THE OPERA HOUSE RENOVATED BY KEN & LINDA McGURN HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILD 1887 Plaque...
ROCHELLE VICINITY Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the are in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Floirda to the United States in the War of 1812.The...
"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN" On November 23, 1909, the "Autists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was...
ORDNANCE SURVEY COLD ASHBY The first observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Sergeant GR Mullinger Royal Engineers on 18 April...
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CHICAGO... RAILROAD HUB OF THE NATION Ever since the westward expansion of the frontier, Chicago has been the heart of the nation's rail network. Trains from the North, South, East and West...
The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet,...
Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove- which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...
CRESHEIM COTTAGE BUILT IN 1700 BY THE PALENTINE GERMAN SETTLERS FROM THE RHINE VALLEYTHE FIRST HOUSE ON THE GREAT ROAD, GERMANTOWN AVENUE IN CRESHEIM VALLEY THE LAND WAS SECURED FROM WILLIAM PENN...
"AQUI, EL 16 DE JUNY DE 1937, ELS SEUS COMPANYS VEIEREM PER DARRERA VEGADA ANDREU NIN (1892-- 1937),SECRETARI POLITIC DEL P.O.U.M, LLUITADOR PEL SOCIALISME I LA LLIBERTAT, VICTIMA DE...
Presented to The University of California Printing Services Printers of the signatory copies of the Charter of the United Ntions and Statute of the International Court of Justice Recognized...
LT. COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS III OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1778 LED AN EXPEDITION NEAR THIS SITE -- THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
"LO QUE UN DIA FUE NUESTRO NUESTRO OTRA VEZ SERA" AGARRARSE ROTOS QUE AQUI ENTRAN LOS COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA
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At 8:12 AM (GMT) on January 1st 2000 the first rays of sunlight of the Third Millennium passed through these stones. Submitted by @mackenwells.
UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC RESOLUTION 67, OF THE 66th CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 4, 1921, AN UNKNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS EXHUMED FROM EACH OF THE FOUR AMERICAN CEMETERIES IN FRANCE. THEY WERE...
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