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The Poppe-Parmelee Building

    Grinstead Amphitheatre

      Grand Hotel

      Opened on July 10, 1887, the Grand Hotel was built by the Grand Rapids and Indiana and the Michigan Central Railroads and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company through the efforts of...

      Opened on July 10, 1887, the Grand Hotel was built by the Grand Rapids and Indiana and the Michigan Central Railroads and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company through the efforts of...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Old Maple Grove

      Est. 1854 on earlier burial ground site. Buried here are men and woman who helped found and develop the Town of Hoosick.Erected 2018 by William C. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 449.)Submitted...

      Est. 1854 on earlier burial ground site. Buried here are men and woman who helped found and develop the Town of Hoosick.Erected 2018 by William C. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 449.)Submitted...

        Redoubt 10, Siege of Yorktown

        ON THIS LINE AT THE  SIEGE OF YORKTOWN  ON OCTOBER 14, 1781, AT NIGHT  THE BATTALIONS OF  GIMAT, HAMILTON AND LAURENS OF THE LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF MAJOR-GENERAL  MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE  UNDER...

        ON THIS LINE AT THE  SIEGE OF YORKTOWN  ON OCTOBER 14, 1781, AT NIGHT  THE BATTALIONS OF  GIMAT, HAMILTON AND LAURENS OF THE LIGHT INFANTRY DIVISION OF MAJOR-GENERAL  MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE  UNDER...

          Excel School

          Excel S.D. No. 894of the N.W.T.Inc. Sept. 1903School Built 1904Closed June 1965Dedication July 2, 1988Submitted by: Jody Herperger

          Excel S.D. No. 894of the N.W.T.Inc. Sept. 1903School Built 1904Closed June 1965Dedication July 2, 1988Submitted by: Jody Herperger

          • excel
          • school
          • stockholm

          Little Jimmy Dickens

          LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS 1920-2015 Little Jimmy Dickens first debuted on the Ryman stage in 1948 and went on to become one of the longest tenured and most beloved members of the Grand Ole Opry. His...

          LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS 1920-2015 Little Jimmy Dickens first debuted on the Ryman stage in 1948 and went on to become one of the longest tenured and most beloved members of the Grand Ole Opry. His...

          • ryman auditorium
          • nashville
          • country music
          • statue
          • grand ole opry

          Music Row

          MUSIC ROW The heart of Nashville's music busi- ness, Music Row began in 1955, when Owen Bradley opened the Quonset Hut, the first recording studio here. In 1957, Chet Atkins opened RCA's studio at...

          MUSIC ROW The heart of Nashville's music busi- ness, Music Row began in 1955, when Owen Bradley opened the Quonset Hut, the first recording studio here. In 1957, Chet Atkins opened RCA's studio...

          • nashville
          • country music

          Irwin Cemetery- Kebler Pass

          THE BRIGHT PROMISE OFRUBY SILVER DREW 5,000PEOPLE TO THIS AREA IN 1879, FROM AS FAR ASENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.IRWIN BECAME A GHOSTTOWN WHEN SILVER WASDEMONITIZED IN 1884.THIS CEMETERY WASKNOWN AS...

          THE BRIGHT PROMISE OFRUBY SILVER DREW 5,000PEOPLE TO THIS AREA IN 1879, FROM AS FAR ASENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.IRWIN BECAME A GHOSTTOWN WHEN SILVER WASDEMONITIZED IN 1884.THIS CEMETERY WASKNOWN...

          • colorado
          • cemeteries
          • graves
          • miners

          Mary Rippon Theater

          This Theatre was Dedicated onJune 13, 1936, to honorMary Rippon (1850-1935)-First Woman Professor--Chair of the German Department--Friend and Mentor to Many-Rededicated June 13, 2003 Submitted by...

          This Theatre was Dedicated onJune 13, 1936, to honorMary Rippon (1850-1935)-First Woman Professor --Chair of the German Department--Friend and Mentor to Many-Rededicated June 13, 2003 Submitted by...

          • cu
          • university o...
          • shakespeare festival

          The Founding of Nashville

          James RobertsonJohn DonelsonTHE FOUNDING OF NASHVILLE Submitted by John Bradley JEB   

          James RobertsonJohn DonelsonTHE FOUNDING OF NASHVILLE Submitted by John Bradley JEB 

            JACQUES TIMOTHE BOUCHER DE MONTBRUN

            JACQUES TIMOTHE BOUCHER DE MONTBRUN(TIMOTHY DEMONBREUN)1747-1826FRENCH CANADIAN FUR TRADER AND EXPLOREROFFICIER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE ILLINOIS TERRITORYHONORED AS...

            JACQUES TIMOTHE BOUCHER DE MONTBRUN(TIMOTHY DEMONBREUN)1747-1826FRENCH CANADIAN FUR TRADER AND EXPLOREROFFICIER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONLIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE ILLINOIS TERRITORYHONORED AS...

            • statue
            • nashville

            Pioneer Store

            PIONEER STORE  BENJAMIN SHREVE, THE SETTLEMENT'S  EARLIEST KNOWN SCHOOLTEACHER,ENTERED  THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE BUSINESS IN  1855. CREDITED WITH NAMING THE TOWN,  HE WAS APPOINTED FIRST POSTMASTER...

            PIONEER STORE  BENJAMIN SHREVE, THE SETTLEMENT'S  EARLIEST KNOWN SCHOOLTEACHER,ENTERED  THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE BUSINESS IN  1855. CREDITED WITH NAMING THE TOWN,  HE WAS APPOINTED FIRST POSTMASTER...

            • dwellinng house
            • shreve

            Laura Ciapponi

              Ponte Vecchio

                Foro Della Pace

                  Courtview, Rogers Hall 1855

                  Submitted by @shawnbrackett

                  Submitted by @shawnbrackett

                  • memory palace
                  • episode 73
                  • forrest

                  East Stonehouse Town Hall

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

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

                    T. R. Young

                    IN HONOR OF  T. R. YOUNG  DEPARTMENT COMMANDER  GRAND ARMY OF  THE REPUBLIC  CALIF. AND NEVADA MAY 1, 1939

                    IN HONOR OF  T. R. YOUNG  DEPARTMENT COMMANDER  GRAND ARMY OF  THE REPUBLIC  CALIF. AND NEVADA MAY 1, 1939

                      Ferguson Arthur Jenkins

                      Submitted by @BoomerHarding

                      Submitted by @BoomerHarding