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The Character of the Times in Which They Are Written

Monument texts reflect the character of the times in which they are written and the temper or those who wrote them. This monument was dedicated in 1868 near the close of a period of intense strife...

Monument texts reflect the character of the times in which they are written and the temper or those who wrote them. This monument was dedicated in 1868 near the close of a period of intense...

    Site of Cabin Home of Samuel Milroy

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

      Great Fire of 1871

      On October 8, 1871, the day the famous Chicago fire began, equally terrible fires broke out on Lake Michigan’s east coast in forests parched by a hot, dry summer. The flames were fanned by high...

      On October 8, 1871, the day the famous Chicago fire began, equally terrible fires broke out on Lake Michigan’s east coast in forests parched by a hot, dry summer. The flames were fanned by...

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      P. Henry De Pree / P. Henry De Pree House

      The Dutch immigrant family of P. Henry De Pree (1865-1943) came to the Zeeland area in 1849. With his brother William, P. Henry ran a hardware store and other businesses in Zeeland and Holland....

      The Dutch immigrant family of P. Henry De Pree (1865-1943) came to the Zeeland area in 1849. With his brother William, P. Henry ran a hardware store and other businesses in Zeeland and Holland....

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      Home of the Model T

      Here at his Highland Park Plant, Henry Ford in 1913 began the mass production of automobiles on a moving assembly line. By 1915 Ford built a million Model T’s. In 1925 over nine thousand were...

      Here at his Highland Park Plant, Henry Ford in 1913 began the mass production of automobiles on a moving assembly line. By 1915 Ford built a million Model T’s. In 1925 over nine thousand...

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      GUSTAV FREIWALD HOUSE

      GUSTAV FREIWALD HOUSE 1906 This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service and is subject to the...

      GUSTAV FREIWALD HOUSE 1906 This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior National Park Service and is subject to...

        Bank of Naples

        BANK OF NAPLES NAPLES' ORIGINAL BANK, THE BANK OF NAPLES, OPENED ON FEBRUARY 14, 1949, WITH A $74,000 CAPITAL BASE. W. ROY SMITH (PRESIDENT), CLARENCE TOOKE (CASHIER), E.H. FRANK, A McSWAIN AND...

        BANK OF NAPLES NAPLES' ORIGINAL BANK, THE BANK OF NAPLES, OPENED ON FEBRUARY 14, 1949, WITH A $74,000 CAPITAL BASE. W. ROY SMITH (PRESIDENT), CLARENCE TOOKE (CASHIER), E.H. FRANK, A McSWAIN AND...

          The Keep

          THE KEEP The Keep is the final line of defence of the Dockyard. The billy peninsula and natural tidal pool around which it was built, was transformed into a fortress by walling-up cliffs, carving...

          THE KEEP The Keep is the final line of defence of the Dockyard. The billy peninsula and natural tidal pool around which it was built, was transformed into a fortress by walling-up cliffs, carving...

            Victualling Yard

            VICTUALLING YARD Completed 1853 A Victualling Yard is an essential part of any naval facility. It is the area concerned with the storage, preparation and packaging of food and drink for the Fleet....

            VICTUALLING YARD Completed 1853 A Victualling Yard is an essential part of any naval facility. It is the area concerned with the storage, preparation and packaging of food and drink for the Fleet....

              King Neptune

              KING NEPTUNE THIS REPLICA IN STONE OF THE FIGUREHEAD FROM HMS IRRESISTIBLE (BUILT 1859, 2ND RATE, 80 GUNS) WAS DONATED BY NUCLEAR MUTUAL LIMITED AND NUCLEAR ELECTRIC INSURANCE LIMITED 15 JUNE 1995...

              KING NEPTUNE THIS REPLICA IN STONE OF THE FIGUREHEAD FROM HMS IRRESISTIBLE (BUILT 1859, 2ND RATE, 80 GUNS) WAS DONATED BY NUCLEAR MUTUAL LIMITED AND NUCLEAR ELECTRIC INSURANCE LIMITED 15 JUNE 1995...

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              Furnas Volcano Caldera

              The Furnas Volcano is a major dormant volcano of silicious noture, with a summit subsidence caldera. This huge volcanic depression has on eiliptical shape, 8 x 5.6 km in size and includes an...

              The Furnas Volcano is a major dormant volcano of silicious noture, with a summit subsidence caldera. This huge volcanic depression has on eiliptical shape, 8 x 5.6 km in size and includes an...

                William Golding

                SALISBURY CIVIC SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962 Bishop Wordsworth's CE School   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

                SALISBURY CIVIC SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962 Bishop Wordsworth's CE School   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

                  Marquette Iron Range

                  The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party discovered...

                  The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party...

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                  Scandinavian Lutheran Society / Norwalk Lutheran Church

                  In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to...

                  In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to...

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                  Indignation plaque

                  THIS PILLAR OF STONE QUARRIED FROM STAWELL WAS PLACED HERE ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE HON. JOHN WOODS, M.P. (BORN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND NOVEMBER 5TH 1822, DIED BRIGHTON VICTORIA APRIL 2ND 1892; ENGINEER...

                  THIS PILLAR OF STONE QUARRIED FROM STAWELL WAS PLACED HERE ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE HON. JOHN WOODS, M.P. (BORN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND NOVEMBER 5TH 1822, DIED BRIGHTON VICTORIA APRIL 2ND 1892; ENGINEER...

                    Onekama Springs / Glen Park

                    In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling...

                    In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling...

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                    Mary Delany

                    From 1785 to 1788 MRS MARY DELANY (1700-1788) Artist and friend of Royalty lived here in a house provided by KING GEORGE III A frequent visitor was the novelist and diarist FANNY BURNEY...

                    From 1785 to 1788 MRS MARY DELANY (1700-1788) Artist and friend of Royalty lived here in a house provided by KING GEORGE III A frequent visitor was the novelist and diarist FANNY BURNEY...

                      Sleepwalk With Me

                      IN THIS ROOMON JANUARY 26, 2005 COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA  SLEEPWALKED OUT THE WINDOW.THAT STORY BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BOOK AND FEATURE FILM SLEEPWALK WITH ME.  SERIOUSLY. GOOGLE IT.   Submitted...

                      IN THIS ROOMON JANUARY 26, 2005 COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA  SLEEPWALKED OUT THE WINDOW.THAT STORY BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BOOK AND FEATURE FILM SLEEPWALK WITH ME.  SERIOUSLY. GOOGLE IT.   Submitted...

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                      In Memory of Henry W Ingwersen

                        Oscar Wilde on San Francisco