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First Steam Railroad in Upper Peninsula
On this site in 1852, the Green Bay and Lake Superior Rail-Road began the survey which led to the construction of the first steam railroad in the Upper Peninsula. The railroad ran from Marquette...
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Surfers
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Gratiot County
This county was named for General Charles Gratiot, builder of Fort Gratiot at Port Huron in 1814. A few Chippewas and other Indians lived in the area in 1831 when the county was laid out. A...
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Françoise Fraeyman
SUNSET, SAFFRON-VERMILION FLUID CREATION, THE TIME OF A WISH IN MEMORY OF FRANCOISE FRAEYMAN
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John Wesley Woodward, Bandsman on the S.S. Titanic
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN WESLEY WOODARD BANDSMAN ON THE S.S. TITANIC WHO WITH HIS COMRADES NOBLY PERFORMED HIS DUTY TO THE LAST WHEN THE SHIP SAN AFTER COLLISION WITH...
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- 1912
Birthplace of the Asian American Movement
BIRTHPLACE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT By the late 1960s, a new generation of political activists emerged in Berkeley from protests opposing the Vietnam War and supporting the Farmworkers,...
Bill Jacobson Memorial Water Fountain
In memory of Bill JacobsonFather, Friend,FishermanJan 14, 1908 - Jan 8, 2003
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S.S. Morro Castle Memorial
In MemoriamS.S. Morro CastleSeptember 8, 1934This monument is dedicated to the 137 passengers and crew of the S.S. Morro Castle who lost their lives on September 8, 1934 when the ship burned off...
Suffolk Resolves House
The Suffolk Resolves was signed in this house in Sept 1774 & then carried to the Continental Congress in PA by Paul Revere. Originally located on the Wharf, moved to current location in...
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Ascension Catholic Church
This church founded August 15, 1772 by Father Angel de Revillagodos on orders of King Charles III of Spain. Cornerstone of present church laid June, 1876 by Bishop Elder of Natchez and the April...
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Donaldsonville #1
Second Acadian Coast. Town founded by William Donaldson, 1806, on farm of Pierre Landry. Began as trading post about 1750. Home of Governor Francis T. Nicholls, of Dr. F.M. Prevost, who performed...
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Donaldsonville #2
Made capital of Louisiana in 1830; Legislature met from January 4 to March 16 and reconvened in 1831. In 1848 the old State House, located across from this site, was razed, and its bricks used...
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Francis T. Nicholls 1834-1912
On the site directly across from this marker Francis T. Nicholls — Confederate General, Governor and Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court — was born and reared.
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Bicentennial Jazz Plaza
Jazz developed at the turn of the 20th century in south Louisiana and was born from a combination of musical traditions: work songs, spirituals, blues, and ragtime. From the early days of...
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Walter Lemann, Sr. Pumping Station, Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District - 1955
This facility is dedicated to the memory of Walter Lemann, Sr. (1879-1952) a citizen of Donaldsonville whose untiring efforts to restore a flow of fresh water to Bayou Lafourche continued from...
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Dr. King's Last Flight
DR. KING’S LAST FLIGHT On April 3, 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a pivotal leader in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, landed at Memphis Metropolitan Airport for what would...
Plough Boulevard
PLOUGH BOULEVARD PLOUGH BOULVARD, THE AIRPORT CONNECTOR ROAD, IS NAMED FOR AND DEDICATED IN HONOR OF ONE OF MEMPHIS’ LEADING CITIZENS AND PHILANTHROPISTS, ABE PLOUGH. THE LANDSCAPING...
"City of Memphis" B-29
THE “CITY OF MEMPHIS” B-29 DID ITS SHARE John J. “Jim” Handwerker – Pilot TO WIN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC THIRTEEN OTHER PILOTS AND THEIR CREWMEN HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN TOO Jack T.Billings Ray...
4th Ferrying Group
4th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, United States Army Air Force Memphis, Tennessee 1942-1946 Delivered Aircraft & Supplies all over the world Dedicated to members of the...