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Mississippi John Hurt

 "MISSISSIPPI" JOHN HURT John S. Hurt (1893-1966) was a pioneer blues and folk guitarist. Self- taught, Hurt rarely left his home at Avalon, where he worked as a farmer. Although...

Colonel Sanders Birthplace

Just off the I-65 exit, abut 3 miles east from Henryville, Indiana. Near a shell gas station. No walking path to it. 

• colonel sanders
• kentucky fri...
• indiana

Gertie

    On September 25, 1997, Eppstein Uhen Architects-Milwaukee, presents this replica of "Gertie" to the City of Milwaukee, in appreciation of their 90 year relationship.    Gertie is the mallard...

Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson

Submitted by @BlairKamin .

• baseball
• louisville
• kentucky
• wilson

Famous Tree / Indian Creek Church

   FAMOUS TREE  In 1894, a huge Tulip Poplar tree was felled about 1 1/2 miles south of this site. It measured 11 ft. in diameter, 35 ft in circumference. Two six-foot saws were welded together to...

• flippin
• kentucky
• tree
• tulip poplar
• chicago

New England Conservatory of Music, Jordan Hall

Submitted by @jeremysarna 

• boston
• massachusetts
• music
• new england

Redemption Rock

REDEMPTION ROCK UPON THE ROCK FIFTY FEET WEST OF THIS SPOT MARY ROWLANDSON, WIFE OF THE FIRST MINISTER OF LANCASTER, WAS REDEEMED FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER KING PHILIP. THE NARRATIVE OF HER...

• massachusetts
• rowlandson
• king philip

Moses Cleveland's "Capital Town"

Moses Cleveland's "Capital Town" In July 1796 the first survey party for the Connecticut Land Company, led by General Moses Cleveland (1754-1806) landed on the shore of Lake Erie near present-day...

• cleveland
• ohio
• moses
• capital town
• riverfront
• western reserve
• cuyahoga river
• settlement park
• ohio histori...

Andrew Ellicott 1754 - 1820

ANDREW ELLICOTT (1754-1820) Surveyor, mathematician, astronomer, Secretary, Pennsylvania Land Office, 1801-08. In 1803, which living there, he taught Meriwether Lewis surveying...

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• lewis and clark
• surveyor
• astronomer

The End of the Santa Fe Trail

THIS STONE MARKSTHE END OFTHESANTA FE TRAIL 1822 - 1879  ERECTED BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO 1910

• santa fe
• new mexico
• 1910
• 1822
• 1879

Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon

• santa fe
• new mexico
• leon
• pueblo
• indians
• devout
• lasting peace

SANTA FE CATHEDRAL PARK AND MONUMENT

SANTA FE CATHEDRAL PARK AND MONUMENTa gift to the citizenry of santa fe and the state of newmexico commemorating the first european settlers ofnew mexico–the spanish colonists of 1598. the...

• santa fe
• new mexico
• de onate
• desolate
• 1598
• unswerving devotion
• heroic precursors

Incorporates What Remains

A BUILDING STOOD HERE BEFORE 1680 IT WAS WRECKED IN THE GREAT INDIAN UPRISING THIS HOUSE INCORPORATES WHAT REMAINS  [Location approximate]

• 1680
• building
• was wrecked in
• indian uprising
• what remains
• santa fe
• new mexico

Arias de Quiros Site

THE HISTORIC SANTA FE FOUNDATION  FINDS THESE BUILDINGS WORTHY OF PRESERVATION  THE ARIAS de QUIROS SITE [Location approximate]

• santa fe
• new mexico
• de quiros

By Royal Decree

 IN 1697 THIS PROPERTY WAS GRANTED TO CAPTAIN DIEGO ARIAS DE QUIROS BY SPANISH ROYAL DECREE FOR HIS PART IN THE RECONQUEST OF NEW MEXICO WITH DE VARGAS. IN 1879 BOUGHT BY L. BRADFORD PRINCE, LATER...

• santa fe
• new mexico
• de quiros
• de vargas
• 1697
• 1879
• 1942
• wwii
• governor

Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain

  Submitted by @JohnKingSFChron .

• asawa
• san francisco
• california
• bay area
• fountain

Place de la Fao

Commemorating 1st Session of UNFAO Conference in 1945. Submitted by @USUNRome.

William Aiken House

WILLIAM AIKEN HOUSE  BUILT BETWEEN 1807 AND 1811. THE EAST WING WAS ADDED AFTER 1831. RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM AIKEN, FIRST PRESIDENT (1828-1831) OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CANAL AND RAILROAD COMPANY....

• historic landmark
• house
• charleston
• railroad
• aiken
• train of cars
• on a track

Desert View Watchtower

• grand canyon
• view
• tower

1956 Grand Canyon TWA-United Airlines Aviation Accident Site

THIS TRAGIC ACCIDENT SITE REPRESENTS A WATERSHED MOMENT IN THE MODERNIZATION OF AMERICA'S AIRWAYS LEADING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL...

• twa
• united
• grand canyon
• arizona