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Berkeley Piano Club

    The Narrow Gauge

      Railroads & Mining: Building the West

        The Charlie Tayler Waterwheel

          Lincoln Borglum

          IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARVING THE SHRINE OF DEMOCRACY AND AS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO LINCOLN BORGLUM JULY...

          IN HONOR OF HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO CARVING THE SHRINE OF DEMOCRACY AND AS THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO LINCOLN BORGLUM...

          • mount rushmore
          • mt rushmore
          • rushmore
          • keystone
          • south dakota

          First Step, Fallen Friend

          First Step, Fallen Friend The history of the University of Connecticut can be traced back to the Storrs Agricultural School which opened on this site in 1881 in the former Connecticut Soldiers'...

          First Step, Fallen Friend The history of the University of Connecticut can be traced back to the Storrs Agricultural School which opened on this site in 1881 in the former Connecticut Soldiers'...

          • uconn
          • storrs
          • mansfield
          • connecticut
          • university
          • jonathan
          • husky
          • dog
          • mascot

          Bristol & South Wales Union Railway

          The plaque marks the location of the terminal pier of the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway where passengers from Bristol would board the ferry to Portskewett in Wales. There is also a plaque...

          The plaque marks the location of the terminal pier of the Bristol & South Wales Union Railway where passengers from Bristol would board the ferry to Portskewett in Wales. There is also a plaque...

          • bristol
          • river severn
          • methodism
          • wesley

          Point of Infinity

            Future Plaque: World's Oldest Sequoia Celebrated 2,500th Birthday

              Future Plaque: Restored Wetlands Recovered CA Species & Protected Coastal Communities From Flooding

                Future Plaque: Kelp Restoration Protected Hundreds Of Ocean Species & Drove Fisheries Recovery

                  Future Plaque: Muir Woods Redwoods Thrived Thanks To Abundant Karl (The Fog)

                    Future Plaque: Urban Greening & Tree Cover Lowers Temperatures In All Major California Cities

                      Future Plaque: California Salmon Thrive Thanks To Statewide River Restoration

                        Future Plaque: Wildlife Crossing Network Saved Southern California Mountain Lion Population

                          Future Plaque: Restored Coastal Habitat Protected Roadways From Rising Seas

                            Future Plaque: Restored Lake Tahoe Forest Curbed Megafires As Prescribed Burns Paid Off

                              Future Plaque: Statewide Push To Replenish Groundwater Basins Protected During Drought

                                Future Plaque: Biodiversity Protections Helped Native Species Rebound

                                  Future Plaque: Air Quality Reached Five-Year Best Thanks To Forest Restoration