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The Aarons Building

The Aarons Building   Year Built: 1908 Architect: Unknown First Owner: Harry J. Aarons Building: Unknown Style: Neo Classical Revival Address: 359-361 River Street   The Aarons Building is the...

The Aarons Building   Year Built: 1908 Architect: Unknown First Owner: Harry J. Aarons Building: Unknown Style: Neo Classical Revival Address: 359-361 River Street   The Aarons Building is the...

    The Fern

    The Fern One seed, one spore, one idea at a time. Like a fern, A community starts out small, tight and often unnoticed. As it grows it opens up, and fans out,  becoming part of its environment and...

    The Fern One seed, one spore, one idea at a time. Like a fern, A community starts out small, tight and often unnoticed. As it grows it opens up, and fans out,  becoming part of its environment...

      Manistee Mission House

      Trading Post A surprising historical fact is that stores along the Manistee River in this area actually pre-date settlement by white or European settlers which commenced in 1841 with the arrival...

      Trading Post A surprising historical fact is that stores along the Manistee River in this area actually pre-date settlement by white or European settlers which commenced in 1841 with the...

        Portage Lake Region

        Historical Marker The Portage Lake Region   Following the fur traders into this region came a few adventurous lumbermen looking for saw-mill sites.  Interested by what he saw in 1840, Joseph...

        Historical Marker The Portage Lake Region   Following the fur traders into this region came a few adventurous lumbermen looking for saw-mill sites.  Interested by what he saw in 1840,...

          Grandad Bluff

          Submitted by @stephenbernau

          Submitted by @stephenbernau

            California Street Cable Car Line and Leland Stanford

            IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS LINE AND LELAND STANFORD AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD FAMILY, WHOSE HOME WAS...

            IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS LINE AND LELAND STANFORD AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD FAMILY, WHOSE HOME WAS...

            • san francisco
            • california
            • bay area
            • leland stanford
            • california street
            • cable car

            Robert Frost

            1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

            1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

            • san francisco
            • california
            • bay area
            • poetry
            • kennedy
            • frost
            • gold

            Elwha

            IN HONOR OF INAUGURAL CEREMONIES M. V. ELWHA MRS. CHARLES G. PRAHL, SPONSOR MRS. A. F. EIKU, MATRON-OF-HONOR PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON JUNE 15, 1968

            IN HONOR OF INAUGURAL CEREMONIES M. V. ELWHA MRS. CHARLES G. PRAHL, SPONSOR MRS. A. F. EIKU, MATRON- OF-HONOR PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON JUNE 15, 1968

            • elwa
            • port angeles
            • washington

            Fort Adams / Fort Pike(1797-98)

            With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second U.S....

            With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second...

            • shelby county
            • tennessee

            Paul W. Barret

            In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in...

            In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in...

            • shelby county
            • tennessee

            The Arts Working for Cities

            Submitted by @caddickbrown

            Submitted by @caddickbrown

              You Made My Valley Green

              Jenny Wollett Campbell July 24, 1953 - September 16, 1986 "You made my valley green, dear girl" Than you. Love, Daddy

              Jenny Wollett Campbell July 24, 1953 - September 16, 1986 "You made my valley green, dear girl" Than you. Love, Daddy

              • marin
              • thank you

              In Memory Of

              IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE FENTON 1931 - 1984

              IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE FENTON 1931 - 1984

              • marin
              • in memory of

              You Filled Our Hearts With Sunshine

              Penny Wollett September 21, 1971 - May 9, 1997 Mother of Jenny Kay; Daughter of Don; Friend of many "You filled our hearts with sunshine." We love you, Dan and Jennifer

              Penny Wollett September 21, 1971 - May 9, 1997 Mother of Jenny Kay; Daughter of Don; Friend of many "You filled our hearts with sunshine." We love you, Dan and Jennifer

              • marin
              • in memory of
              • we love you

              In Loving Memory

              IN LOVING MEMORY LARRY KRAMER 1926 - 2005  IN LOVING MEMORY SUE F. KRAMER 1927 - 2014  IN LOVING MEMORY EDWARD M. LEWIS 1923 - 1996

              IN LOVING MEMORY LARRY KRAMER 1926 - 2005  IN LOVING MEMORY SUE F. KRAMER 1927 - 2014  IN LOVING MEMORY EDWARD M. LEWIS 1923 - 1996

              • marin
              • in memory of

              Field of Dogs

              TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF aMARIO DiPALMA 1934-2003 IN CREATING "FIELD OF DOGS" FROM HIS AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES

              TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF aMARIO DiPALMA 1934-2003 IN CREATING "FIELD OF DOGS" FROM HIS AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES

                Marin County Civic Center

                The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They are...

                The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They...

                • marin
                • california
                • frank lloyd wright

                Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway

                Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an all-Canadian...

                Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an...

                • british columbia
                • railway
                • riches
                • 1910

                Frank Slide

                HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...

                HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...

                • alberta
                • frank slide
                • 1903

                Used to Rescue Horses

                THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF  A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...

                THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF  A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...

                • london
                • horses
                • started
                • trains
                • towpath