NECKLACE OF LIGHTS With the foresight and leadership of the Late Merritt Breakfast Club, original sponsor of Children's Fairyland, and the inspiration of Emelyn K. Jewett, the Necklace of Lights...
KAW VALLEY INTERURBAN THE KANSAS FREE STATE PRESS LOCATED NEAR THIS SITE BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION DURING THE SACK OF LAWRENCE BY SHERIFF JONES, MAY 21, 1856 DEPOT FOR ELECTRIC RAIL SERVICE 1917 -...
LAWRENCE CITY LIBRARY CONSTRUCTED 1903 - 1904 THIS CARNEGIE LIBRARY HOUSED THE LAWRENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1904 - 1972 DESIGNED BY GEORGE A. BERLINGNOF IN THE BEAUX ARTS STYLE REAR ADDITION WAS A...
THE OPERA HOUSE RENOVATED BY KEN & LINDA McGURN HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILD 1887 Plaque...
ROCHELLE VICINITY Colonel Daniel Newnan led a troop of the Georgia militia on a raid into the are in September 1812 in an attempt to annex Floirda to the United States in the War of 1812.The...
"THE GREAT ENDURANCE RUN" On November 23, 1909, the "Autists" participating in "The Great Endurance Run" were treated to a gala banquet and overnight stay at "The White House Hotel" which was...
ORDNANCE SURVEY COLD ASHBY The first observations for the retriangulation of Great Britain were made at this trigonometrical station by Sergeant GR Mullinger Royal Engineers on 18 April...
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CHICAGO... RAILROAD HUB OF THE NATION Ever since the westward expansion of the frontier, Chicago has been the heart of the nation's rail network. Trains from the North, South, East and West...
The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet,...
Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove- which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...
CRESHEIM COTTAGE BUILT IN 1700 BY THE PALENTINE GERMAN SETTLERS FROM THE RHINE VALLEYTHE FIRST HOUSE ON THE GREAT ROAD, GERMANTOWN AVENUE IN CRESHEIM VALLEY THE LAND WAS SECURED FROM WILLIAM PENN...
"AQUI, EL 16 DE JUNY DE 1937, ELS SEUS COMPANYS VEIEREM PER DARRERA VEGADA ANDREU NIN (1892-- 1937),SECRETARI POLITIC DEL P.O.U.M, LLUITADOR PEL SOCIALISME I LA LLIBERTAT, VICTIMA DE...
Presented to The University of California Printing Services Printers of the signatory copies of the Charter of the United Ntions and Statute of the International Court of Justice Recognized...
LT. COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS III OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1778 LED AN EXPEDITION NEAR THIS SITE -- THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
"LO QUE UN DIA FUE NUESTRO NUESTRO OTRA VEZ SERA" AGARRARSE ROTOS QUE AQUI ENTRAN LOS COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA
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