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The Urns at Bow Bridge

    The Shadetree

    • peralta
    • ohlone
    • 1842
    • first mayor ...
    • schulz
    • ecv

    Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

    Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

    Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

    • michigan
    • michigan his...

    Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

    • ecv
    • civil war

    Marrowboneslip

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

    • marrow
    • bone
    • slip

    Plebiscito

      Pioneer Mother Monument -- Benjamin Ide Wheeler

        Lake Merritt

        LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

        LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

          Royal Naval Hospital

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

            442nd Regimental Combat Team

            DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT...

            DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL...

            • wwii
            • internment
            • japanese-american
            • 442nd
            • concentration camps

            Treaty of Painted Post

            JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

            JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

            • painted post
            • corning
            • iroquois
            • six nations
            • 1791

            Paramount Theatre

              Paramount Theatre

                Antonio Bras Columns

                • howe
                • 4460 howe
                • 1898
                • mountain vie...
                • mcisaac
                • cemetery

                The Landmark Trees

                  Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library

                  • library
                  • carnegie
                  • oakland
                  • greene
                  • free to all

                  Yolo County Savings Bank

                    City of Pineville

                    In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...

                    In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...

                    • louisiana

                    Mount Olivet Cemetery and Chapel

                    The cemetery was purchased in 1858 by St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria. It is the second oldest cemetery in Rapides Parish and has always served as a community burial ground. The earliest...

                    The cemetery was purchased in 1858 by St. James Episcopal Church, Alexandria. It is the second oldest cemetery in Rapides Parish and has always served as a community burial ground. The...

                    • louisiana
                    • cemetery
                    • church

                    The Coffin of Hentry Trigg

                    37 High Street, Stevenage SG1 3ARThe Coffin of Henry TriggHigh up in the roof of this buildingrests a coffin which at one timecontained the body ofHENRY TRIGGHis will (1724) specified that his...

                    37 High Street, Stevenage SG1 3ARThe Coffin of Henry TriggHigh up in the roof of this buildingrests a coffin which at one timecontained the body ofHENRY TRIGGHis will (1724) specified that his...

                    • stevenage
                    • hertfordshire
                    • coffin
                    • death