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Commodore Dewey's Squadron

    Andrew S. Hallidie

    ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN SONG,...

    ANDREW S. HALLIDIE 1836 - 1900 THIS PLAZA IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, DEVELOPER OF THE CABLE STREET RAILWAY IN 1873. HIS INGENUITY GAVE SAN FRANCISCO THE CABLE CAR, MEMORIALIZED IN...

    • cable car
    • hallidie

    Mount Gambier Hoo Hoo Club No 214

    • 1966
    • hoo hoo
    • look-out
    • mount gambier
    • national timber week

    Statehood Tree

    Submitted by @bthubbard

    Submitted by @bthubbard

      Whiskey Row

      WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

      WHISKEY ROW  BY THE EARLY 1870'S A FULL BLOCK OF  SALOONS, GAMBLING HALLS AND HOTELS  MADE THIS THE WILDEST PART OF TOWN  SOME OF THE SALOONS BREWED THEIR  OWN BEER AND MOST DRINKS SOLD FOR  12...

        Carmel Ocean Avenue Median Design

          Piccadilly Park

            Piccadilly Park

            Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save this...

            Piccadilly Park  This park would not exist were it not for the diligence of two  civic-minded citizens, Carol J. Stratton and Jean B. Mitchell. In  1979 they launched a campaign to save...

              Arcata Community Forest

              Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

              Submitted by Jason Stephens. 

                The Frank Lloyd Bench

                Submitted by Darren Platt

                Submitted by Darren Platt

                • beach master
                • mayor pro-tem

                William Randolph Hearst

                  Kenneth B. Glover

                  In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and their...

                  In Memory ofKenneth B. Glover (August 28, 1921 - August 11, 2001)Who dreamed of the day when the environmental and social importance of urban streams would be fully recognized and...

                  • environment
                  • activism
                  • streams

                  Benicia Capital of California

                    Memorial Union Walkway Dedication

                    These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                    These walkswe dedicate to ourAlma Materin the faith that she will continueto guide the coming generationsas she has guided us.Classes of 1931 - 1932

                    • oregon state...
                    • memorial union
                    • walkway
                    • sidewalk
                    • oregon
                    • corvallis
                    • benton county
                    • alma mater

                    Devils Gate Dam

                    HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH. THE...

                    HISTORIC ENGINEERING MARKER    DEVILS GATE DAM    THIS IS ONE OF THE THINNEST CONCRETE ARCH DAMS IN THE WORLD. IT WAS COMPLETED BY THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC COMMISSION IN 1969 AND IS 84 m HIGH....

                      The Bohn Building

                        Elizabeth Cromwell

                        NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                        NEAR THIS SPOT  LIES THE BODY OF  ELIZABETH CROMWELL  BORN 1598 DIED 1665 WIFE OF  THE LORD PROTECTOR  THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE  BY THE CROMWELL ASSOCIATION    Submitted by @MuseumCromwell

                          Sir Frederick Banting

                            Anna Russell and Charles Best, Comedian and Opera Singer and Co- Discoverer of Insulin

                              Hikawa Maru

                              M. S. Hikawa Maru Yokohama-Yamashita Park Gross Tonnage: 12,000 tons Length overall: 163 meters. Hikawa Maru was built as a passenger liner of the N. Y. K. Line (designated to Yokohama/Seattle...

                              M. S. Hikawa Maru Yokohama-Yamashita Park Gross Tonnage: 12,000 tons Length overall: 163 meters. Hikawa Maru was built as a passenger liner of the N. Y. K. Line (designated to...