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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

                                NO. 239 MISSION SAN LUÍS REY DE FRANCIA

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

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