Captain William Moore Cabin
Veterans' Memorial, Albany
- eaten
- celebrated
- danced
- magnificent building
- wwi
- 1932
- meyers
Pinecote Pavilion
Dedicated on November 23, 1986, the Pinecote Pavilion was built by the family of L.O. Crosby, Jr. (1907-1978) as a memorial to his legacy. Crosby was a noted forestry figure, philanthropist, and...
- mississippi
- architecture
- arboretum
Picayune Colored High School
Picayune's first public high school for African Americans was established here in 1918. John Prentiss (J.P.) Johnson served as principal from 1943 to 1950, when a new school was constructed...
- mississippi
- african american
- education
Famous Prize Fight
FAMOUS PRIZE FIGHTWON BY JOHN MORRISSEY OVER 'YANKEE' SULLIVAN IN THIS AREA ON OCT. 5, 1653, LASTED 37 ROUNDS AND WA WITNESSED BY MORE THAN 3000 PERSONSSubmitted by @jherskowitz
- famous prize fight
- fight
- prize fight
- 1653
The Class of 1925 Courtyard
In Memory of Gertrude Thompson
ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...
- given to the earth
- till eternity
- her friends
City of Alameda Civic Center Parking Structure
Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras"
JOAQUIN MILLER, "POET OF THE SIERRAS," RESIDED ON THESE ACRES, NAMED BY HIM "THE HIGHTS," FROM 1886 TO 1913. IN THIS BUILDING, KNOW AS THE ABBEY, HE WROTE "COLUMBUS" AND OTHER POEMS. THE...
- moses genera...
- joaquin miller
Richmond Shipyards
Site of the First Public Hanging Area and Graveyard
Pompeiin Villa
The last remaining landmark of the "dream city" planned by the founder of Port Arthur, railroad magnate Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928). The house was built in 1900 as the winter resort home...
- texas
- landmark
- architecture
Indian Village
On this site, granted by the Spanish government, dwelled Tusquahoma, chief of a Choctaw Indian tribe of fifty families, from about 1785 to 1820, when the land was sold to Stephen Maddox and...
- louisiana
- native american
- choctaw
Restoration Park
This is a most unusual park - with an interesting history. It is an urban wetlands park that also functions as a floodwater detention basin. It is located on the site of a major sand and...
- louisiana
- environment
- park
Santa Rosa
The town of Santa Rosa, once located here, encompassed stores, a church, a post office, the one- room Aaron Academy, and Turtle Skin Cemetery. Its residents were relocated in 1961 to make way for...
- mississippi
- nasa
- space
- settlement
- cemetery
Alleyton, C. S. A.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀State of Texas ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Erected in 1963 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Alleyton, C. S. A. ⠀⠀⠀BORN AS WAR CLOUDS GATHERED, ALLEYTON WAS A KEY POINT ON THE SUPPLY LINE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICAN DURING THE...
- civil war
- military
- texas
- cotton
- confederacy
Simpson Bros. Clover-shaped pavement plaque, 1899
This plaque was submitted on June 7 2020. It is from a Massachusetts pavement company, Simpson Bros. Most found plaques from them are dated 1907-1911. This one is earlier, and is dated 1899. It is...
- brookline
- reservoir
- three-leaf c...
- simpson bros.
- circa 1899
- 1899
Gates Memorial Library
John Warne "Bet a Million" Gates (1855-1911), a native of Illinois, was instrumental in the early growth of Port Arthur. A prominent businessman and financier noted for his promotion of barbed...
- texas
- library
- lamar state college
- port arthur
Port Arthur College
John W. Gates founded Port Arthur College in 1909 as a nonprofit, non-sectarian, vocational school focusing on stenography, accounting and communications. Gates, one of the founders of the Texas...
- texas
- port arthur
- lamar state college
Judson Hartwell Grambling
Grambling's Namesake Grambling's early development was centered around a small sawmill owned by a millright named Judson Hartwell Grambling, a European American for whom the town and university...
- louisiana
- grambling