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Detective Green B. Hamby

Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across the...

Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across...

    Davis Library

    This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library Branch....

    This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library...

      William Henry Foreman

      [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

      [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

        Conical Mound

        Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

        Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

        • mound
        • burial
        • native
        • madison
        • yahara
        • cherokee

        Heritage Oak

        In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

        In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

        • heritage
        • oak
        • bicentennial
        • girl scouts
        • chicago
        • portage park

        Ralph Clark

        RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

        RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

          The Compassion Bench

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            Eddie G. Robinson

            Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty-six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

            Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty- six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

            • louisiana
            • african american
            • football

            Charles P. Adams - "The Founder"

             In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

             In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

            • louisiana
            • african american
            • education

            Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr - (October 25, 1919 - March 5, 1996)

            Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

            Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

            • louisiana
            • african american
            • education
            • marching band
            • music

            Paul "Tank" Younger

            Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play professional...

            Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play...

            • louisiana
            • african american
            • sports
            • football
            • hbcu

            Battle of Calcasieu Pass

            Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

            Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

            • louisiana
            • civil war
            • cameron parish
            • calcasieu

            Ellwood-Craig House (Pompeiian Villa)

            Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic...

            Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a...

            • texas
            • landmark
            • historic home

            Sparks Settlement Cemetery

            John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...

            John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...

            • texas
            • cemetery

            In Memory Arthur Stilwell Smith

            In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948

            In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948

            • texas
            • cemetery

            John Delafose

            John Delafose    (1939-1994)   Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion.  He is best known for playing accordion...

            John Delafose    (1939-1994)   Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion.  He is best known for playing...

            • louisiana
            • music
            • zydeco
            • opelousas

            Amédé Ardoin (1898-1942)

            Amédé  Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...

            Amédé  Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...

            • louisiana
            • zydeco
            • music
            • cajun
            • opelousas

            George Henry Hall 'The Pit-Boy Peer' 1881-1965

            English   1st Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley From Penrikyber Colliery to the House of Lords. Welsh     Yr Is-iarll Hall Cwm Cynon cyntaf O Bwll Glo Penrikyber i Dŷ'r Arglwyddi.

            English   1st Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley From Penrikyber Colliery to the House of Lords. Welsh   Yr Is-iarll Hall Cwm Cynon cyntaf O Bwll Glo Penrikyber i Dŷ'r Arglwyddi.

            • wales
            • government
            • viscount

            The Hartford Times

            The Hartford TimesFounded a weekly newspaper January 1, 1817, by Frederick Dunton Bolles and John Milton Niles. A champion of the party of the Constitution and reform in the state of Connecticut....

            The Hartford TimesFounded a weekly newspaper January 1, 1817, by Frederick Dunton Bolles and John Milton Niles. A champion of the party of the Constitution and reform in the state of Connecticut....

            • hartford
            • newspaper
            • connecticut
            • uconn

            Lady Stair's Close

            Settle in, folks, because we're about to talk about a plaque. #AlwaysReadThePlaque pic.twitter.com/fDDch5Gfp4— The ZAnon Conspiracy (@zxqwd) April 3, 2019

            Settle in, folks, because we're about to talk about a plaque. #AlwaysReadThePlaque pic.twitter.com/fDDch5Gfp4— The ZAnon Conspiracy (@zxqwd) April 3, 2019