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Darwin in Edinburg

Submitted by @NtlMuseumsScot

Submitted by @NtlMuseumsScot

    Glasgow Sherbet Municipal Works

    THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF THE OLD GLASGOW SHERBET MUNICIPAL WORKS ONE OF THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF SHERBET IN THE WORLD. DISASTER STRUCK IN AUGUST 1906 WHEN YOUNG BERT FLODDEN -A BOY ON A 3YR...

    THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF THE OLD GLASGOW SHERBET MUNICIPAL WORKS ONE OF THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF SHERBET IN THE WORLD. DISASTER STRUCK IN AUGUST 1906 WHEN YOUNG BERT FLODDEN -A BOY ON A 3YR...

      JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK

      JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK World Famous Tenor 1884-1945

      JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK World Famous Tenor 1884-1945

        Detective Green B. Hamby

        Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across the...

        Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across...

          Davis Library

          This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library Branch....

          This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library...

            William Henry Foreman

            [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

            [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

              Conical Mound

              Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

              Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

              • mound
              • burial
              • native
              • madison
              • yahara
              • cherokee

              Heritage Oak

              In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

              In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

              • heritage
              • oak
              • bicentennial
              • girl scouts
              • chicago
              • portage park

              Ralph Clark

              RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

              RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

                The Compassion Bench

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Eddie G. Robinson

                  Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty-six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

                  Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty- six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

                  • louisiana
                  • african american
                  • football

                  Charles P. Adams - "The Founder"

                   In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

                   In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

                  • louisiana
                  • african american
                  • education

                  Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr - (October 25, 1919 - March 5, 1996)

                  Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

                  Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

                  • louisiana
                  • african american
                  • education
                  • marching band
                  • music

                  Paul "Tank" Younger

                  Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play professional...

                  Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play...

                  • louisiana
                  • african american
                  • sports
                  • football
                  • hbcu

                  Battle of Calcasieu Pass

                  Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

                  Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

                  • louisiana
                  • civil war
                  • cameron parish
                  • calcasieu

                  Ellwood-Craig House (Pompeiian Villa)

                  Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic...

                  Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a...

                  • texas
                  • landmark
                  • historic home

                  Sparks Settlement Cemetery

                  John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...

                  John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...

                  • texas
                  • cemetery

                  In Memory Arthur Stilwell Smith

                  In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948

                  In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948

                  • texas
                  • cemetery

                  John Delafose

                  John Delafose    (1939-1994)   Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion.  He is best known for playing accordion...

                  John Delafose    (1939-1994)   Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion.  He is best known for playing...

                  • louisiana
                  • music
                  • zydeco
                  • opelousas

                  Amédé Ardoin (1898-1942)

                  Amédé  Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...

                  Amédé  Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...

                  • louisiana
                  • zydeco
                  • music
                  • cajun
                  • opelousas