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William Golding

SALISBURY CIVIC SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962 Bishop Wordsworth's CE School   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

SALISBURY CIVIC SOCIETY WILLIAM GOLDING Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner was a schoolmaster here 1945-1962 Bishop Wordsworth's CE School   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

    Marquette Iron Range

    The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party discovered...

    The first of the immensely rich Lake Superior iron ore deposits to be discovered and mined were those of the Marquette Iron Range. In 1844 William A. Burt and his surveying party...

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    Scandinavian Lutheran Society / Norwalk Lutheran Church

    In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to...

    In 1864 Norwegian and Swedish immigrants created the Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran Society of Brown Town. The congregation alternated the language of services between Norwegian and Swedish to...

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    Indignation plaque

    THIS PILLAR OF STONE QUARRIED FROM STAWELL WAS PLACED HERE ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE HON. JOHN WOODS, M.P. (BORN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND NOVEMBER 5TH 1822, DIED BRIGHTON VICTORIA APRIL 2ND 1892; ENGINEER...

    THIS PILLAR OF STONE QUARRIED FROM STAWELL WAS PLACED HERE ON THE INSISTENCE OF THE HON. JOHN WOODS, M.P. (BORN LIVERPOOL ENGLAND NOVEMBER 5TH 1822, DIED BRIGHTON VICTORIA APRIL 2ND 1892; ENGINEER...

      Onekama Springs / Glen Park

      In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling...

      In 1880 A. W. Farr, a lumberman, mill operator and later State Senator, purchased land that included Onekama Springs. Contemporary newspapers hailed “rare medicinal powers” in the water “bubbling...

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      Mary Delany

      From 1785 to 1788 MRS MARY DELANY (1700-1788) Artist and friend of Royalty lived here in a house provided by KING GEORGE III A frequent visitor was the novelist and diarist FANNY BURNEY...

      From 1785 to 1788 MRS MARY DELANY (1700-1788) Artist and friend of Royalty lived here in a house provided by KING GEORGE III A frequent visitor was the novelist and diarist FANNY BURNEY...

        Sleepwalk With Me

        IN THIS ROOMON JANUARY 26, 2005 COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA  SLEEPWALKED OUT THE WINDOW.THAT STORY BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BOOK AND FEATURE FILM SLEEPWALK WITH ME.  SERIOUSLY. GOOGLE IT.   Submitted...

        IN THIS ROOMON JANUARY 26, 2005 COMEDIAN MIKE BIRBIGLIA  SLEEPWALKED OUT THE WINDOW.THAT STORY BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE BOOK AND FEATURE FILM SLEEPWALK WITH ME.  SERIOUSLY. GOOGLE IT.   Submitted...

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        In Memory of Henry W Ingwersen

          Oscar Wilde on San Francisco

            Science, Biology, Geology, Native Peoples, Heritage Square

            Submitted by @JimStLeger

            Submitted by @JimStLeger

              Damian Rios

                Alleyways in Chinatown

                  Quality Row

                  Cambridge Historical Commission Quality Row These substantial houses on Third Street were built for wealthy owners giving the street its popular name 1860

                  Cambridge Historical Commission Quality Row These substantial houses on Third Street were built for wealthy owners giving the street its popular name 1860

                    Oldest Church in East Cambridge

                    Cambridge Historical Commission Oldest Church in East Cambridge Erected by the Third Congregational Society early Minister James D. Green elected first Mayor of Cambridge, 1846, became Holy Cross...

                    Cambridge Historical Commission Oldest Church in East Cambridge Erected by the Third Congregational Society early Minister James D. Green elected first Mayor of Cambridge, 1846, became Holy...

                      Frank Lloyd Wright

                      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                        "Gypsy" Joe Hanxtik

                          Charles (Chuck) Presley Eschbach

                            St. Ignatius Of Loyola Church And Cemetery /

                            By the 1740s, French Catholic missionaries had come to this area, known to the Odawa as Waganakising, to minister to local tribes. Later, missionary work was taken up by others, including Bishop...

                            By the 1740s, French Catholic missionaries had come to this area, known to the Odawa as Waganakising, to minister to local tribes. Later, missionary work was taken up by others, including Bishop...

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                            Bench marking Oglethorpe's tent

                            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

                            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

                              Fairbank

                              Submitted by @JoshColle and @JJScottishGirl

                              Submitted by @JoshColle and @JJScottishGirl

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