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Ladies Room

LADIES ROOM GIFT OF JUDITH RICHARDS HOPE '64, LL.D. '00 IN HONOR OF THE FIFTEEN PIONEERING WOMEN OF THE CLASS OF '64 WHO BRAVED SNOW, RAIN AND HAIL TO MAKE IT TO THIS FIRST, AND WHAT HAD BEEN FOR...

LADIES ROOM GIFT OF JUDITH RICHARDS HOPE '64, LL.D. '00 IN HONOR OF THE FIFTEEN PIONEERING WOMEN OF THE CLASS OF '64 WHO BRAVED SNOW, RAIN AND HAIL TO MAKE IT TO THIS FIRST, AND WHAT HAD BEEN...

    Way Side Inn

    WAY SIDE INN BUILT IN 1894 AS A HOTEL AND TAVERN BY EDWARD J. BRADY & CO. ON A PORTION OF THE MILL LOT ONCE OWNED BY ELAM BROWN. COLORFUL NAME BESTOWED BY T. H. REED, A LATER PROPRIETOR. DEDICATED...

    WAY SIDE INN BUILT IN 1894 AS A HOTEL AND TAVERN BY EDWARD J. BRADY & CO. ON A PORTION OF THE MILL LOT ONCE OWNED BY ELAM BROWN. COLORFUL NAME BESTOWED BY T. H. REED, A LATER PROPRIETOR. DEDICATED...

      Mickie Classick- Murphy

        Grand Central Hotel, Seattle

        GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SQUIRE LATIMER BUILDING THIS STRUCTURE SERVED AS OFFICE SPACE UNTIL 1897. AT TIME THE INFLUX OF MINERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH BROUGHT...

        GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SQUIRE LATIMER BUILDING THIS STRUCTURE SERVED AS OFFICE SPACE UNTIL 1897. AT TIME THE INFLUX OF MINERS ON THEIR WAY TO THE KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH BROUGHT...

          Bob Balhatchet

          BOB BALHATCHET APRIL 23, 1944- AUGUST 27, 2011 FATHER, ACTOR, BUILDING MANAGER, ALL AROUND ECCENTRIC MAN

          BOB BALHATCHET APRIL 23, 1944- AUGUST 27, 2011 FATHER, ACTOR, BUILDING MANAGER, ALL AROUND ECCENTRIC MAN

          • eccentric man
          • eccentric
          • all around e...

          The Dewey Cannon

          THE DEWEY CANNON This cannon, captured in the Spanish- American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine....

          THE DEWEY CANNON This cannon, captured in the Spanish- American War by Admiral Dewey, was presented to Three Oaks when its citizens raised $1400 for a memorial to the men of the battleship Maine....

            Pleasanton Fire Dept

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              National AIDS Memorial Grove

                Alameda Babe Ruth 14-15YO Workd Series champs

                Plaque dedicated to the 1985 Alameda Babe Ruth World Series champions, who won the tournament in Jamestown New York in August 1985. Congrats! 

                Plaque dedicated to the 1985 Alameda Babe Ruth World Series champions, who won the tournament in Jamestown New York in August 1985. Congrats! 

                • alameda; baseball

                Ludgeruskerk

                This plaque commemorates the church that was here, and was a landmark building for this part of Utrecht. This used to be the independent community (municipality) of "Zuilen" until 1954, and is now...

                This plaque commemorates the church that was here, and was a landmark building for this part of Utrecht. This used to be the independent community (municipality) of "Zuilen" until 1954, and is...

                • church
                • lost building

                The Kansas City Southern Railway In Port Arthur

                The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The Kansas City,...

                The city of Port Arthur was platted in 1895 as the terminus of a railroad envisioned by Arthur E. Stilwell as the shortest route from Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. The Kansas...

                • texas
                • railroad
                • kcs

                Fifth Districts High School

                The Fifth Districts High School was built in 1893. It is the work of Mr. John Reason under the leadership of Dr. Henry C. Cotton of Bella Alliance, LA. This location was once called Newtown...

                The Fifth Districts High School was built in 1893. It is the work of Mr. John Reason under the leadership of Dr. Henry C. Cotton of Bella Alliance, LA. This location was once called Newtown...

                • louisiana
                • african american
                • school
                • education

                William Thomas Lewis

                William Thomas Lewis was born in Merthyr on August 5th 1837. He was the first son of Thomas William Lewis, an engineer at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil. Aged only 27 he became the Chief...

                William Thomas Lewis was born in Merthyr on August 5th 1837. He was the first son of Thomas William Lewis, an engineer at the Plymouth Iron Works, Merthyr Tydfil. Aged only 27 he became the...

                • wales
                • union

                Greenville's Writers

                An extraordinary literary atmosphere in Greenville produced winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and O'Henry Award. Writers influenced by the creative ambience here include William...

                An extraordinary literary atmosphere in Greenville produced winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award and O'Henry Award. Writers influenced by the creative ambience here include William...

                • mississippi
                • arts

                Ascension Catholic Steeple

                The original wooden steeple on this bell tower was removed in 1936 for safety reasons. Through the generous private donations of more than 150 families, individuals, and businesses, and a matching...

                The original wooden steeple on this bell tower was removed in 1936 for safety reasons. Through the generous private donations of more than 150 families, individuals, and businesses, and a matching...

                • louisiana
                • church

                Port Arthur - Beaumont Interurban Railway

                Electric railways known as Interurbans existed in Texas from 1901 until the 1940s to provide frequent opportunities for the public to travel between urban centers. Interurban service between...

                Electric railways known as Interurbans existed in Texas from 1901 until the 1940s to provide frequent opportunities for the public to travel between urban centers. Interurban service...

                • texas
                • port arthur
                • railway

                Walker Percy

                Walker Percy was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1916, orphaned in late childhood, and adopted at age thirteen by kinsman William Alexander Percy, a poet and patron of the arts from Greenville,...

                Walker Percy was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1916, orphaned in late childhood, and adopted at age thirteen by kinsman William Alexander Percy, a poet and patron of the arts from...

                • mississippi
                • mississippi ...
                • novelist
                • writer

                Shelby Foote

                Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was born November 17, 1916, in Greenville. A childhood friend of Mississippi novelist Walker Percy, he began his early career as an author publishing five works of fiction....

                Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was born November 17, 1916, in Greenville. A childhood friend of Mississippi novelist Walker Percy, he began his early career as an author publishing five works of...

                • mississippi
                • mississippi ...
                • novelist
                • writer
                • civil war
                • historian

                Cary Mounds

                Of the original four mounds located at the Cary site, only Mound A survives. Located on the south side of Deer Creek, the mound was built on top of a midden deposit containing ceramic and animal...

                Of the original four mounds located at the Cary site, only Mound A survives. Located on the south side of Deer Creek, the mound was built on top of a midden deposit containing ceramic and...

                • mississippi
                • native americans
                • mounds

                Steve Azar

                Greenville native Steve Azar burst onto the national country scene in 2001 with his album Waitin’ on Joe, which featured the #2 hit "I Don’t Have to Be Me (‘Til Monday)"; it and the title track...

                Greenville native Steve Azar burst onto the national country scene in 2001 with his album Waitin’ on Joe, which featured the #2 hit "I Don’t Have to Be Me (‘Til Monday)"; it and the title track...

                • mississippi
                • writer
                • country music