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This may be pushing the envelope of "plaques," but here is a cool window display in Lone Pine, California, at the foot of the Eastern Sierra and close to the road that leads up to the trail to...

Lone Pine Salon de Fleurus

This may be pushing the envelope of "plaques," but here is a cool window display in Lone Pine, California, at the foot of the Eastern Sierra and close to the road that leads up to the trail to Mount Whitney (highest point in the Lower 48). The display is the work of a collaborative of Los Angeles creative people working with local folks in the Owens Valley -- the crucial source of the water...

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Ashes of Sir Frederick Haultain

Here lie the ashes of Sir Frederick William Gordon Haultain, K.B.,Chancellor of this university 1917-1939Chief Justice of Saskatchewan 1912-1938Premier of North West Territories 1891-19051957 -...

Here lie the ashes of Sir Frederick William Gordon Haultain, K.B.,Chancellor of this university 1917-1939Chief Justice of Saskatchewan 1912-1938Premier of North West Territories 1891-19051957 -...