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Bilger Quarry

  • oakland
  • califorinia
  • quarry
  • bilger

Cambridge Apartments

  • berkeley
  • durant
  • ratcliff jr
  • ratcliff
  • lineweaver

Berkeley Cal Recreational Sports Facility

Submitted by Miriam Allen

Submitted by Miriam Allen

    The Winchell Trail

    THE WINCHELL TRAIL  MARKED BY THIS BOULDER BROUGHT FROM THE MESABI IRON RANGE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE EMINENT GEOLOGIST NEWTON HORACE WINCHELL WHOSE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ALONG THIS RIVER PROVIDED...

    THE WINCHELL TRAIL  MARKED BY THIS BOULDER BROUGHT FROM THE MESABI IRON RANGE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE EMINENT GEOLOGIST NEWTON HORACE WINCHELL WHOSE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ALONG THIS RIVER PROVIDED...

      Davenport Mini Park

      DAVENPORT MINI PARK  HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF LAURA AND WILLIAM DAVENPORT  1989  CITY OF EMERYVILLE  HONORABLE MAYOR KEN BUKOWSKI VICE MAYOR GREG HARPER COUNCIL...

      DAVENPORT MINI PARK  HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF LAURA AND WILLIAM DAVENPORT  1989  CITY OF EMERYVILLE  HONORABLE MAYOR KEN BUKOWSKI VICE MAYOR GREG HARPER COUNCIL...

      • emeryville
      • park

      Rumford's Pharmacy

      BERKELEY HISTORY RUMFORD's PHARMACY In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron Rumford (1908-1986) served as the first black professional at Oakland's Highland Hospital....

      BERKELEY HISTORY RUMFORD's PHARMACY In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron Rumford (1908-1986) served as the first black professional at Oakland's Highland...

        Trevarno Road

        TREVARNO ROAD BUILT 1913  CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE DISTRICT  FUSE WORKS, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT HOUSING FOR COAST MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY FROM 1913 TO 1968 ...

        TREVARNO ROAD BUILT 1913  CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE DISTRICT  FUSE WORKS, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT HOUSING FOR COAST MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY FROM 1913 TO 1968 ...

          Kalamazoo School Case

          Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of the...

          Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          Village of Romeo

          Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out the...

          Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          James A. Bailey

          Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising and...

          Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          Crapo Park

          Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869)—wealthy lumberman, Republican, state senator (1863-1864) and governor of Michigan (1865-1868)—owned prosperous lumberyards in Holly, Fenton, and Flint. Lumber and...

          Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869)—wealthy lumberman, Republican, state senator (1863-1864) and governor of Michigan (1865-1868)—owned prosperous lumberyards in Holly, Fenton, and Flint. Lumber and...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          Elder John Leland

          ELDER JOHN LELAND  ELOQUENT PREACHER, BELOVED PASTORINFLUENTIAL PATRIOT FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY  WITH JAMES MADISON CARRIED VIRGINIA IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES...

          ELDER JOHN LELAND  ELOQUENT PREACHER, BELOVED PASTORINFLUENTIAL PATRIOT FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY  WITH JAMES MADISON CARRIED VIRGINIA IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES...

          • big cheese
          • jefferson
          • pastor
          • madison

          Train Depot

            Fairmount Avenue Streetscape

            Fairmount Avenue Streetscape Project Completed 2005 Funding provided by: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air Metropolitan Transportation Commission TLC and...

            Fairmount Avenue Streetscape Project Completed 2005 Funding provided by: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air Metropolitan Transportation Commission TLC...

              Joyce Bjorgum

              JOYCE BJORGUM  A living reminder ofyour 32 years of dedication to Washington School Thank you The Washington Staff June 1998

              JOYCE BJORGUM  A living reminder ofyour 32 years of dedication to Washington School Thank you The Washington Staff June 1998

              • washington e...
              • berkeley

              Chief Clarence Lobo

                Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad / Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad

                The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833, to...

                The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833,...

                • michigan
                • michigan his...

                Birthplace of Wilbur Wright

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                  Fort Ponchartrain

                  The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade center...

                  The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade...

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...

                  Reuel Colt Gridley

                  Reuel Colt Gridley Early day Austin merchant who became famous for carrying a 50-pound sack of flour from Austin to Clifton, on April 19, 1864, to pay off an election bet.  While celebrating...

                  Reuel Colt Gridley Early day Austin merchant who became famous for carrying a 50-pound sack of flour from Austin to Clifton, on April 19, 1864, to pay off an election bet.  While...