        • aberdeen
        • eniac
        • ballistic research
        • 1947
        • computers

        The Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building

        In loving memory of our Federal Highway Administration family members lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma     April 19, 1995  LUCIO ALEMAN, JR.LARRY J....

        In loving memory of our Federal Highway Administration family members lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma     April 19, 1995  LUCIO ALEMAN, JR.LARRY J....

        • north dakota
        • oklahoma
        • murrah building
        • bombing

        Point Reyes Light Station

        POINT REYES LIGHT STATION BUILT 1870 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE  NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES  BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

        POINT REYES LIGHT STATION BUILT 1870 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE  NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES  BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

        • light house
        • light station
        • point reyes
        • california

        GRUENE'S HALL

        Pronounced "Green", this dance hall and bar is still a functioning concert venue. http://gruenehall.com   BUILT IN 1878 AS A SALOON AND SOCIAL HALL FOR AREA COTTON FARMERS, THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE...

        Pronounced "Green", this dance hall and bar is still a functioning concert venue. http://gruenehall.com   BUILT IN 1878 AS A SALOON AND SOCIAL HALL FOR AREA COTTON FARMERS, THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE...

        • gruene
        • texas histor...
        • music hall
        • texas histor...
        • country music

        MOUNT BONNELL

        Excellent views of the Texas Hill Country, the Colorado River/Lake Austin to the west and downtown Austin to the SE RISING 775 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THIS LIMESTONE HEIGHT WAS NAMED FOR GEORGE W....

        Excellent views of the Texas Hill Country, the Colorado River/Lake Austin to the west and downtown Austin to the SE RISING 775 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THIS LIMESTONE HEIGHT WAS NAMED FOR GEORGE W....

        • austin
        • texas histor...
        • hill
        • mountain
        • viewpoint
        • overlook

        Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Trail: The Barrel-Makers' Co- Ops

        The red brick building at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street was one of many factories that supplied the barrels used  for flour. Called coopers, the skilled workers who made barrels...

        The red brick building at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street was one of many factories that supplied the barrels used  for flour. Called coopers, the skilled workers who made...

          Circus fire: 1

          The first in a series of plaques about the Hartford Circus Fire. It reads: "2:40 PM...As the wild lion act ends, a small ball of flame breaks out high on the sidewall of the Ringling circus tent....

          The first in a series of plaques about the Hartford Circus Fire. It reads: "2:40 PM...As the wild lion act ends, a small ball of flame breaks out high on the sidewall of the Ringling circus tent....

          • hartford
          • circus
          • fire
          • disaster