Amtrak Improvement
SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT
SOUTHERN PACIFIC R.R. DEPOT FIRST LOCATED HERE APRIL 28, 1876 BY CENTRAL PACIFIC R.R. FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN PASSED THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1877 WITH LELAND STANFORD ABOARD. HISTORIC MARKER NO. VI...
Martinez Troops In Transit Canteen
Borland Home
BORLAND HOME THIS VICTORIAN COTTAGE WAS THE HOME or THE ROBERT BORLAND FAMILY. BUILT IN 1890 BY DR JOHN S. MOORE, D.D.S., AND ORIGINALLY USED AS BIS DENTAL OFFICE, THE PROPERTY WAS INHERITED BY...
MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING
MARTINEZ MEMORIAL BUILDING A MEMORIAL TO THE 76 SERVICEMEN WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR ONE. COMMISSIONED BY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN 1923 ON FORMER S. BLUM BARN PROPERTY. NOW COMMEMORATES THE...
In Honor of Gaylord and Irene Davis
Alice Grau
In Recognition of ALICE GRAU (1935 – 2015) Alice Grau was a woman who believed passionately in protecting the environment. In 1992, Alice founded the Kent- Harrison Green Legacy Society to...
Golfbak Waterloopbos
This is one of a series of plaques situated in the "waterloopbos". This place was used as a big open- air laboratory with (large) scale models to study waves and water movements in harbours...
- waterloopbos
- give back to nature
- dutch waterways
- inustrial heritage
Site of Higgins' Industries at Delgado Trade School
On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- world war ii
- wwii
- higgins boat
Saltonstall's Sloops-of-War
Camp Anderson
CAMP ANDERSON One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863- 1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the...
Ulysses Simpson Grant
ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT A GRANDSON OF NOAH GRANT WHO WAS BORN AT TOLLAND. CONNECTICUT AND SERVED IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION. HE WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT FROM MATTHEW GRANT, ONE OF THE FIRST...
BETHESDA FOUNTAIN AND TERRACE
Japanese Attack
On this day in 1942, at 7:00 PM, during one of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, the Japanese submarine I-17 shelled this Richfield Oil Field site with 25 5-inch rounds. Not since the War...
Castro Rainbow Flag
Richmond Shipyards Workhorses
Titanic last port of call
Submitted by Rob Sweeney
Rotary Centennial Sculpture
honors Rotary International’s commitment to the children of the world as exemplified by three outstanding Rotary District 6780 leaders, William T. Sergeant, who headed Rotary’s global...
- knoxville
- statue
- park
- tennessee
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl 1956 By James Knowles A gift to the city of Stamford from Matthew and Lesta Stacom Dedicated August 10, 2010 Michael A. Pavia
Cambridge Square
In 1905, a single family residence was constructed on this site, designed by prominent San Diego architects Hebbard & Gill. After 1922, the building was used for commercial purposes until its 1955...