Nantucket Railroad
The Nantucket Railroad operated for 36 years from 1881 to 1917. It started from Steamboat Wharf and traveled along the Easy Street basin across this site, ultimately transporting passengers to...
- railroad
- nantucket
- resorts
The Algonquin Round Table
The Algonquin Hotel Site of the legendary Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s where such acid-tongued wits as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcot traded barbs and bon mots daily...
- sinclair lewis
- william faulkner
- harold ross
- gertrude stein
- james thurber
Belvedere Tower
Belvedere Tower Erected in 1869 as a lookout, it now houses the New York Meteorological Observatory which was founded in 1868 by Dr. Daniel Draper who was its director until his retirement in...
- meteorology
- belvedere tower
- belvedere castle
- central park
Grand Junction News
Upon this site in October 1882 a vital cultural influence in the town of Grand Junction was established by the printing of the first newspaper - The Grand Junction News Edwin Price, Editor...
- colorado
- newspaper
- grand junction
- 1800s
Qin Cheghi
QIN CHEGHI: RIDGE WHERE WE CRY Qin Cheghi, "ridge where we cry," now also known as Tanaina Peak, is a sacred Dena'ina place of mourning and remembrance. A similar site, Ch'chihi Ken, is the ridge...
Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane
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Sir Norman Angell
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The Netherbow Wellhead with Sculpture
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Bellingham Cruise Terminal
Gathering Together
Christ Church Cathedral
The second Episcopal parish in the Republic of Texas. Led by a missionary of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Rev. R.M. Chapman, and by an early Houstonian, Col. William Fairfax...
- texas
- houston
- church
- religion
Annunciation Church Houston
Second Catholic church in Houston; outgrowth of St. Vincent’s parish, established in 1839. Although founding pastor planned edifice (1867-1874) in style worthy of a cathedral, it never gained that...
- texas
- houston
- church
- religion
Ken Imus - Ferndale Visionary
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
On November 6, 1891, seventeen women met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Briscoe at this site to organize an auxiliary to the Texas Veterans Association. Mrs. Anson Jones was elected president of the...
- texas
- houston
- historic society
- women
Jack Petersen
Cardiff born First Welshman to win British & Empire Heavyweight Boxing Championships Trained in this building Ganed yng Nghaerdydd, y Cymro cyntaf i ennill Pencampwriaethau Bocsio Pwysau...
- united kingdom
- wales
- cardiff
- sports
- boxing
Neath Freemasons
Freemasons Have held meetings in Neath Since 1777 1717-2017
- united kingdom
- wales
- neath
- freemasons
Jefferson Street Park
Natchitoches is one of the many stops along the Jefferson Highway, one of the country's first intercontinental roadways. Today, a portion of the Jefferson runs through the Natchitoches...
- louisiana
- natchitoches
- jefferson highway
Jefferson Highway Tourist Camp
The Natchitoches Tourist Park and Campground, situated west of what was the Normal College, was established in 1922 on the Jefferson Highway. One of the largest campgrounds on the...
- louisiana
- natchitoches
- jefferson highway
Steel Magnolias
It was on this location that the movie Steel Magnolias filmed Shelby's (Julia Roberts) funeral. It was this scene that prompted the phrase "laughter through the tears" which was used to describe...
- louisiana
- natchitoches
- film location
- movie
- cemetery
Early Spanish Missions
Catholic mission church built at Las Cabezas on Bayou Scie about 1795. Succeeded by Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe). In 1858 referred to as St. Michael (San Miguel)....
- louisiana
- spanish
- church
- religion