Grand Central Hotel
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL 1871 - 1895 CALLED THE FINEST ESTABLISHMENT BE-TWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND VIRGINIA CITY, THIS ELEGANT THREE AND A HALF STORY RESORT SIGNIFIED THE START OF NORTH TAHOE'S...
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- california
- tahoe
- grant
- sheridan
- flyer stage line
Site of 1981 Reagan Assassination Attempt
"NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACE On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan marked the 100th visit to Washington Hilton by a sitting U.S. President. Reagan had been invited to speak in the International...
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- president
- reagan
- hinckley
- hilton
- washington
- dc
- 1981
- washington dc
Tamarack House
Here in 1839, in Crawford County, Wisconsin Territory, Joseph R. Brown, first settler of this valley, laid out the town of Dahcotah. The following year as a member of the Wisconsin Territorial...
- minnesota
- wisconsin
Anson Smith, Hoover Dam
1976A Memorial Tribute to Anson Smith1860 - 1935Editor and publisher of the Mohave County Miner, acclaimed by President Herbert Hoover for his tireless efforts and support during construction of...
- hoover dam
- mohave county
- boulder dam
- boulder canyon
- nevada
- arizona
- boulder city
Vulture Gold Mine, Wickenburg, Arizona
Vulture Gold MineIn 1863 Austrian Henry Wickenburg discovered gold, legend has it, while retrieving a vulture he had shot. The Vulture Mine went on to become one of Arizona's richest gold mines...
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- gold mine
- wickenburg
- arizona
- henry wickenburg
John W. Wentworth, Globe, AZ
In Honor OfJohn W. WentworthBorn 1858 - Died 1954Colorful Arizona pioneer and faithful Gila County public servant. At intervals from 1885 to 1947, within the walls of three courthouses erected on...
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- globe
- arizona
- gila county
- government
It's Nice to be Nice
Candle House, 1836
Candle House 1836. This building was used for the manufacture of spermaceti candles and as a store and supply house for the outfitting of whaling vessels. The following vessels were built on Bar...
- whaling
- sperpaceti
- new england
- massachusetts
In Honor of Dawn E Candlen
In honor of Dawn E. Candlen. A true heroine of the lifesaving service. In August of 1985 she gave her health in the rescue of a swimmer in trouble. This completely unselfish act earns her the...
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- rescue at sea
- heroism
- massachusetts
Plymouth Rock site
Plymouth Rock. Landing place of the pilgrims. 1620. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Photo by Penelope Bartell
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- puritans
- plymouth
- plimouth
- mayflower
- massachusetts
First US Post Office West of the Rockies
My wife and I just finished listening to the "Dead Letter Office" episode on our Road Trip to the old country (Canada) from LA, and I stumbled on this little parkette with a plaque right behind...
- astoria
- usps
- post office
- oregon
- 99pi
Southernmost Southernmost House
This house is apparently just south of Southernmost House. Competitive neighborhood!
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- key west
- florida
- southernmost...
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Not A Salvage Judge
The Southernmost Housein the Continental United States See also Southernmost Southernmost House
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- key west
- florida
- dueling plaques
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
This plaque is also on the building:
- key west
- florida
- hemingway
Harbor House
Harbor HouseSince 1885 Harbor house, at 423 Front St, ravaged by fire twice in its history, is a two story brick building with a long key west history, built in 1885 by George Lewis and George...
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- florida
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90 Miles to Cuba
The southernmost point in the continental USA.
- key west
- florida
- southernmost
- conch
- conch republic
The Exact Spot Where Girolamo Savonarola Was Hanged and Burned
Piazza della Signoria The piazza was already a central square in the original Roman town Florentia, surrounded by a theatre, Roman baths and a workshop for dyeing textiles. Later there was a...
- italy
- savonarola
- florence
Butch Cassidy's First Bank Robbery
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- telluride
- colorado
- cassidy
- bank
- bank robbery
- robbery
Galileo's Tomb
- galileo
- italy
- florence
- tomb
Dante's Tomb
- ravenna
- italy
- dante
- tomb