Randall Jarrell (1914-1965)
RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) A graduate of Hume- Fogg and Vanderbilt University, Randall Jarrell was a distinguished poet, critic, novelist, essayist, and teacher. Jarrell Joined the U.S. Army Air...
- school
- high school
- vanderbilt u...
- vanderbilt
- university
- nashville
- tennessee
- poetry
James Wilson Growden Memorial Field
GROWDEN MEMORIAL FIELDin memory of JAMES WILSON GROWDENMarch 28, 1935 - March 27, 1964FATHER - TEACHER - ATHLETE - LATHROP HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATEDIED WITH HIS TWO YOUNG SONS IN THE GREAT ALASKA...
- fairbanks
- alaska
- goldpanners
- baseball
Pulaski Bridge
CITY OF NEW YORK ROBERT F. WAGNER MAYOR JOHN CASHMORE PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN JAMES A. LUNDY PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OF QUEENS PULASKI BRIDGE 1954 DESIGNED AND SUPERVISED BY THE DEPARTMENT...
- new york
- brooklyn
- queens
- greenpoint
- long island city
- bridge
- robert wagner
- john cashmore
- james lundy
Gloria & Don LeVine
In loving memory. Gloria & Don LeVine Married 1946: Partners, Parents, Grandparents "Those were the days..."Submitted by @lampbane
- new york
- brooklyn
- prospect park
- bench
General William Booth
TO THE GLORY OF GOD UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH THE FOUNDER OF THE SALVATION ARMY COMMISSIONER GEORGE S. RAILTON AND SEVEN WOMEN OFFICERS UNFURLED THE FLAG OF THE SALVATION...
- new york
- manhattan
- battery park
- the battery
- william booth
- salvation army
Riverview Homes Association
RIVERVIEW HOMES ASSOCIATION Incorporated 1 May, 1923 One of the earliest examples of not-for- profit housing cooperatives in the United States, Riverview Homes was established and constructed...
- new york
- brooklyn
- sunset park
- finland
- finntown
- 1923
Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline Wetlands Project
Submitted by @Victory4Oakland.
Kiusala
KIUSALA Sunset Court Association, Inc. Built 1925 Eric O. Holmgren, Architect This building is one of more than 30 cooperative apartment buildings surrounding Sunset Park, that were either...
- new york
- brooklyn
- sunset park
- finland
- finntown
- 1925
Point Emery
POINT EMERY A small shoreline park located on northwestern edge of Emeryville, Point Emery is a popular place for kiteboarding, kayaking and paddle-boarding access to the San Francisco...
In Vicinity of French Trading Area
In the mid-1700s, Indians of the region met at a trading ground near this site with Frenchmen who brought them manufactured goods, sometimes including guns and ammunition — products denied them by...
- texas
- native americans
- colonial history
Archer County Copper Mines
(1/4 mile northeast and 5 miles to the south southeast) The civilized world first heard of copper in this area from Texas Rangers after an 1860 campaign against Comanches on the Pease River,...
- texas
- archer county
- mining
- civil war
Dad's Corner
The result of a 1923 oil boom, development of a town at this site included some twenty-two businesses, including a food stand operated by a man with the nickname “Dad,” which provided a name for...
- texas
- oil
- boomtowns
- ghost towns
Camp Stonewall Jackson
Area Confederate veterans officially formed the Stonewall Jackson Camp #249, United Confederate Veterans, in 1897. The group purchased 106 acres located south of Holliday, along Holliday Creek, as...
- texas
- archer county
- civil war
- confederate veterans
The Old Buffalo Road
(About 100 yards to the west) Named for its traffic in buffalo hides and bones, this North Texas road gave subsistence to pioneers while aiding in mass “harvest” of the American bison. As long...
- texas
- native americans
- buffalo
- bison
A Jesse James Hideout
(Located 2 blocks west and 2 blocks north) Jesse James, celebrated 1860s-82 Missouri outlaw, used to visit in Archer City in house built by Stone Land & Cattle Company for its manager, Allen...
- texas
- archer county
- archer city
- jesse james
- frank james
- outlaws