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Wilmington Station

    The C E Hudspeth Redwood

    • 1922
    • no redwood

    Bateau

    The motor-powered boat that replaced the skiff in the basin was the bateau. It was also commonly called a "gas-boat," " joe-boat," and a " john-boat." It is a long, heavy, flat-bottomed boat, with...

    The motor-powered boat that replaced the skiff in the basin was the bateau. It was also commonly called a "gas-boat," " joe-boat," and a " john- boat." It is a long, heavy, flat-bottomed...

    • louisiana

    Cardiff Castle

    Cardiff Castle's history began with the first Roman fortress built in the 1st C. The Norman Conquest in the 11th C. brought impressive fortifications. In the 19th C. the apartments were extended...

    Cardiff Castle's history began with the first Roman fortress built in the 1st C. The Norman Conquest in the 11th C. brought impressive fortifications. In the 19th C. the apartments were extended...

    • wales
    • castle

    Lawrence Taylor Busch

      Wixom-Wire House

      This house was built in the early 1850s by Lucy Wixom, widow of Ahijah Wixom, one of the town’s founders. Its first residents were the Reverend and Mrs. Samuel Wire. He was the pastor of the Free...

      This house was built in the early 1850s by Lucy Wixom, widow of Ahijah Wixom, one of the town’s founders. Its first residents were the Reverend and Mrs. Samuel Wire. He was the pastor of the Free...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      John Almon Starr / Saginaw Trail

      John Almon Starr (1828-1895) and his wife, Nancy Quick (1831-1895), built this house in 1868 from bricks fired in Almon’s tile factory. Almon and his parents had emigrated to Michigan from...

      John Almon Starr (1828-1895) and his wife, Nancy Quick (1831-1895), built this house in 1868 from bricks fired in Almon’s tile factory. Almon and his parents had emigrated to Michigan...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Mohonk Mountain House

        Truckee Fire Protection Flagpole

          Truckee Jewel of the Eastern Sierra

            Who Served Their Country in the World War 1917 - 1918

              Donner Party

                Virile to Risk and Find

                VIRILE TO RISK AND FIND; KINDLY WITHAL AND A READY HELP. FACING THE BRUNT OF FATE; INDOMI- TABLE, -- UNAFRAID.

                VIRILE TO RISK AND FIND; KINDLY WITHAL AND A READY HELP. FACING THE BRUNT OF FATE; INDOMI- TABLE, -- UNAFRAID.

                • virile to risk
                • unafraid
                • brunt of fate

                Donner Camp

                  Schallenberger Cabin Site

                    The Origin of the Park

                      Truckee's Vigilance Committee

                        Golden Gate Bridge -- Men of Vision

                          Golden Gate Bridge Dedication

                            The Golden Gate Bridge