City of Berkeley Bike Map Plaque
Point Arnold
Point Arnold is named in honor of REAR ADMIRAL R. J. "BEAR" ARNOLD, U.S.N. During World War II, Arnold earned the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as supply officer of the USS YORKTOWN...
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State Theatre 1937
STATE THEATRE 1937 Redwood Theatre Group, headed by George M. Mann and Morgan A. Walsh, developed the State Theatre, which brought luxury, sophistication, fantasy and feature Hollywood films to...
General Eloy Alfaro Delgado - President of Ecuador
Plaque reads:'Para la posteridad de los pueblos libres de América GENERAL ELOY ALFARO DELGADO Montecristi, Ecuador 1842 - 1912 Presidente de la República del Ecuador 1897 - 1901 y 1906 – 1911...
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Fort Wilkins
As soon as miners began to enter the Copper Country, appeals were made to the army for protection from resentful Indians. Thus, in 1844, Fort Wilkins was built. Two companies of infantry stood...
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Hemingway at Walloon Lake
In 1899 the Hemingways of Oak Park, Illinois built a summer cottage called Windemere some six miles northwest of here on Walloon Lake. Young Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) spent his days at the...
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Yee Tock Chee Park
Submitted by @jqmcd
Meigs' Experimental Railway
Much more detail on the marvelous Soonish Podcast.Image by Tim Pierce - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cur id=10422423
Quincy Homestead
Quincy Homestead 1686 Quincy, MA Childhood Home of Dorothy Quincy Hancock (1747 - 1830), Wife of Governor John Hancock Owned & operated in private partnership by The Commonwealth of Ma DCR &...
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Santa Cruz County Bank
Col. A. J. Shuttleworth J.P.
Submitted by @imageryan
San Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer
Los Rios Historic District
Francis Point Provincial Park
FRANCIS POINT PROVINCIAL PARK Est. March 9. 2000 after a long campaign by the FRANCIS POINT MARINE PARK SOCIETY Created with assistance from The Nature Conservancy of Canada and The Nature...
Industry of East Cambridge
This plaque is part of an installation of eight or more plaques placed on the grounds of the Middlesex Country Registry of Deeds by the Cambridge Historical Commission in 1976. It focuses on the...
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Coast Guard Station Bell, Depoe Bay
THEY'RE FANTASY CHILDREN TONIGHT SKIMMING THE MIRROR WAVES HEADED OUT SOMEWHERE WON'T BE BACK FOR AWHILE
Humphrey Booth the Elder
© Copyright Bob Harvey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.Submitted by @Geograph_Bob
Bloody Thursday
In memory of Howard Sperry and Nick Bordoise, who gave their lives on Bloody Thursday, July 5, 1934, so that all working people might enjoy a greater measure of dignity and security.Sperry...
Houghton County / Houghton County Courthouse
Organized in 1845, Houghton County once comprised the entire Keweenaw Peninsula. Eagle River was its first county seat. In 1861, after the state legislature split the county into Keweenaw...
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Bailey Temple Church Of God In Christ
On July 4, 1926, Pastor John Seth Bailey (1896-1984) founded the McKinley Avenue Church of God in Christ. The church held services in a tent here, then moved to a nearby store in the winter. They...
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