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Oakland YMCA

    Joni Mitchell, Louis Riel Coffee House

    Joni Mitchell. In 1962 patrons of the Louis Riel coffeehouse, once located at 721 Broadway Avenue, witnessed the birth of a legend when an aspiring young painter played her first professional...

    Joni Mitchell. In 1962 patrons of the Louis Riel coffeehouse, once located at 721 Broadway Avenue, witnessed the birth of a legend when an aspiring young painter played her first...

    • music
    • folk
    • saskatchewan
    • saskatoon
    • canada
    • joni_mitchell

    Mona Thrasher, Igloo Church, Inuvik

    Mona Thrasher   I was born in 1942, in a bush camp located between Aklavik and what is today Inuvik.    My father was the famous Billy Thrasher who was himself the son of a Portuguese whaler who...

    Mona Thrasher   I was born in 1942, in a bush camp located between Aklavik and what is today Inuvik.    My father was the famous Billy Thrasher who was himself the son of a Portuguese whaler who...

    • church
    • art
    • inuvik
    • canada
    • inuit

    Brandy Aging Barn

    THIS SITE WAS BUILT AROUND 1880 AS A BRANDY AGING BARN FOR THE CHARLES MARTIN WINERY LATER IT BECAME A SALOON WITH A SMALL GENERAL STORE NEXT DOOR ERECTED APRIL 24, 2004 BRANCIFORTE CHAPTER 1797 E...

    THIS SITE WAS BUILT AROUND 1880 AS A BRANDY AGING BARN FOR THE CHARLES MARTIN WINERY LATER IT BECAME A SALOON WITH A SMALL GENERAL STORE NEXT DOOR ERECTED APRIL 24, 2004 BRANCIFORTE CHAPTER 1797 E...

    • ecv
    • brandy
    • winery

    Fountain City United Methodist Church

    Fountain CityUnited Methodist ChurchFounded in 1825In 1824, E.F. Sevier, grandson of Gov. John Sevier, came to this area as a Methodist circuit rider. By 1825, a plot of ground was secured and...

    Fountain CityUnited Methodist ChurchFounded in 1825In 1824, E.F. Sevier, grandson of Gov. John Sevier, came to this area as a Methodist circuit rider. By 1825, a plot of ground was secured...

    • knoxville
    • fountain city
    • church
    • park
    • campground
    • methodist

    Fountain Head Campground

    Fountain Head Campground1833-1885In 1851 Fountain Head Methodist Episcopal Church South purchased the Fountain Head Campground, a 12 acre wooded grove with a large spring. The Daily Press and...

    Fountain Head Campground1833-1885In 1851 Fountain Head Methodist Episcopal Church South purchased the Fountain Head Campground, a 12 acre wooded grove with a large spring. The Daily Press...

    • knoxville
    • fountain city
    • church
    • park
    • campground
    • methodist

    Odd Fellows Cemetery

    ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY This Cemetery was established in 1880 by the Banner Lodge Chapter of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order. This Cemetery was enlarged by the Daughters of Zion in 1881, the Good...

    ODD FELLOWS CEMETERY This Cemetery was established in 1880 by the Banner Lodge Chapter of the Odd Fellows Fraternal Order. This Cemetery was enlarged by the Daughters of Zion in 1881, the Good...

    • odd fellows
    • cemetery
    • black
    • african-american
    • knoxville

    St. Clair Cobb

    ST. CLAIR COBB1895-1974 A World War I veteran born in Knox County, St. Clair Cobb founded the Knoxville Colored High School Band in 1923. He taught music at several elementary schools, Beardsley...

    ST. CLAIR COBB1895-1974 A World War I veteran born in Knox County, St. Clair Cobb founded the Knoxville Colored High School Band in 1923. He taught music at several elementary schools, Beardsley...

    • knoxville
    • veteran
    • band
    • black
    • african-american
    • world war i
    • music

    War on the Home Front

    War on the Home Front Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery -Knoxville Campaign- (preface)On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to...

    War on the Home Front Mabry-Hazen House and Bethel Cemetery -Knoxville Campaign- (preface)On November 4, 1863, Confederate Gen. James Longstreet led two reinforced divisions from Chattanooga to...

    • knoxville
    • civil war
    • mabry-hazen house
    • cemetery
    • confederate
    • union

    William Francis Yardley

    Born in Knox County in 1844, he taught school and began the study of law in the late 1860s. In 1873, he was the first African American in Knoxville to be admitted to the State Bar; he served as...

    Born in Knox County in 1844, he taught school and began the study of law in the late 1860s. In 1873, he was the first African American in Knoxville to be admitted to the State Bar; he served as...

    • knoxville
    • lawyer
    • black
    • african-american

    Site of Fort Adair

    Site of Fort Adair Build in 1788 by John Adair Revolutionary Soldier Used as depot of supplies for the early settlers. Erected by Bonny Kate Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1924

    Site of Fort Adair Build in 1788 by John Adair Revolutionary Soldier Used as depot of supplies for the early settlers. Erected by Bonny Kate Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1924

    • knoxville
    • john adair
    • fort adair
    • fountain city
    • dar

    He sailed away...

    A seat dedicated to an old sailor at the end of a coastal walk

    A seat dedicated to an old sailor at the end of a coastal walk

    • sailor

    Fountain City Schools

    FOUNTAIN CITY SCHOOLS This thirteen-acre campus was the site of Holbrook-Tennessee Normal College from 1893 to 1904, and of Knoxville Central High School from 1906 to 1971. It was the site of...

    FOUNTAIN CITY SCHOOLS This thirteen-acre campus was the site of Holbrook-Tennessee Normal College from 1893 to 1904, and of Knoxville Central High School from 1906 to 1971. It was the site...

    • knoxville
    • fountain city
    • school

    Trans Canada Trail Inuvik

    The Trans Canada Trail, the longest recreational trail in the world, was initiated in 1992 as a lasting legacy of Canada's 125th birthday celebration. The Trans Canada Trail Foundation is a...

    The Trans Canada Trail, the longest recreational trail in the world, was initiated in 1992 as a lasting legacy of Canada's 125th birthday celebration. The Trans Canada Trail Foundation is a...

    • trail
    • transcanada
    • canada
    • inuvik

    MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA

    MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA   A Spanish mission founded by Fray Juníper Serra, O.F.M., first President of the California missions, this was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretch- ing...

    MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA   A Spanish mission founded by Fray Juníper Serra, O.F.M., first President of the California missions, this was the fifth in a chain of 21 missions stretch- ing...

    • catholic missions
    • california missions
    • san luis obispo
    • religion

    Beach Chalet Soccer Fields

      Levittown Original House

      Weber House: Circa 1947This Cape Cod style home was the 70th [last remaining in original condition] house built in 1947 by Levitt & Sons builders, in the community that has come to be known as Levittown. 

      Weber House: Circa 1947This Cape Cod style home was the 70th [last remaining in original condition] house built in 1947 by Levitt & Sons builders, in the community that has come to be known as Levittown. 

        Air Mail Pioneers Checkerboard Field Maywood IL

        • airmail
        • maywood
        • checkerboard field

        Farr Brothers

        Submitted by Ben Becker

        Submitted by Ben Becker

          Summerwind Jewlers

          Submitted by Ben Becker.

          Submitted by Ben Becker.