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Robert Enoch Withers

Robert Enoch Withers   Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine...

Robert Enoch Withers   Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine...

    Ohio University

    Ohio Historical Marker   Ohio University    “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be...

    Ohio Historical Marker   Ohio University    “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be...

      Alumni Gateway

      ALUMNI GATEWAY    The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class. The...

      ALUMNI GATEWAY    The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class....

        Silpson Bros. Corporation Boston

          El Dia de 4 de Agosto de 1802

            Allenoke Manor

            CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University of...

            CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University...

              Lake Orion Methodist Church

              Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a union...

              Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a...

              • michigan
              • michigan his...

              William (Billy) Henry Foreman

              [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

              [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

                The Urns at Bow Bridge

                  The Shadetree

                  • peralta
                  • ohlone
                  • 1842
                  • first mayor ...
                  • schulz
                  • ecv

                  Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

                  Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

                  Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

                  • michigan
                  • michigan his...

                  Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

                  • ecv
                  • civil war

                  Marrowboneslip

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                  • marrow
                  • bone
                  • slip

                  Plebiscito

                    Pioneer Mother Monument -- Benjamin Ide Wheeler

                      Lake Merritt

                      LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

                      LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

                        Royal Naval Hospital

                        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                          442nd Regimental Combat Team

                          DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT...

                          DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL...

                          • wwii
                          • internment
                          • japanese-american
                          • 442nd
                          • concentration camps

                          Treaty of Painted Post

                          JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

                          JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

                          • painted post
                          • corning
                          • iroquois
                          • six nations
                          • 1791

                          Paramount Theatre