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Pedestrian Flag Program

    Angel’s Flight

    Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

    Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

    • los angeles
    • transit
    • funicular railroads
    • angel’s flight

    Cheshire Public Library Addition

    CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

    CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

    • library
    • cheshire
    • connecticut

    Sherman Line Rosenwald School

    The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

    The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

    • mississippi
    • rosenwald school
    • education
    • pike county
    • amite county

    Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

    Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

    Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

    • rachmaninoff
    • composer
    • pianist

    Babe Ruth lived here, and there

    George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

    George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

    • babe ruth
    • baseball

    Bo Diddley

    FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

    FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

    • mississippi
    • blues trail
    • rock
    • pike county

    The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

      Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

        Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View

          POW's MIA's and Their Families

            J. D. Howard Father of Lava Beds National Monument

              Klamath Basin Potato Festival

              • potato festival

              The Big Obsidian Flow

                Merrill Lions Club Community Pavilion

                • potato festiva

                Norfield

                Named for Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, founders of the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company, Norfield was incorporated in 1894. In 1900, Butterfield became sole owner of the company...

                Named for Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, founders of the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company, Norfield was incorporated in 1894. In 1900, Butterfield became sole owner of the company...

                • mississippi
                • rail
                • lumber
                • industry
                • settlements

                A Glass Menagerie

                  The Eruption

                    Blue Star Memorial Highway Evergreen District

                      J. A. Jones Consolidated School

                      Org. 1906 on land donated by Jones for the consolidation of Bacot, Curtis and Felder Schools. Bethany School added in 1921 when Jones School was moved to this site. Served the Friendship Comm. until 1975.

                      Org. 1906 on land donated by Jones for the consolidation of Bacot, Curtis and Felder Schools. Bethany School added in 1921 when Jones School was moved to this site. Served the Friendship Comm. until 1975.

                      • mississippi
                      • school
                      • education