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North Branch Library

    McAdam Railway Station

    Submitted by @bthubbard

    Submitted by @bthubbard

      Don Messer

      Submitted by @bthubbard

      Submitted by @bthubbard

      • fiddler
      • messer

      The Linden Oak

      THE LINDEN OAK The oldest White Oak tree in Montgomery County was saved from destruction by the Metro construction in 1973 by Idamae Garrott. A great champion of the people and of the environment,...

      THE LINDEN OAK The oldest White Oak tree in Montgomery County was saved from destruction by the Metro construction in 1973 by Idamae Garrott. A great champion of the people and of the environment,...

      • linden oak
      • imageryan
      • montgomery
      • maryland

      Cincinnati Union Terminal Time Capsule

      Submitted by @kevl42

      Submitted by @kevl42

        Cincinnati Union Terminal

        Submitted by @kevl42

        Submitted by @kevl42

          Tomb of an Unknown Soldier

          Submitted by @DaraGreen

          Submitted by @DaraGreen

          • civil war
          • signal knob

          Over the Rhine

          [Location approximate]Submitted by @kevl42

          [Location approximate]Submitted by @kevl42

          • ohio
          • rhine
          • canal

          Anne Frank's Tree

          Submitted by @joepevans

          Submitted by @joepevans

          • wwii
          • holocaust
          • anne frank

          Hotel Whitcomb Temporary City Hall 1912 to 1915

            Lincoln, SF City Hall

              Darwin studies geology

              The location at which Charles Darwin first used a clinometer to measure the tilt of geological strata.Submitted by Alistair Wylie

              The location at which Charles Darwin first used a clinometer to measure the tilt of geological strata.Submitted by Alistair Wylie

              • charles darwin
              • geology
              • clinometer
              • adam sedgwick

              Duck Lane, Builth Wells

              Origins of Duck Lane, Builth WellsSubmitted by: Alistair Wylie

              Origins of Duck Lane, Builth WellsSubmitted by: Alistair Wylie

              • ducks
              • builth wells

              Newton County, CSA

              Supply and military center in the Civil War. Target area for Federals trying to move up the Sabine or across Louisiana and take Texas. Confederates built breastworks and maintained arsenal at...

              Supply and military center in the Civil War. Target area for Federals trying to move up the Sabine or across Louisiana and take Texas. Confederates built breastworks and maintained arsenal at...

              • texas
              • civil war

              Deweyville

              Original site, called "Possum Bluff," was purchased for $200 by Pierre Lavine from H.L. Morrison in 1886. The Sabine Tram Company purchased the land in 1897 from G. Smyth and a sawmill was built...

              Original site, called "Possum Bluff," was purchased for $200 by Pierre Lavine from H.L. Morrison in 1886. The Sabine Tram Company purchased the land in 1897 from G. Smyth and a sawmill was built...

              • texas

              Swift Cemetery

              The trading village of Salem was founded in 1835 by Seth Swift. A Quaker and whaling merchant, Swift had moved to this area from Massachusetts with his wife, Lydia, and six children. When Lydia...

              The trading village of Salem was founded in 1835 by Seth Swift. A Quaker and whaling merchant, Swift had moved to this area from Massachusetts with his wife, Lydia, and six children. When...

              • texas
              • cemetery

              Trout Creek Cemetery

              Originally a part of the James West Survey, this cemetery dates to the early 1860s. The land was later owned by Mrs. Frances Ann Dyer (d.1890), and upon her death was inherited by her daughter...

              Originally a part of the James West Survey, this cemetery dates to the early 1860s. The land was later owned by Mrs. Frances Ann Dyer (d.1890), and upon her death was inherited by her daughter...

              • texas
              • cemetery

              Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church

              Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church Local oral tradition holds that the Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1876. An early church building had that year inscribed on it, and...

              Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church Local oral tradition holds that the Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1876. An early church building had that year inscribed on it,...

              • texas
              • church

              Call Church of God in Christ

              The Call Church of God in Christ was established in 1915 under the leadership of Elder W. G. Law. Land for a church building was deeded by A. C. and Coella Armstrong in 1935. The name of the...

              The Call Church of God in Christ was established in 1915 under the leadership of Elder W. G. Law. Land for a church building was deeded by A. C. and Coella Armstrong in 1935. The name of the...

              • texas
              • church

              Site of Town Lot Auction Town of Kirbyville,

              (May 1, 1895) Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas...

              (May 1, 1895) Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas...

              • texas