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Return to Bodie

Return to BodieDuring the California Gold Rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie...

Return to BodieDuring the California Gold Rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie...

    The Mohave Road

    • ecv

    Nipton, California

    NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO CAMP...

    NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO...

    • ecv

    Lockheed P-3 Orion

      Billy Martin

      • berkeley high
      • oakland oaks
      • 333

      Halle Park

      A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

      A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Boy Scouts Statue of Liberty

      WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE OF...

      WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A...

      • greeley
      • colorado
      • boy scouts
      • statue of liberty

      Vinyard School

      VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

      VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

      • hollister
      • san benito
      • school
      • ecv

      Christ Church Cathedral

      CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated turrets...

      CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated...

        In Memory of Janey Johnston Duclaw

          Cape Foulweather

            Pioneer Life Posed Many Challenges in the Redwood Forest

            • big basin
            • california
            • park
            • redwood
            • pioneer

            Brownsville, Oregon

              The Spirit of America

              DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

              DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

                Riparian Habitat

                  Front Street

                  Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're Battle...

                  Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're...

                  • shelby county
                  • tennessee

                  Oregon Wheat Fields

                  • oregon
                  • 1840s
                  • food cargo
                  • wheat seed
                  • moro

                  Henry W. Howe (Mush)

                  • brownsville
                  • oregon
                  • harley davidson
                  • mush
                  • 1945
                  • tree

                  Historic Oakland

                  HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW TOWN. FIRES...

                  HISTORIC OAKLAND  ESTABLISHED IN 1851 BY DR. DORSEY S. BAKER. THE TOWN WAS MOVED TO THE PRESENT SITE IN 1872 WHEN THE 0&C RAILROAD REACHED THIS POINT. ALONZO F. BROWN FOUNDED THE NEW...

                  • oakland
                  • oregon
                  • mainly agricultural

                  J. Frank Devendorf

                  J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER-FRIEND  REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA FOUNDED 1900  "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVES THE PLAN, BUT WILL IS...

                  J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER- FRIEND  REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE- SEA FOUNDED 1900  "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVES THE PLAN, BUT WILL...

                  • carmel
                  • california
                  • edwina
                  • devendorf