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The Huntsville Inn

    Scott Memorial

    SCOTT MEMORIAL HIRAM SCOTT, EMPLOYEE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FURCOMPANY, DIED IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BLUFF IN 1828AFTER BEING DESERTED BY HIS COMPANIONS NEAR THEJUNCTION OF THE LARAMIE AND NORTH...

    SCOTT MEMORIAL HIRAM SCOTT, EMPLOYEE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FURCOMPANY, DIED IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BLUFF IN 1828AFTER BEING DESERTED BY HIS COMPANIONS NEAR THEJUNCTION OF THE LARAMIE AND NORTH...

    • scotts bluff...
    • scottsbluff
    • nebraska
    • oregon trail
    • pioneer
    • explorer

    Pony Express at Scott's Bluff

    THE PONY EXPRESS THE PONY EXPRESS PASSED HERE 1860-1861."SCOTT'S BLUFF STATION" WAS LOCATED 2 1/2MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL PASS, NEAR THESITE OF THE LATER FORT MITCHELL. THERE WEREOTHER STATIONS...

    THE PONY EXPRESS THE PONY EXPRESS PASSED HERE 1860-1861."SCOTT'S BLUFF STATION" WAS LOCATED 2 1/2MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL PASS, NEAR THESITE OF THE LATER FORT MITCHELL. THERE WEREOTHER STATIONS...

    • scotts bluff...
    • scottsbluff
    • nebraska
    • pony express
    • pioneer
    • u.s. mail

    Aviation Arrow

    Cotton                        Sons ofMission                       UtahChapter                      Pioneers                                    No. 130UTAH IS RICH IN AVIATION HISTORYThe first...

    Cotton                        Sons ofMission                     UtahChapter                      Pioneers                                    No. 130UTAH IS RICH IN AVIATION HISTORYThe...

    • st george
    • utah
    • air mail
    • airplanes
    • navigation

    The Freedom Tree, Fort Bragg

    THIS FREEDOM TREE IS DEDICATED BY THE CITY OF FORT BRAGE TO MAJOR WILLIAM F.MULLEN, MIA. AND ALL OTHER PERMANENTLY DISABLED. MIA AND POW VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM CONFLICT IN GRATITUDE FOR THEIR...

    THIS FREEDOM TREE IS DEDICATED BY THE CITY OF FORT BRAGE TO MAJOR WILLIAM F.MULLEN, MIA. AND ALL OTHER PERMANENTLY DISABLED. MIA AND POW VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM CONFLICT IN GRATITUDE FOR...

      Edwin M. Lee International Terminal Departures Hall

        Gone With The Wind Theatre Bricks

        THE BRICK IN THIS PANEL IS FROM ATLANTA'S HISTORIC LOEW'S GRAND THEATRE, SITE OF 1939 PREMIERE OF "GONE WITH THE WIND BUILT 1893 DESTROYED BY FIRE 1978

        THE BRICK IN THIS PANEL IS FROM ATLANTA'S HISTORIC LOEW'S GRAND THEATRE, SITE OF 1939 PREMIERE OF "GONE WITH THE WIND BUILT 1893 DESTROYED BY FIRE 1978

          Volcanoes within a Volcano

            Richard Pinhor

              A Telescope for a Tombstone

                Moorabool Pier

                  School and Family Life on the Mountain

                    Great Fire of 1861

                    GREAT FIRE OF 1861 AN ARSON FIRE SET ON THIS SITE, JAN. 31. 1861, LEVELED MOST OF THE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS ON BOTH. SIDES BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS AND HALF OF THIS SIDE NORTH OF THIRD...

                    GREAT FIRE OF 1861 AN ARSON FIRE SET ON THIS SITE, JAN. 31. 1861, LEVELED MOST OF THE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS ON BOTH. SIDES BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS AND HALF OF THIS SIDE NORTH OF...

                      Hogback Covered Bridge

                      2012 Donated By Madison County Antique Association HOGBACK COVERED BRIDGE BUILT: 1884 BY: BENTON JONES TYPE: COVERED TIMBER TOWN LATTICE TRUSS OVERLAID BY A QUEENPOST FRAME SIZE: 100 FEET (98 FT...

                      2012 Donated By Madison County Antique Association HOGBACK COVERED BRIDGE BUILT: 1884 BY: BENTON JONES TYPE: COVERED TIMBER TOWN LATTICE TRUSS OVERLAID BY A QUEENPOST FRAME SIZE: 100 FEET (98 FT...

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                      Jamestown WWI Memorial, Second Plaque