First Recorded Sighting
1542 FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING OF MONTEREY BAY Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing for Spain, sights Monterey and names it "Baia de los Pinos," Bay of the Pines.
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- california
- portugal
- spain
- 1542
Spanish Capital Moves to Monterey
1775 SPANISH CAPITAL MOVES TO MONTEREY The provincial capital moves from Loreto, Mexico to Monterey
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- california
- mexico
- loreto
- spanish
- 1775
Caribbean town of Cahuita, Costa Rica
This plaque is located in the small village of Cahuita, Costa Rica. It reads: "Cahuita was created in the 19th century with the arrival to our coasts of English-speaking turtle hunters who sailed...
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- caribbean
- costa rica
- limon
The Birthplace of Spiritualism
This monument dedicated to the birthplace of spiritualism is in Rochester, N.Y. Stone inscription: The home of the Fox sisters at Hydesville N.Y. The Birthplace of modern Spiritualism March 31,...
Winston Churchill
This statue of Sir Winston Churchill stands outside of Toronto City Hall. According to The Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, the statue of the prime minister of the...
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Tortilla Flat
GRAND PROCRASTINATIONTHIS SIMPLE BRONZE PLAQUEHONORING THE WORK OF JOHNSTEINBECK WAS SCULPTURED IN 1938 BY WILLIAM GORDONHUFF. IT WAS DEDICATED THAT SAME YEAR BY NOTED WESTERNHISTORIAN DR. CHARLES...
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- california
- steinbeck
- torilla
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- 47 years
In Recognition of the Off-World Incident
- ufo
- great barrington
- massachusetts
- 1969
Gabriel Maston Bartlett1821-1876
The Man for Whom the City of Bartlett, TN is Named Born on November 27, 1821 in Robertson County, TN. Gabriel Bartlett grew up on the family farm near Cedar Hill. He came to Shelby County in...
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- tennessee
Ted Williams Tunnel
Image courtesy of Skylight Studios's Robert Shure, who made the plaque.
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- massachusetts
- ted williams
- weld
- skylight
Oakland City Hall
OAKLAND CITY HALL Begun in 1911 and completed in 1914, this is Oakland’s fifth City Hall. Its construc-tion was funded with a $1.15 million bond issue passed in 1909. The Beaux Arts design was...
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- califorinia
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Oakland 1946 General Strike
SITE OF THE 1946 GENERAL STRIKE WHEN WOMAN RETAIL CLERKS FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE A UNION ALAMEDA LABOR COUNCIL AFL-CIO Submitted by: Sarah Fine @fineplanner
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- california
- strike
- women
- unions
Gerrymander
The Gerrymander Near this site stood the home of state senator Israel Thorndike, a merchant and privateers. During a visit here in 1812 by Governor Elbridge Gerry, an electoral district was oddly...
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- massachusetts
- gerrymander
- gerry
- israel thorndike
Memphis City Hospital
In 1836, the state authorized building a brick hospital on this site, chiefly for river travelers. In 1873 it became a municipal institution. After its razing in 1895 the location became Forrest...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Confederate Soldiers Rest
Confederate Soldiers Rest is located in the Fowler section of Historic Elmwood Cemetery. Over 1000 Confederate soldiers and veterans are buried here. An article in the Memphis Daily Appeal on 27...
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- tennessee
First Congregational Church
Founded 1862, organized 1864 with 25 members, this was the earliest Congregational Church in Memphis and State of Tennessee; known first as Union Church, next as Strangers Church, at two...
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- tennessee
Court Square Saved
Court Square was almost sold to developers in the 1870s to pay back debts incurred in the yellow fever epidemics. It was almost sold again in the early 1900s for a skyscraper, and still again...
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- tennessee
Major Robert Selden Garnett
THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DESIGNED BY MAJOR ROBERT SELDEN GARNETT, U.S. ARMY, AND ADOPTED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1849 AT MONTEREY. COMMISSIONED A BRIGADIER...
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Port of Monterey Named
1602 PORT OF MONTEREY NAMED Sebastian Vizcaino, a Spanish explorer, anchors in the bay and names it Monterey in honor of Gaspar de Zuniga y Azevedo, the Count de Monte Rey, Viceroy of New Spain...
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- vizcaino
- 1602
Max Kade Annex
Article here. Submitted by @saramarieshep
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- lawrence
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- hell-hounds
- civil war
- slavery
- lincoln
For Sick and Wounded Soldiers During the Great War
INTER ARMA CARITAS THIS BUILDING WAS USED AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF A HOSPITAL FOR SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS DURING THE GREAT WAR. IT WAS MANNED BY GLOUCESTERSHIRE VOLUNTARY AID DETACHMENT NO 6...
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- hospital
- wwi
- gloucestershire