Execution and curse of the Ávila Brothers
Plaque written in old Spanish:"Estas casas eran de Al° de Avila Alvarado, vezino desta civdad de Mexico, el qval fve condenado a mverte por traidor; fve secvtada en suvpersona la sentencia en la...
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El paisaje de Lobanillo albergó caravanas de personas y animales en El Camino Real de los Tejas mientras se trasladaban de un lado a otro entre las dos capitales de Presidio Los Adaes en la actual...
- texas
- lobanillo swales
- el camino real
- san augustine
The Jefferson Highway
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was the first large step for the United States to complete its calling of Manifest Destiny to expand from sea to shining sea. Though national attention focused on...
- louisiana
- natchitoches parish
- highway
William Hodge Barnhill
In memory of William Hodge Barnhill, his family and descendants. Here on his homeplace April 3, 1864 he and his sons buried a Confederate soldier killed by Union forces. This gravesite...
- louisiana
- civil war
- state park
Grave of Unknown Confederate Soldier
Here lies an unknown Confederate, killed by Union troops, April 2, 1864, during the Red River Campaign. This soldier had been cut off from his unit following a skirmish at nearby Crump's Hill. He...
- louisiana
- civil war
- gravesite
- state park
Williams Memorial Arch
The "Snail in the Bottle" Case
Submitted by @LynnieYankee.
Coal Miners in Colorado
DEDICATED JANUARY 1977 TO THE MEMORY OF THE COAL MINERS LOUISVILLE, COLORADO 1878 "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" submitted by John Bradley JEB
- mining
- coal mining
- louisville
- colorado
- statue
Prince Albert Red Deer Forks Trail
Prince Albert Red Deer Forks TrailFirst Nations people would have used this trail for many years but documented use of this trail began in 1800 when the Hudson's Bay Company built...
- saskatchewan
- asquith
- fur trade
- hudson's bay company
- northwest mo...
- métis
Sandstone Trough, Olvera Street, Los Angeles
Sandstone Trough used for feeding crushed acorns to livestock, hewn in 1897, by the Schweikand Family on their San Fernando Valley Ranch. Presented, in 1930, by The Department of Water and Power...
Marcha del Rector
El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la...
Inquisition
Frente a este lugar estuvo el quemadero de la Inquisición de 1596 a 1771. Dirección de monumentos coloniales y de la República.- In front of this place was the burner of the Inquisition from 1596...
Het Utrechts schip
This plaque explains the metal sculpture here, in the form of a ship. At this location the remains of a thousand year old wooden ship was found 2.3 meters deep in the ground, in december 1930....
- archeology
- old ship
- utrecht
- 1000 ad
Ivan Reitman Cinema
IVAN REITMAN CINEMA Director Ivan Reitman has entertained and influenced generations of film lovers with seminal films like STRIPES, MEATBALLS, and DAVE. In GHOSTBUSTERS, be made...
- new york
- manhattan
- downtown manhattan
- wall street
- ivan reitman
- movies
- cinema
- film
- alamo drafthouse
Raymond Lemieux: First Chemical Synthesis of Sucrose
National Historic Chemical LandmarkRaymond U. Lemieux: First chemical synthesis of sucroseAt this site, the National Research Council Canada's Prairie Regional Laboratory, Raymond U. Lemieux, with...
- saskatoon
- saskatchewan
- canada
- chemistry
- sucrose
- national res...
- science
William Bartram Trail
In 1775, traveling by boat Bartram passed here, noting higher land and trees "of an incredible magnitude"
- louisiana
- bartram trail
- livingston parish
Pottery Hill
This site (16ST48), dominated by the ancient Castain Oak (2006, Live Oak Society), has provided evidence of human activity though a sequence of aboriginal ceramics dating from the late Tchefuncte...
- louisiana
- native american
- st. tammany parish
Simpson Church of God
Second oldest continuously active Church of God in Louisiana. Began by Robert H. Owens, 1897. 1st named Welcome Church of God. 1st convert was James Harville. Early converts from Pine...
- louisiana
- rapides parish
- church
- religion
A.Z. Young's Home Civil Rights Leader
While serving as the President of the historic Bogalusa Civic and Voters League (The League), Dr. A. Z. Young, a noted Civil Rights Leader, Luminary & Icon, led the historic 1967 nine day...
- louisiana
- civil rights
- washington parish
Macy Street Grade Separation
Macy Street Grade Separation, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, Project 4361, City of Los Angeles, Frank L. Shaw, Mayor. August 1931