Bloody Thursday
In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry...
Houghton County / Houghton County Courthouse
Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw...
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Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ
On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...
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Alumbrando Publico
Francis Violich
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- 1980
Lincoln at Kalamazoo
On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that...
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Church of the Advent
THIS HOUSE OF GOD WAS PLANNED AND ITS ERECTION SUPERVISED BY THE ARCHITECT ELMER C. JENSEN HIS VISION TOGETHER WITH HIS LOYAL AND FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS PARISH FROM ITS BEGINNING,...
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Berkeley Building
The Berkeley Building, a distinctive example of the Beaux-Arts style, was designed in 1905 by the firm of Codman and Despradelle. This early Back Bay commercial building features a terra...
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- restoration
- commercial
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Statue of Sir Stamford Raffles
The plaque sit under a large marble statue of Singapore's founder. It sits on the spot where Raffles is believed to have landed in 1819.The plaque reads: On this historic site Sir Thomas Stamford...
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Washington Rock
Submitted by @JCA2374
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- 1777
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Venn Street
Submitted by @atelierwork
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Old Cemetery Camp Ground
A memorial to the pioneers of Sugartown (early outpost of Southwest Louisiana), whose courage and fortitude helped subdue the historic "Neutral Territory" of the Sabine-Rio Hondo Strip,...
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Shady Grove School/ Community Building
Built 1919-used as a school until 1928. Bought by community families to be used for cultural and social activities. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places December 2002.
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Clay Petway
Dave Ostang
World War II DeRidder Army Air Base Memorial
Erected in memory of United States Army Air Force personnel who lost their lives in training accidents at the DeRidder Army Airport and Gunnery Range, 1942-45.
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Grabow Riot
At this site, on July 7, 1912, a violent confrontation occurred between the Galloway Lumber Company and the Brotherhood of Timber Workers. The riot left 4 men dead and an estimated 50 men wounded....
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Rosepine, Louisiana
Incorporated December 24, 1902 by proclamation of Governor William Wright Heard. Town established on Sections 3 and 4 of Township 25, Range 9W. During the Vernon Parish lumber boom, Rosepine...
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Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC planted these slash pine in 1939 in Kisatchie National Forest. CCC reforestation and construction of dams, roads, fire towers and recreation areas (1933-42) contributed to a rebirth in Vernon...
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Old Confederate Military Road
In 1862, when Federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor established headquarters in central...
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