Congregational First Baptist Church
Organized in 1889 under the leadership of Rev. J.W. Womack of Beggs, Oklahoma. Rev. and Mrs. Womack opened the first private "colored" school in Avoyelles Parish. Rev. A.L. Holmes was pastor of...
- louisiana
- african-american
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Designed by J.P Annan. Built in 1934. Named as a memorial to the St. George Church in New Ephesus, Greece, which was destroyed by the Turks 1917. Congregation founded 1917.
- louisiana
- church
McNeill Street Pumping Station
National Historic Civil Engineering LandmarkLast operating steam-powered water equipment used in U.S. Provided 106 years of water treatment for Shreveport.Completed 1887 Commemorated 1999.
- louisiana
- engineering
- landmark
Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary
LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE BIRD SANCTUARYOn the recommendation of Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant- Governor of the North-West Territories, this sanctuary was set aside in 1887 for the protection of wildfowl,...
- saskatchewan...
Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary 1887-1987
LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE BIRD SANCTUARY 1997-1987On June 8,1887 the government of Canada "...reserved from sale and settlement, and set apart as breeding grounds for wildfowl..." the islands and parts...
- canada saska...
John and Yoko Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel Montreal 1969
1969Bed-In of John & YokoFrom May 26 to June 2nd, 1969, John Lennon & Yoko Ono made history when they decided to stage their second bed-in for peace in suite 1742 at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth...
- beatles
- lennon
- yoko
- montreal
- bed-in
- peace
The first tree (victim)
The Tablet marks the spot where John Galt, General Agent of the Canada Company, cut the first tree in founding the city of Guelph, April 23rd 1827Submitted by Paul Mackey
- guelph
- tree
- founding
- city
- canada
- ontario
Georg Carstensen
- tivoli
Lt. Walter R. Heins USN Reserve
LT. WALTER R. HEINS USN RESERVE 1936 - 1967 NEAR THIS SITE ON OCTOBER 4, 1967, U.S. NAVY LT. WALTER R. HEINS EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE IN HIS DOUGLAS A4 ATTACK JET. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO...
Peter Sellers
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Amador Pavilion
The Slinky Toy
This historic marker memorializes the first manufacturing site of the Slinky, one of the top selling toys of the 20th Century, in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania. Slinky was invented by mechanical...
- pennsylvania
- delaware county
- slinky
- toys
Friends of Noosa
Friends of Noosa This plaque records the incredible role played by Friends of Noosa in the re-establishment Noosa's Council. Friends of Noosa was a community organisation formed in 2007 to...
- government
- australia
- noosa
Polyhedron with 432 Symmetry
The polyhedron in the fountain is a snub cube, an Archimedean semi-regular solid derived from a cube, with all its edges of equal length. This shape was chosen for the central fountain in...
- cal tech
- science
Juana Maria
Indian woman abandoned on San Nicolas Island eighteen years. Found and brought to Santa Barbara by Capt. George Nidever in 1853. Note: Juana Maria died soon after being exposed to diseases on...
- native americans
- channel islands
- santa barbar...
- island of th...
Wilke Farmhouse
- 1898
- queen anne
Marsha Jean Corprew
MARSHA JEAN CORPREW 1948-2000 MARSHA J. CORPREW, AN AFRICAN - AMERICAN WOMAN, WAS APPOINTED BY MAYOR LIONEL J. WILSON TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMISSION IN 1977. SHE GAVE 22 ...
Lakeside Park Garden Center
Press Building
PRESS BUILDING The Press Building opened as the Pantages Theatre on August 5, 1912. Retail and office uses enveloped the building, with ground- floor tenants including a candy store,...
- hippodrome
- oakland
- vaudeville
The Cascades
On November 5, 1913, 40,000 people gathered here to witness the dedication of the Los Angeles - Owens River Aqueduct. The terminus of a 233-mile long engineering marvel, the Cascades were the site...
- natural resources
- los angeles
- aqueduct