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Alex Maclean Howard House, The Second Mile Club

Submitted by @heritagetoronto.

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    Freret's Folly / Plessy

      First Library Building, Livermore

      FIRST LIBRARY BUILDING BUILT 1878 LIVERMORE'S FIRST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING FROM 1878 UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS BUILT. COMMEMORATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC...

      FIRST LIBRARY BUILDING BUILT 1878 LIVERMORE'S FIRST FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OCCUPIED THIS BUILDING FROM 1878 UNTIL 1911 WHEN THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY WAS BUILT. COMMEMORATED BY CITY OF LIVERMORE...

        Taddle Creek History

        Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as springtime...

        Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as...

          Big Horn Basin

          Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

          Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

          • wyoming
          • big horn mountains
          • u.s. 14a
          • big horn basin

          To the Officers and Soldiers Killed

          The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

          The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

          • custer natio...
          • little big h...
          • nez perce
          • montana
          • native americans
          • indian wars

          HOWARD HUGHES FLYING BOAT "THE SPRUCE GOOSE"

          HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE LARGEST...

          HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE...

          • military
          • airplanes
          • aviation
          • oregon

          42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line

          MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G. Reuter...

          MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G....

          • new york
          • manhattan
          • mta
          • subway
          • transit
          • 1932
          • 2003

          Ysabel Rita Bertolucci 1949 - 2012

          Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The Medical...

          Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The...

            Church of Santa Cruz

            Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33172803

            Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https ://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3317280 3

              Ronald D. Nelson

                Chief Crazy Horse

                The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for the...

                The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for...

                • fort robinson
                • nebraska
                • crazy horse
                • indian wars

                Yankton Sioux Treaty of 1858

                A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about 13...

                A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about...

                • yankton sioux
                • south dakota
                • charles mix county
                • treaty of 1858
                • native americans

                The Ranger Tower

                The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

                The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

                • forest ranger
                • fire tower
                • wanakea ny
                • alan r reno
                • forestry

                Lillian Litzsey

                  Ice Center of San Jose

                    George Shirakawa, Sr.

                    GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

                    GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

                      Riverside Trail - The Unseen History of Riverside Park

                      WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

                      WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

                      • wpa
                      • parks
                      • campsite
                      • river
                      • logjam
                      • grand rapids
                      • michigan
                      • logging

                      Wolf Point Bridge

                      One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's <a href="https://ci.wolf-point.mt.us/community/page/history-wolf-point"...

                      One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's...

                      • missouri river
                      • wolf point
                      • bridges
                      • montana

                      Thorn Creek Woods

                      Thorn Creek Woods is dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Marzuki, 1926-1984, whose skill, enthusiasm and integrity made possible the preservation of these woods as a natural heritage for all...

                      Thorn Creek Woods is dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Marzuki, 1926-1984, whose skill, enthusiasm and integrity made possible the preservation of these woods as a natural heritage for all...

                      • thorn creek woods
                      • park forest
                      • illinois
                      • chicagoland
                      • will county