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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

                        Paramount Theatre

                          Antonio Bras Columns

                          • howe
                          • 4460 howe
                          • 1898
                          • mountain vie...
                          • mcisaac
                          • cemetery