Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & CO. (Sherman’s Bank)
Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. (Sherman's Bank) William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...
Standiford Field
Combahee River Raid
Combahee River Raid On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid...
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- 1863
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Florence Schwimley Little Theater
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr.,...
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National Pony Express Centennial Assn
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- eisenhower
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Pony Express Centennial
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- waddell
Pony Express Plaques
THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS
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- eisenhower
- waddell
Central Overland Pony Express Trail Association, Inc
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- waddell
- vanderbilt
- nicaragua
- clipper ship
- lincoln
- first inaugural
Pony Express
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- 1950
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- river steamer
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Former First Unitarian Church
- 1898
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- unitarian
Sather Gate
SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954
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la Petite Naples Marseillaise
Ce jeudi 15 mars à 11h, place de Lenche (2e), a été inaugurée une plaque rappelant la destruction en 1943 du quartier du Vieux-Port. Du 1er au 19 février 1943, près de 1 500 immeubles...
World's Tallest Totem Pole
THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY
World's Largest Totem Pole
THIS TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WORLD WARS 1914 1918-1939 1945 WAS ERECTED BY THE B.C. INDIAN ARTS & WELFARE SOCIETY
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- wwii
Indian Slough
Reves-Wilhelm Cemetery
In this small cemetery are buried members of a pioneer family that settled this land in the 1820s. Many descendants still live in this area. Here lies Peter Wilhelm, who in 1827 or 1829 acquired...
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Mackinac Straits
Nicolet passed through the straits in 1634 seeking a route to the Orient. Soon it became a crossroads where Indian, missionary, trapper, and soldier met. From the 1600s through the War of 1812...
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Mission House
In 1823 the Reverend William Ferry founded a mission on Mackinac Island on land now known as Mission Point. Two years later he and his wife, Amanda, erected this building as a boarding school for...
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Michigan State Ferry System / Michigan State Car Ferries
In 1923, in response to increasing automobile traffic, the Michigan Highway Department established the Michigan State Ferry System to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas by transporting...
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St. John Evangelical Lutheran / Amelith
German missionary Pastor Ferdinand Sievers organized St. John Church in June 1852 to serve a colony of German migrants, some fleeing the turmoil that followed the European revolutions of 1848....
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