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En El Gruta Comio El Sr General Diaz

    Bear Flag Raised June 14, 1846

      The End of the Mission Trail 1523-1823

        Fire Chief Raymond Pigoni

          Benicia Promenade

            Dedicated to the Memory of the Pony Express Riders

              The Grand Army of Liberty

              To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

              To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                Pause Traveler and Be Grateful to Norton 1st

                From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                  Little Bay de Noc

                  The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

                  The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

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                  Orsel McGhee House

                  In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

                  In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

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                  Masters of Navigation

                  Chinese Explore the World in Junks

                  Chinese Explore the World in Junks

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                  • treasure fleet

                  DuPage County Pioneer Park

                    Andrews University

                    This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

                    This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

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                    In Fond & Loving Memory of Anthony, Colleen & Vivien Wong

                      Parque del Tepeyac

                        Johnson & Wales University

                          Sallie Rutherford Thaler

                          Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

                          Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

                            Pastore e Padre Amatissimo

                              Tony Forster

                                POW Tree