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Little Stone School House - Saskatoon

THE FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSE IN SASKATOON BUILT IN 1887 AND MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE 1911 BY The Daughters of the Empire, AND PRESENTED BY THEM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN TO COMMEMORATE THE...

THE FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSE IN SASKATOON BUILT IN 1887 AND MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE 1911 BY The Daughters of the Empire, AND PRESENTED BY THEM TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN TO COMMEMORATE...

  • school
  • saskatoon
  • canada
  • daughters of...
  • george v

2737 Property of the Embassy of the Republic of Benin

Found in an empty lot in DC. Submitted by virginiarunner1

Found in an empty lot in DC. Submitted by virginiarunner1

  • benin
  • embassy
  • washington d.c.
  • empty log

For In a Wilderness of Conflicting Counsels, A Trail Has There Been Blazed

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • ardozo
  • boalt
  • cal
  • law

Union Point

Creating a Harbor Spreading before you is the Oakland Estuary. This sheltered inlet of San Francisco Bay was once fringed by broad marshes and shallow tidelands which became mud flats at low tide....

Creating a Harbor Spreading before you is the Oakland Estuary. This sheltered inlet of San Francisco Bay was once fringed by broad marshes and shallow tidelands which became mud flats at low tide....

  • oakland
  • harbor
  • california
  • bay area
  • packers
  • salmon-packing
  • square-rigged
  • ohlone

Batter Up!

 BATTER UP! You are standing on the former site of Sick's Seattle Stadium; home of the Seattle Rainiers and Seattle Pilots. If the year was 1942, you'd be in perfect position to knock one out of the park.

 BATTER UP! You are standing on the former site of Sick's Seattle Stadium; home of the Seattle Rainiers and Seattle Pilots. If the year was 1942, you'd be in perfect position to knock one out of the park.

  • seattle
  • washington
  • baseball
  • stadium sick's 1942
  • rainiers
  • pilots

Bristow Monument

OREGON HISTORY BRISTOW MONUMENT  ELIJAH BRISTOW, A VETERAN OF ANDREW JACKSON'S ARMY, ERECTED HIS CABIN HERE ON PLEASANT HILL IN 1846 EARLIEST YEAR OF SETTLEMENT IN LANE COUNTY. HE AND HIS WIFE...

OREGON HISTORY BRISTOW MONUMENT  ELIJAH BRISTOW, A VETERAN OF ANDREW JACKSON'S ARMY, ERECTED HIS CABIN HERE ON PLEASANT HILL IN 1846 EARLIEST YEAR OF SETTLEMENT IN LANE COUNTY. HE AND HIS...

  • oregon
  • andrew jackson
  • pleasant hill
  • 1846

Bear Skin Neck

  Submitted by Road Trip New England

  Submitted by Road Trip New England

  • bear
  • skin
  • rockport
  • massachusetts
  • sea fencible...

Duke Leopold V the Virtuous

  [Location approximate] Submitted by AEWilliams2

  [Location approximate] Submitted by AEWilliams2

    The D'Arcy Building

    171 - 175 MAIDEN LANE "THE D'ARCY BUILDING" BUILT 1907  NAMED IN HONOR OF THE PETTRUS/CASHIN FAMILY WHO HAVE LIVED IN AND CHARISHED SAN FRANCISCO SINCE THE DAYS OF THE GOLD RUSH  Submitted...

    171 - 175 MAIDEN LANE "THE D'ARCY BUILDING" BUILT 1907  NAMED IN HONOR OF THE PETTRUS/CASHIN FAMILY WHO HAVE LIVED IN AND CHARISHED SAN FRANCISCO SINCE THE DAYS OF THE GOLD RUSH ...

    • san francisco
    • bay area
    • california
    • gold rush

    Old Wives Massacre

    OLD WIVES MASSACRE An Indian legend from the 1800s reveals how Old Wives Lake, to the west, was named. One winter a Cree party went beyond their traditional area in search of buffalo. They...

    OLD WIVES MASSACRE An Indian legend from the 1800s reveals how Old Wives Lake, to the west, was named. One winter a Cree party went beyond their traditional area in search of buffalo....

    • saskatchewan
    • hwy 2
    • old wives lake
    • cree
    • blackfoot

    GOODWIN HOUSE

    GOODWIN HOUSE Built about 1900 of stones gathered from the surrounding hills this house was the residence of the Frank Goodwin family who settled here in 1898. It served as a stopping place in the...

    GOODWIN HOUSE Built about 1900 of stones gathered from the surrounding hills this house was the residence of the Frank Goodwin family who settled here in 1898. It served as a stopping place in...

    • saskatchewan
    • goodwin house
    • saskatchewan landing
    • j frank goodwin
    • northwest mo...

    J. Gorman & Son Building

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 J. Gorman & Son Building Constructed circa 1880 Additions and Renovations 1890, 1906, 1940, 2005 John and Margaret Gorman moved their furniture and...

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1982 J. Gorman & Son Building Constructed circa 1880 Additions and Renovations 1890, 1906, 1940, 2005 John and Margaret Gorman moved their furniture and...

    • berkeley
    • california
    • bay area
    • furniture

    Henry C. Ostermann Memorial Seat

    Top Plaque: In memory of  Henry C. Ostermann Vice President and Field Secretary of the Lincoln Highway Association killed on the Highway, in Iowa June 8, 1920.   Second Plaque: Erected by The...

    Top Plaque: In memory of  Henry C. Ostermann Vice President and Field Secretary of the Lincoln Highway Association killed on the Highway, in Iowa June 8, 1920.   Second Plaque: Erected by...

    • indiana
    • dyer
    • us30
    • lincoln highway
    • henry ostermann
    • ideal section
    • highway

    Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable

    1745-1818 Founder of Chicago   African-Caribbean, born in St. Marc, Haiti. In the 1770's he opened the first trading post beside the Chicago River, establishing the settlement that became Chicago....

    1745-1818 Founder of Chicago   African-Caribbean, born in St. Marc, Haiti. In the 1770's he opened the first trading post beside the Chicago River, establishing the settlement that became...

    • jean-baptist...
    • chicago
    • illinois
    • founder
    • chicago river
    • michigan avenue

    Lima Bank Robbed

    LIMA BANK ROBBED THIS VAULT WAS IN THE BANK OF LIMA AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FEB 6, 1915  Here's history with a small h, equivalent to a...

    LIMA BANK ROBBED THIS VAULT WAS IN THE BANK OF LIMA AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FEB 6, 1915  Here's history with a small h, equivalent to a...

    • robbery
    • lima
    • new york
    • crime
    • bank alan reno