And the Traditional Head Village
TO PERPETUATE THE SITE OF FORT SHERMAN IDAHO 1878 - 1901 AND THE TRADITIONAL HEAD VILLAGE OF THE COEUR D'ALENE INDIAN TRIBE DEDICATED NOV 11, 1934 Submitted by @larrycebula
- coeur d'alene
- idaho
- fort sherman
- indians
Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 1
Cleopatra's Needle in London is one of three similar named Egypian obelisks and is located in the City of Westminster, on theVictoria Embankment near the Golden Jubilee Bridges. It is close to the...
- egypt
- obelisk
- london
Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 2
On erection of the obelisk in 1878, a time capsule was concealed in the front part of the pedestal containing: a set of 12 photographs of the best-looking English women of the day, a box of...
- egypt
- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 4
The effort almost met with disaster on 14 October 1877, in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, when the Cleopatra began wildly rolling, and became uncontrollable. The Olga sent out a rescue boat with...
- egypt
- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
W. S. Gilbert
1836 - W.S.GILBERT - 1911 PLAYWRIGHT & POET. HIS FOE WAS FOLLY & HIS WEAPON WIT. TRAGEDY COMEDY
- playwright
- poet
- london
- ornate
Cleopatra's Needle on Victoria Embankment pt. 3
The obelisk remained in Alexandria until 1877 when Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, a distinguished anatomist and dermatologist, sponsored its transportation to London from Alexandria at a...
- egypt
- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
Shrapnel scars on the sphynx
Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two faux- Egyptian sphinxes, designed by the English architect George John Vulliamy. The sphinxes are cast in bronze and bear hieroglyphic inscriptions that...
- egypt
- london
- thames
- river
- oblelisk
- sphynx
Bathhouse Row
The health benefits of "taking the baths" were a primary reason for baseball coming to Hot Springs. The players tended to drink heavily, and believed the hot bath regimen could "boil out"...
- bathhouse
- bath
- arkansas
- baseball
- hot springs
Frankie Shinn's poem
This strange poem by 10 year old Frankie Shinn sits on the floor of the Air Street cut through behind The Quadrant pub. 'Mrs Longton Howarth told us to make a New Year's Resolution I...
- poem
- children
- weird
- bugs
- brighton
Wonderful Days At Purdue
IN MEMORY OF OUR WONDERFUL DAYS AT PURDUE CLASS OF 1925 APRIL 26, 1975 Submitted by: Melissa McCurley
Golden Spike
National Historic Site Golden Spike "The last rail is laid, the spike is driven. The Pacific Railroad is completed." Here at Promontory, Utah, at 12:47 P.M. on May 10, 1869, the driving of a...
- railroad
- utah
- transportation
The South Battery
1790 - 1826 The South Battery Erected during the War of 1812 to guard Buttermilk Channel. Used as a barracks for the Fife and Drum Corps of the garrison until the first offers mess...
- governors island
- war of 1812
- nyc
Pipe Springs National Monument
Erected Sept, 2, 1983 Pipe Springs National Monument Established May 31, 1923 through efforts of Stephen T. Mather and friends Pipe Springs occupied in 1863 by Dr. James M. Whitmore, who, with...
- national par...
- arizona
Bates E. Wilson
Bates E. Wilson 1912 - 1983 A true aristocrat of the outdoors and superintendent of Arches (1949 - 1972). Bates was the moving force that created Canyonlands National Park and became its...
- canyonlands
- national park. utah
McGinley Plaza
McGinley Plaza In honor of Leader, Benefactor and Boilermaker J. Timothy McGinley on his retirement from the Board of Trustees Outstanding Purdue scholar (Chem E., '63), athlete, alumnus, and...
- purdue university
- west lafayette
- indiana
- boilermaker
- j. timothy mcginley
- jane wood mcginley
- plaza
- board of trustees
In Honor of Ezekiel (Zeke) Johnson
IN HONOR OF EZEKIEL (ZEKE) JOHNSON FIRST CUSTODIAN OF NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT 1923 TO 1941 THE BRIDGES, THEIR PROTECTION AND THE WINNING OF A PLACE FOR THEM IN THE HEARTS OF ALL NATURE...
- natural bridges
- national par...
- utah
Post Ouiatenon Site
Post Ouiatenon Site French and Indian Trade was significant in this area prior to 1700. To protect it Post Ouiatenon was established. One Mile West Submitted by: Melissa McCurley
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- fort ouiatenon
- french and i...
- tippecanoe county
- west lafayette
- indiana
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
IN MEMORY OF HARLAN FISKE STONE 1872 - 1946 CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES RESIDENT OF THE TOWN GRADUATE OF AMHERST COLLEGE MEMBER OF ALPHA DELTA PHI FRATERNITY
- chief justice
- amherst
- stone
- alpha delta phi
Bernard DeVoto Memorial Grove
"In Memory of Bernard DeVoto 1897-1955 Conservationist and Historian of the West"
- nature
- naturalist
- devoto
- idaho
Peter Weaver Home
Peter Weaver Home An early settler in Tippecanoe County, Peter Weaver was one of the most widely and favorably known of all the early inhabitants. Born in Virginia, 1774, he was married there...
- peter weaver
- martha walker
- tippecanoe county
- indiana
- wea plain
- war of 1812