Mission Plaza
Mission PlazaIn the 1950s, Kenneth Schwartz, then Planning of Architecture, began work in support of the creation of a "Mission Plaza". At that time, traffic on Monterey Street passed near...
Calapooia River Salmon Migration
- brownsville
- oregon
- salmon
In Loving Memory of Michael C Mayer
"No act of kindness, no matter how small,is ever wasted."
BM3 Chance Evans Post, United States Coast Guard, Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005
Moyer House
HISTORICAL MARKER The Moyer House was built in 1881, in Italian Villa style, by J. M. Moyer, an early pioneer of Linn County. Donated in 1962 by the Hill Family Foundation to the...
- brownsville
- oregon
- pioneer
Alva Neal High School
Alva Neal High School This was the site of the Franklin High School from 1909 through 1939 and housed grades 6, 7 and 8 until 1974. In 1928 the Franklin Schools Board of Trustees resolved:...
- indiana
- school
The Sowerby Family
Frieda Klussmann, the Cable Car Lady
Submitted by @Ritterton
- cable car museum
- frieda klussman
- cable car
- san francisco
- nob hill
- powell street
Sentier Rideau Trail
Submitted by Gilda Spitz.
First Post Office In California
1849 FIRST POST OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHED AT MONTEREY The Pacific mail steamer, "California" arrived in Monterey on February 24, 1849. This exciting event brought the first mail to the...
- monterey
- california
- steamer
Mother Lode Fair and Horse Show
- legalized ho...
- wagering
- furtherance ...
- earl warren
Pony Express Wharf
PONY EXPRESS WHARF NEARBY WAS THE LOCATION OF THE BROADWAY WHARF. THE WHARF EXTENDED FROM BROADWAY AND DAVIS STREETS EAST TO THIS LOCATION. ALL OF THE PONY EXPRESS MAIL THAT WAS DELIVERED TO...
- pony express
- wharf
- san francisco
Brisbane Rain Bank
Plaque reads: 'RAIN BANK was officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh in the presence of The Honourable Anna Bligh MP Premier of...
- sustainability
- water
- brisbane
- queensland
- australia
- queen
- duke
Church of the Saints James and Christopher
Plaque reads: 'This church is the oldest architectonically relevant building of the area. The tabernacle shaped facade, made in square stone ashlars, and the tiny walled-up door on the left flank...
- italy
- tuscany
- church
- medieval
In Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Klickitat County
#stonehenge #columbiariver #explorewashingtonBuilt by US Senator #SamHill and it became a #WWI #warmemorial pic.twitter.com/GVvy0he5i7 — WeatherChanging (@Ritterton) October 15, 2017 Submitted...
Tommy Roberts
DEDICATED TO THOMAS J. "TOMMY" ROBERTS LABOR AND CIVIC LEADER, A DIRECTOR OF THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT SINCE 1934, FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO HIS FELLOW MAN OCTOBER 19, 1952 CENTRAL...
- park
- alameda
- 1934
Sir Francis Drake
On June 17, 1579 Francis Drake landed on these shores and took possession of the country, calling it Nova Albion.Dedicated June 17, 1950 Yerba Buena Chapter E Clampus VItus Submitted by Eric Goodill
National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Time Capsule
National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Time Capsule1903 - 2003Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife RefugeCommitted February 15, 2003To be opened February 15, 2103 Submitted by Eric Goodill
The CCC Builds Morro Bay State Park
This plaque commemorates the time-honored accomplishments of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the development of Morro Bay State Park; A tradition carried on by the California Conservation...
Bodie
BodieGold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than...