Centennial Square Fountain
Placed in concrete around the edge of the Centennial Square Fountain is an inscription made out of metal letters. The words say, "The Centennial Fountain Gift to the City of Victoria from the...
First Memphis Waterfront
From here north to Auction Avenue steamboats landed; flatboats used the mouth of Gayoso Bayou above. Paddy Meagher, associated with this bluff as early as 1783, built a warehouse here in 1828. In...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Bartlett, Tennessee
The toll road of 1829 became Stage Road, Bartlett's main street. In 1856 the town was called Union Depot. Incorporated in 1866 and named Bartlett for Major Gabriel Matson Bartlett. Shelby County...
- shelby county
- tennessee
G. P. Hamilton
Born in Memphis 1867, G.P. Hamilton was the author of The Bright Side of Memphis, one of the earliest books on black residents of Memphis. In 1892 Hamilton, an honors graduate of LeMoyne,...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Eudora Baptist Church
Organized October 19, 1850 on two acres of land donated by Col. Eppy White, using the Greek word "Eudora" signifying "good gift" as its name, this church met in a log schoolhouse until...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Gold Discovered
1848 GOLD DISCOVERED News of the discovery of gold at Coloma reaches Monterey. Many people depart for the gold fields, leaving Monterey almost abandoned.
- monterey
- california
- 1848
- gold
- coloma
Burt Toler, Sr
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- football
- field official
Corona WWII Deaths
- corona
- italy
- wwii
Silk Stocking Historic District Est. 1912
Submitted by @jqmcd
- chandler
- arizona
- silk stocking
- 1912
Federal Building
THIS FEDERAL BUILDING WAS OFFICIAL OPENED BY DAVID W. GROOS M.P. ON 17 JANUARY 1967 Submitted by: Vincent Gornall
- victoria
- british columbia
- federal building