In Honor of Gail Turner 1944 - 2016
Cycling and Pedestrian Improvements in Honor of Gail Turner 1944 - 2016 Submitted by @jqmcd
- pleasanton
- bicycling
Summer White House That Was Never Built
PLAQUE:In 1911, John Brisbane Walker, owner of the property that is now Mount Falcon Park, promoted the idea of a Summer White House. The cornerstone of Colorado yule marble was laid on July 4,...
- mt. falcon park
- colorado
- denver
- golden
Three Islands in the Mississippi
The Mississippi River's many islands are well known to navigators, and the roles of several as accessible and safe havens for villages, camps, and forts have made them significant in Minnesota's...
- pike island
- mississippi river
- fort snelling
Whiskey Hill
Upper Plaque: Whiskey Hill 1861 1877 A tiny village where violence, hangings, drinking, and bull and bear fights were part of daily life. Located on the old Santa Cruz Road, which crossed a...
- saloon
- ecv
Catalan Forge Furnace- 1881
Catalan Forge Furnace - 1881 Standish (Williamstown) Made Brick-Like Blooms From One of Saranac River Mines 1886 - Replaced By Blast Furnace & Ore From Lyon Mt. (Standish, New York, Photo Alan R Reno)
- alan reno
- furnace
- lyon mtn
- saranac
- mines
- forge
- standish
Sir Edmund Head Hall
Submitted by @bthubbard
British Bombing of Cecina
Plaque reads: Cecina, tra il novembre del 1945 ed il giugno del 1944, subi una lunga serie di bombardamenti aerei da parte dell'aviazione sta tunitense e britannica, motivati dapprima...
- wwii
- italy
- tuscany
- war
- bombing
THE LADIES OF THE EVENING
THE LADIES OF THE EVENING TO COMMEMORATE THAT UBIQUITOUS SEGMENT OF SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEN UNACKNOWLEDGED WHO THOUGH OBSCURE, MADE AN ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WEST. ...
- ecv
- nevada city
- obscure
Dickie Bird. B 7
NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE BURIED. THE REMAINS OF DICKIE BIRD. B 7. TROOP HORSE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS. WHICH WAS FOALED IN 1850. JOINED THE REGIMENT IN 1855. AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE...
- horse
- dublin
- ireland
- military
- crimea
Tree Lost During a Storm
Pin Oak - Quereus Palustris 1408 Belle View Blvd 90 Years Old Tree Lost During a Storm on June 19, 2014 Submitted by @croowens
- tree
- 90 years old
- 2014
- alexandria
Underground Railroad Station
- underground railroad
- new york
- nyc
- frederick douglass
- slavery
Motif #1
Motif #1 Purchased by the Town Dedicated to the fisherman and artists of Rockport May 14 1950 The Great Blizzard of 1978 destroyed the original motif no. 1 through public effort...
- rockport
- motif 1
- ma
- bearskin neck
- lead
First Settler
1630 1930 First Settler Here stood the cabin of Richard Tarr founder of the Tarr family on Cape Ann. He came to Marblehead in 1680, then settled in Saco, Maine. Driven thence by indians, he became...
- rockport
- ma
- setller
- 1630
Hoover Dam
- dam
- engineering
Elixir
This is the second oldest known continually operating Saloon location in San Francisco and a centerpiece of the Mission Dolores neighborhood. On this site Francis Daneal’s “bar-room” was listed in...
- san francisco
- saloon
Mission High School
- san francisco
- high school
- mission
The Temper of Those Who Wrote Them
As we say at @99piorg: Always read the plaque about the plaque. Submitted by @daphall
- santa fe
- new mexico
- metaplaque
Edwin Knox Waterfountain
Plaque reads: 'Erected By subscription In memory of Edwin Knox Victoria Bushmen's Corps Died in South Africa February 26th 1901. Aged 24 years' Submitted by: @IanThorp
- boer war
- water fountain
- drinking fountain
- australia
- south africa
Vittorio Emanuele II Padre Della Patria
Shows you really should always read the plaque. Not exactly sure what it says but send me of doing some research and it relates to the the first king of a united Italy....
- king
- italy
- tuscany
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Plaque reads 'Per infondere al vivi e al nascituri egregi sensi nell anima col ricordo delle gloriose gesta di GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI Che piu grande di tutte gli eroi dell umanita consacrava la...
- italy
- tuscany
- general
- war