Maliebaan
This plaque tells the history of this long straight lane in Utrecht. It was created in 1637, as a 700 meters long track for the "maliespel" game, which is like a forerunner of golf and croquet....
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- historic street
Maliebaan bicycle lane
The long and straight lane "maliebaan" was created as sports track in 1637 (see the plaque at the other end of the street). After the game died out it became a regular street in the growing city...
- maliebaan
- historic street
- bicycle lane
Valentine Residence
“Kid” Thomas Valentine (1897-1987), trumpeter and bandleader, lived here at 825 Vallette Street in 1928. Born in Reserve, LA he moved to Algiers in 1923. He played at Speck’s Moulin Rouge in...
- louisiana
- music
- jazz
- new orleans
Allen Residence
Henry Allen (1871-1952) trumpet player and bandleader, and Henry "Red” Allen, Jr., (1906-1967), trumpet player, singer and bandleader, lived here at 414 Newton Street from 1906 until 1917. Henry...
- louisiana
- music
- jazz
- new orleans
Marcour Residence
Oscar J. Marcour (1895-1956), violinist and bandleader, lived here at 431 Opelousas Ave from 1917 to 1919. He played with the Jules Bauduc Orchestra at the Silver Slipper, made and...
- louisiana
- music
- jazz
- new orleans
The Right Bank of the Mississippi River
Once connected by a mule-drawn streetcar, Algiers and Gretna are now linked by this path of history. Follow the markers along the "Right Bank of the Mississippi River" to historic downtown Gretna,...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- mississippi river
Louis Armstrong
During his early years in New Orleans Louis Armstrong drew upon the entire spectrum of music associated with the city. He spent time following Joe Oliver in the "second lines” which...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- jazz
- music
Stone Canyon Scenic Overlook
On Mulholland Drive, at the crest of the Beverly Crest neighborhood (in what I, a non-Angeleno, would be tempted to call the Hollywood HIlls). To the south, the city spreads out nearly as far...
- los angeles
- san fernando valley
- santa monica...
- stone canyon
The Goldthwaite Eagle
The Goldthwaite Eagle In 1885, William H. Thompson (1842-1896) started a weekly newspapers, “The Mountaineer,” which closed but was re-established in 1894. He sold it in 1896 to R.M. Thompson,...
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- goldthwaite
- mills county
- newspapers
Mills County Jail
Mills County Jail, 1888. First structure built by newly organized county, before county seat was chosen. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark — 1965.Struck by the fact that before the county...
- texas
- mills county
- goldthwaite
- jails
- law and order