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To Tediously Extract Four Bushels: Lewis & Clark Salt Cairn

LEWIS & CLARK SALT CAIRN ON JANUARY 2, 1806, THE SALT WORKS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE THREE "SALT MAKERS" OF THE LEWIS & CLARKE EXPEDITION, JOSEPH FIELDS, WILLIAM BRATTEN AND GEORGE GIBSON, WHO...

LEWIS & CLARK SALT CAIRN ON JANUARY 2, 1806, THE SALT WORKS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE THREE "SALT MAKERS" OF THE LEWIS & CLARKE EXPEDITION, JOSEPH FIELDS, WILLIAM BRATTEN AND GEORGE GIBSON,...

  • lewis and clark
  • salt
  • tediously extract
  • kittles
  • jenny michel

Gravity Research Institute: The Blessings Forthcoming

THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONROBERT W. BABSON FOUNDER IT IS TO REMIND STUDENTS OF THE BLESSINGS FORTHCOMING WHEN A SEMI-INSULATOR IS DISCOVERED IN ORDER TO...

THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE GRAVITY RESEARCH FOUNDATIONROBERT W. BABSON FOUNDER IT IS TO REMIND STUDENTS OF THE BLESSINGS FORTHCOMING WHEN A SEMI-INSULATOR IS DISCOVERED IN ORDER...

  • tufts
  • babson
  • gravity
  • airplanes
  • semi-insulator

Salvo d'Acquisto

The plaque reads: Largo (no translation for this but meaning: large open space) Salvo d'Acquisto, Vice brigadier of the Italian Police squad. Gold medal for military matters 1920-1943. Salvo is an...

The plaque reads: Largo (no translation for this but meaning: large open space) Salvo d'Acquisto, Vice brigadier of the Italian Police squad. Gold medal for military matters 1920-1943. Salvo is...

  • wwii
  • italy
  • milan

Thomas Burke

1849 - 1925THOMAS BURKE PATRIOT JURIST ORATOR FRIEND PATRON OF EDUCATION FIRST IN EVERY MOVEMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CITY AND THE STATE SEATTLES FOREMOST AND BEST BELOVED CITIZEN  ...

1849 - 1925THOMAS BURKE PATRIOT JURIST ORATOR FRIEND PATRON OF EDUCATION FIRST IN EVERY MOVEMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CITY AND THE STATE SEATTLES FOREMOST AND BEST BELOVED CITIZEN...

  • seattle
  • washington
  • volunteer park
  • word wrap

These Lily Ponds

These Lily Ponds were restored in 2003 by Seattle Parks Foundation and  Seattle Parks and Recreation during the Centennial Celebration of Seattle's Olmsted Parks System with a generous donation...

These Lily Ponds were restored in 2003 by Seattle Parks Foundation and  Seattle Parks and Recreation during the Centennial Celebration of Seattle's Olmsted Parks System with a generous donation...

  • seattle
  • washington
  • volunteer park
  • lily pads
  • japan
  • olmsted

Volunteer Park

    VOLUNTEER PARK RENAMED 1901 IN TRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANSWHO LIBERATED THE OPPRESSED PEOPLES OF CUBA, PUERTO RICO AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSAPRIL 1898 -...

    VOLUNTEER PARK RENAMED 1901 IN TRIBUTE TO THE VOLUNTEER SERVICES OF SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANSWHO LIBERATED THE OPPRESSED PEOPLES OF CUBA, PUERTO RICO AND THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSAPRIL 1898 -...

  • washington
  • seattle
  • lest we forget

Clifton's Historic Neon

  Neon lights that have been on for 77 years: article Courtesy https://www.instagram.com/quincetessence/

  Neon lights that have been on for 77 years: article Courtesy https://www.instagram.com/quincetessence/

  • neon
  • 99pi
  • california
  • los angeles
  • dtla

First Tonopah Cemetary

FIRST TONOPAH CEMETERY 1901 * 1911BURRIED HERE ARE MANY OF TONOPAHS [sic] PIONEER RESIDENTS INCLUDING 14 VICTIMS OF THE TONOPAH-BELMONT MINE FIRE OF FEB. 23, 1911, AS WELL AS THE VICTIMS OF THE...

FIRST TONOPAH CEMETERY 1901 * 1911BURRIED HERE ARE MANY OF TONOPAHS [sic] PIONEER RESIDENTS INCLUDING 14 VICTIMS OF THE TONOPAH-BELMONT MINE FIRE OF FEB. 23, 1911, AS WELL AS THE VICTIMS OF THE...

  • nevada
  • tonopah
  • plague

Lookout Studio

  • grand canyon
  • arizona
  • todo

Bright Angel Lodge

  • grand canyon
  • arizona
  • todo

Cambrian Explosion

  • london
  • england
  • cambrian
  • biology

The Charles H. Shaw Grove

  • bay area
  • california
  • berkeley
  • charles shaw

Eliza Winston: Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Trail

Courtesy @romanmars

Courtesy @romanmars

  • minnesota
  • minneapolis
  • canada
  • slavery
  • steamboat

Savings Bank of Mendocino County Masonic Hall

Savings Bank of Mendocino CoutyEstablished 1903 Masonic Hall Courtesy @romanmars

Savings Bank of Mendocino CoutyEstablished 1903 Masonic Hall Courtesy @romanmars

  • mendocino
  • california
  • bank
  • statue
  • redwood

Civil Rights Freedom Riders

  Via @eddieizzard  (https://twitter.com/eddieizzard/status/673262862962421760/) (Location approximate)

  Via @eddieizzard  (https://twitter.com/eddieizza rd/status/673262862962421760/) (Location approximate)

  • birmingham
  • freedom riders
  • segregation
  • civil rights

Fort Sumter National Monument

  Via @eddieizzard (https://twitter.com/eddieizzard/status/677973736922996736/)

  Via @eddieizzard (https://twitter.com/eddieizzar d/status/677973736922996736/)

  • civil war
  • south carolina
  • sumter

Jane Jacobs

THE WRITER AND URBAN ACTIVIST JANE JACOBS (1916-2006) LIVED HERE FROM 1971 TO 2006.   Via https://www.instagram.com/sabisto/  

THE WRITER AND URBAN ACTIVIST JANE JACOBS (1916-2006) LIVED HERE FROM 1971 TO 2006.   Via https://www.instagram.com/sabisto/

  • toronto
  • urban activist
  • jane jacobx

Peak House

  Peak House The original house, built in 1651, was burned when King Phillip's Indians burnt the town of Medfield in 1676. Seth Clark, the owner, received indemnity from the colonial government...

  Peak House The original house, built in 1651, was burned when King Phillip's Indians burnt the town of Medfield in 1676. Seth Clark, the owner, received indemnity from the colonial...

  • massachusetts
  • medfield
  • king philip

St. Gabriel Church

ST. GABRIEL CHURCH Acadian exiles arrived from Maryland in 1767  and were given Spanish land grants as was the church. The church was built by Louis LeConte a builder from Lafourche between...

ST. GABRIEL CHURCH Acadian exiles arrived from Maryland in 1767  and were given Spanish land grants as was the church. The church was built by Louis LeConte a builder from Lafourche...

  • lousiana
  • church
  • maryland
  • spanish

The Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.