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Brooklyn Celebrity Path - William M. Gaines

Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Celebrity Path, Brooklyn Botanic Garden

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • brooklyn bot...
  • celebrity path
  • william m. gaines

Paddling Jamaica Bay

Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

Gateway National Recreation Area is the primary steward of Jamaica Bay, home to a complex of wetlands and uplands that support a large diversity of both native and migratory fish, birds and other...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • canarsie
  • jamaica bay
  • kayaking
  • canoeing

Lee Shelley

Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these sites...

Dedicated to the Memory of Lee Shelley, President of Friends of Penn & Fountain Parks, Inc. His unbelievable vision for these parks will endure forever. And whose vision to transform these...

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • canarsie
  • jamaica bay
  • shirley chis...
  • lee shirley

Edward Drinker Cope

EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers describing...

EDWARD DRINKER COPE (1840-1897) Internationally renowned vertebrate paleontolo- gist and zoologist. Cope lived and worked here in his later years. He wrote many scientific papers...

    Norwalk, Conneticut

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    [location approximate]

      JFK Remarks at Amherst College

        Twelve Oaks

        Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant claim...

        Built ca. 1896 by Henry Gautier (1848-1921) for his second wife, Laura Canty. Henry Gautier was the eldest son of Fernando Gautier. The house is located in the Helen Moro Spanish land grant...

        • mississippi
        • settlers

        Jennie Orrell House

        Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was moved...

        Built ca. 1907 of long leaf yellow pine by Eugenie Orrell (1850-1932), daughter of Alfred and Ann Lewis, owners of Oldfields Plantation. The old Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot was...

        • mississippi
        • rail depot
        • private home

        St. Peter Missionary Baptist Church

        Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African American...

        Organized in 1819 by Dudley Brooks, a freed slave, this congregation was originally known as First Free Mission Baptist Church and is among the state's oldest continuous African...

        • mississippi
        • church

        Carter~Calloway House

        Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

        Built in 1906-07 by African American William Louis Carter, this vernacular Queen Anne style house features an unusual exterior shape. It is popularly known as the "Steamboat House” because its...

        • mississippi
        • steamboat house
        • architecture
        • national reg...
        • nrhp

        The Stapp Sisters

        Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins due...

        Emilie and Marie Stapp were natives of Iowa, where Emilie (1876-1962) began writing children's books and Marie (1880-1960) worked for a newspaper. After living in Boston, they moved to Wiggins...

        • mississippi
        • writer
        • dolls
        • letters

        H.O.M.E. Consolidated School

        In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to the...

        In 1912, four rural schools, located in the Hope, Odom, Marion, and Ena communities, were consolidated to form the H.O.M.E. school. The next year, 173 students in ten grades relocated to...

        • mississippi
        • school

        Concord Fight

          Projects Dribble and Miracle Play

          United States Department of Defense Advance Research Projects AgencyThe Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission were conducted below this spot at a depth of 2700 and 2715 feet in...

          United States Department of Defense Advance Research Projects AgencyThe Department of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission were conducted below this spot at a depth of 2700 and 2715 feet in...

          • mississippi
          • nuclear test
          • cold war
          • science

          Hart Station

          Erected by his friends and the Escambia County Bar Association in memory of James Edward Hart, Jr. (1942 – 1992), who contributed much to his community, his church and his profession. He loved...

          Erected by his friends and the Escambia County Bar Association in memory of James Edward Hart, Jr. (1942 – 1992), who contributed much to his community, his church and his profession. He...

          • alabama
          • trains
          • rail
          • escambia county

          Charles Dickens in Toronto

          May 4-6, 1842 - Charles Dickens visited TO, staying at the North American Hotel, 33 Yonge St. While "full of life and motion, bustle, business and improvement", he noted "The wild and rabid...

          May 4-6, 1842 - Charles Dickens visited TO, staying at the North American Hotel, 33 Yonge St. While "full of life and motion, bustle, business and improvement", he noted "The wild and...

            Napoleon

            The town of Napoleon was first settled here in 1767 as a 640-acre British land grant to John Claudius Favre. In 1861 it was sold to Simon Favre, who built his home and businesses here. Residents...

            The town of Napoleon was first settled here in 1767 as a 640-acre British land grant to John Claudius Favre. In 1861 it was sold to Simon Favre, who built his home and businesses here. Residents...

            • mississippi
            • early settlement
            • space

            Protected Tract of Cook Forest

            THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN 1951 BY FRIENDS IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR E. BRAUN WHO PURCHASED THIS TRACT OF 268 ACRES AND 92 RODS TO PREVENT ITS IMMINENT DESTRUCTION BY LUMBERING, AND...

            THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED IN 1951 BY FRIENDS IN HONOR OF MR. AND MRS. ARTHUR E. BRAUN WHO PURCHASED THIS TRACT OF 268 ACRES AND 92 RODS TO PREVENT ITS IMMINENT DESTRUCTION BY LUMBERING,...

              Ken Hunter

              In loving memory of Ken Hunter He embodied the best of our community: Kind, Caring and Always Willing to go the Extra Mile for Kids Rest in Peace Good Friend You will always be in our hearts

              In loving memory of Ken Hunter He embodied the best of our community: Kind, Caring and Always Willing to go the Extra Mile for Kids Rest in Peace Good Friend You will always be in our hearts

                DAMBUSTERS - 1943

                Submitted by Rob Sweeney

                Submitted by Rob Sweeney