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Village of Cash

Named after early settler Edward Cash, the village of Cash was founded in 1851. In 1868, seven Cash residents voted to found Watertown Township to govern and serve the quickly growing area. Each...

Named after early settler Edward Cash, the village of Cash was founded in 1851. In 1868, seven Cash residents voted to found Watertown Township to govern and serve the quickly growing area....

  • michigan
  • michigan his...

Hartland Burying Ground / Hartland Burying Ground

The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1840 upon the death of Thomas Hall, a Hartland Township pioneer. Chauncey L. and Robert C. Crouse, who platted the village of Hartland in 1842,...

The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1840 upon the death of Thomas Hall, a Hartland Township pioneer. Chauncey L. and Robert C. Crouse, who platted the village of Hartland in...

  • michigan
  • michigan his...

Samuel White Homestead / Colonel Samuel White

This Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel White, shows the influence of the people from Upstate New York who first settled this area. The deed to the property was signed by John Quincy Adams....

This Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel White, shows the influence of the people from Upstate New York who first settled this area. The deed to the property was signed by John Quincy Adams....

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  • michigan his...

Telluride Hospital

Submitted by @JimStLeger

Submitted by @JimStLeger

    Paden-Powell Girl Guides

    CITY OF HAWTHORN  434 Burwood Road  The first meeting of an Australian Company of Paden-Powell Girl Guides held here 1911 Submitted by @wadekelly

    CITY OF HAWTHORN  434 Burwood Road  The first meeting of an Australian Company of Paden- Powell Girl Guides held here 1911 Submitted by @wadekelly

      Berkeley Fire Department Division of Training and Emergency Operations Center

        Robert Louis Stevenson

        TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON  TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL BE...

        TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON  TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL...

          In Honor of our Airport Neighbors

            Lee Terminal Building

              Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & CO. (Sherman’s Bank)

              Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

              Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co.  (Sherman's Bank)   William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...

                Standiford Field

                  Combahee River Raid

                  Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid up...

                  Combahee River Raid  On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid...

                  • harriet tubman
                  • 1863
                  • civil war
                  • african american

                  Florence Schwimley Little Theater

                  CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr., Architects...

                  CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr.,...

                  • berkeley
                  • bhs
                  • theater
                  • bas-relief

                  National Pony Express Centennial Assn

                  • pony express
                  • eisenhower
                  • waddell
                  • one mail lost

                  Pony Express Centennial

                  • pony express
                  • waddell

                  Pony Express Plaques

                  THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

                  THESE PLAQUES PLACED ON THE SITE OF THE WESTERN BUSINESS HEADQUARTERS, APRIL 3, 1963, BY THE SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS

                  • pony express
                  • eisenhower
                  • waddell

                  Central Overland Pony Express Trail Association, Inc

                  • pony express
                  • waddell
                  • vanderbilt
                  • nicaragua
                  • clipper ship
                  • lincoln
                  • first inaugural

                  Pony Express

                  • pony express
                  • 1950
                  • missouri
                  • river steamer
                  • antelope
                  • alta califor...

                  Former First Unitarian Church

                  • 1898
                  • berkeley
                  • unitarian

                  Sather Gate

                  SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

                  SATHER GATE 2009 HISTORIC RESTORATION  Led by the Class of 1950 With support from The Class of 1954

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                  • gate
                  • 1950
                  • 1954