Democracy Tree
At the base of a strudy trunk on Washington, DC's tree-lined New Hampshire Ave, a small plaque sits unobtrusively among scrub and mulch. The plaque is small, you'd miss it if you weren't looking....
The Kicking Horse River
January 1989 - The Canadian Heritage River System THE KICKING HORSE RIVER Named for an incident in which James Hector of the Palliser Expedition (1857 - 60) was kicked by his horse, the...
- kicking horse river
- exploration
- canada
- explorers
- palliser expedition
- 1800s
- rivers
- canadian her...
Extinguishing All Life from the Idaho Border to the Pacific
- flood
- oregon
- columbia
- idaho
- ice dams
Catoctin Mountain Geology
Submitted by donjo
- 25000 feet high
- catocin
- maryland
- metmorphic
- geology
Elizabeth Avery Meriwether1824-1917
Born in Bolivar, Elizabeth Meriwether spent much of her life in Memphis. A noted author, her more famous works include The Master of Red Leaf, Black and White, and Recollections of 92 Years....
- shelby county
- tennessee
In Remembrance
Submitted by mywolfson
- airplane
- clipper
- martin
- wwii
1869 Aviator
Submitted by mywolfson
- hydrogen balloon
- one mile flight
- steam engine
Plant Plaza
PLANT PLAZA DEDICATED TO THE PIONEER PLANT FAMILY SETTLERS IN DAVIS IN 1868 ON WHOSE ORIGINAL PROPERTY THESE BUILDINGS STAND FORREST A. PLANT LOIS PLANT BECKETT JUNE PLANT DOLCINI MARION...
- davis
- plant
- pioneers
- california
- each of whom
Historic City Hall
Historic City Hall Built in 1938, this Spanish Colo-nial Revival building originally housed Davis City Hall and the Fire Dept. Later home to the Police Dept . Converted into a restaurant in 2005,...
- davis
- historic
- city hall
Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate
Metropolitan Stadium Home Plate 1961-1981 Plaque is now on the floor of the Mall of America.
- baseball
- minnesota
- minneapolis
- mall of america
Brockway Glass Factory
Brockway Glass Factory 1960 Factory built on 110 acres of former Eliot farm. Largest building was 1000 feet long. At peak, plant made 1 million glass bottle a day.Site in 1973 of glass recycling...
- minneapolis
- minnesota
- glass
- bottle
- farm
Jann Matusesky Bench
The Bird Lady Jann Matusesky 1943-1994
- bird lady
- minneapolis
- minnesota
General Jacob Brown
On This Building Site Was Headquarters Of General Jacob Brown American Army Officer During the Winter of 1813-14 In War of 1812 Photo and description Alan R Reno
- reno
- 1812
- general brown
- war of 1812
- fort covington
Bruce Graff Archway
This archway honors Bruce Graff For his thirty years (1972-2002) of dedicated, imaginative, and energetic service service to the public schools in southeast Minneapolis of which the last...
- minnesota
- minneapolis
- education
- pratt
- cgraff
Sassafras Mill
This plaque stands in front of a boiler formerly used in the production of sassafras oil. The plaque reads: SASSAFRAS MILL 1920-1974 This is the boiler portion of the sassafras mill that...
- tennessee
- hickory valley
- hardeman county
- sassafras mill
- mill history
- a man with a mule