Misión San Antonio de Padua
Misión San Antonio de Padua(Turn off 5 miles north)Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the...
- california
- mission
- junipero serra
Seattle-Tacoma Airport Administration Building July 1949
- seattle
- tacoma
- airport
- washington
- seatac
- 1949
- treadwell
Cape Mendocino Lighthouse
Lit Dec. 1, 1868, the light from its first order Fresnel lens swept 30 miles to sea. Decommissioned in 1951, the structure slowly began to inch toward the 422’ cliff. The light was dismantled in...
- cape mendocino
- lighthouse
- humboldt
- e clampus vitus
- ecv
- lighthouse
- lincoln
- california
ARPANET
Includes additional plate, set at an angle, below the main plaque. This plate shows the following binary code: 0100000101010010010100000100 0001010011100100010101010100 Translated into ASCII...
- arpanet
- internet
- darpa
- department o...
- world wide web
The Rock
YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994 THE ROCK Yellowknifers are very inventive when it comes to building houses that suit the rock landscape. Flat real estate was not readily available in Yellowknife's...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- the rock
- rocky landscape
Pilots' Monument
This sign is dedicate to the "Pilots' Monument" to commemorate 100 years of powered flight in Canada Donated by the members of 825 "Yellowknife Elks" Royal Canadian Air...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- pilots
Jolliffe Island
YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994 JOLLIFFE ISLAND The City of Yellowknife is not confined to the mainland alone. In the 1940s, as much activity occurred on nearby islands as onshore. A two minute canoe...
- yellowknife
- northwest te...
- canada
- mine
- gold
Bush Pilots of Canada
In the 1920s and 1930s a small number of daring aviators broke the silence of the North. Often flying in extreme cold and facing dangerous take- off and landing conditions, these...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- barrenlands
- extreme cold
- canadian mainstream
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
@romanmars Fun at Hrad Veveri in the Czech Rep #quatrefoils #alwaysreadtheplaque http://t.co/noSxD6KIyL Submitted by biggdavo
- churchill
- 1908
- 1906
- 1907
Robert R. Church, Sr. / Robert R. Church, Jr.
This plaque is dedicated to father and son, leaders of their race whose accomplishments brought honorable recognition to the City of Memphis. Robert R. Church, Sr. 1839-1912 Pioneer businessman,...
- shelby county
- tennessee
This Gathering Place
This gathering place created through the generous support from Boulevard Bluffs neighbors City of Everett BSA Eagle Scout project by Kenny Spotz, Mt. Baker Troop 114 And many others 2007
- mukilteo
- everett
- washington
- gathering place
Tory Row
TORY ROW WEALTHY FAMILIES LOYAL TO THE CROWN LIVED ALONG BRATTLE STREET BEFORE THE REVOLUTION Submitted by @RoadTripNE.
- cambridge
- massachusetts
- revolutionary war
- tory
- crown
Springbank Snow Countess 81871
IN HONOR OF SPRINGBANK SNOW COUNTESS 81871 WORLD CHAMPION LIFETIME BUTTERFAT PRODUCER 9062 LBS. BUTTERFAT AND 207,505 LBS MILK IN 10 LACTATIONS, AVERAGE TEST 4.37 BORN NOV 18, 1919 - DIED AUG...
- butterfat
- woodstock
- ontario
- cow
N.A.A.C.P.'s First Rural Branch
N.A.A.C.P.'s First Rural Branch In 1915, Falls Church ordered residential segregation. Many African-American homeowners would be forced to move. The Colored Citizens Protective league entered a...
- naacp
- segregation
- falls chuch. viginia
Church Hill Tunnel
CHURCH HILL TUNNEL About 200 feet east is the western portal of the Church Hill Tunnel. On 11 Dec. 1873, Ches-apeake and Ohio locomotive number 2 passed through the tunnel, marking the completion...
- richmond
- virginia
- train
- tunnel
- 1873
- 1925
- entombed
Prof. Dr. Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
Placed in front of a large monument with a statue of Lorentz in the center. Original in dutch, translated for international sake:This Arnhem born became famous world wide for his revelations...
- science
- lorentz
- statue
Robert O. Fishel Field
Before working for the Yankees and American League, Robert O. Fishel was a product of Hiram College. ROBERT O. FISHEL FIELD IN HONOR OF A LOYAL MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1936 AND GARFIELD FELLOW...
- hiram
- ohio
- fishel
- yankees
- baseball
Monterey's First Railroad
1874 Monterey's First Railroad The Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad was constructed as a narrow-gauge, granger railroad linking Monterey to the rest of California. For the first...
- monterey
- california
- railroad
- salinas
- 1874
USS Potomac
- oakland
- california
- bay area
- potomac
- fdr
- wwii
- roosevelt
First Public Library
1849 FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY IN CALIFORNIA IS ESTABLISHED IN MONTEREY
- monterey
- california
- library
- 1849