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War Dog Memorial

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Eugene Field

IN DEDICATION TO EUGENE FIELD 1850-1895 THE CHILDREN'S POET "WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD" "THE DUEL" "LITTLE BOY BLUE" "WITH BIG TIN TRUMPET AND LITTLE RED DRUM MARCHING LIKE SOLDIERS. THE CHILDREN...

IN DEDICATION TO EUGENE FIELD 1850-1895 THE CHILDREN'S POET "WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND NOD" "THE DUEL" "LITTLE BOY BLUE" "WITH BIG TIN TRUMPET AND LITTLE RED DRUM MARCHING LIKE SOLDIERS. THE CHILDREN...

    Eureka Slope

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    FROM 1860 TO 1906, THIS WAS THE LARGEST COAL MINING DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA. FIVE TOWNS (NORTONVILLE, SOMERSVILLE, STEWARTSVILLE, JUDSONVILLE, AND WEST HARTLEY) GREW UP AROUND TWELVE MAJOR MINES....

    FROM 1860 TO 1906, THIS WAS THE LARGEST COAL MINING DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA. FIVE TOWNS (NORTONVILLE, SOMERSVILLE, STEWARTSVILLE, JUDSONVILLE, AND WEST HARTLEY) GREW UP AROUND TWELVE MAJOR MINES....

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    "Compy Copmomizzo" Municipal Fishing Pier

    U.E. "COMPY" COMPOMIZZO MUNICIPAL FISHING PIER "GET HOOKED ON FISHİNG.NOT DRUGS" DEDICATED THIS 4th DAY OF JULY, 2000    

    U.E. "COMPY" COMPOMIZZO MUNICIPAL FISHING PIER "GET HOOKED ON FISHİNG.NOT DRUGS" DEDICATED THIS 4th DAY OF JULY, 2000  

      Jerome Waldie Plaza

      JEROME WALDIE PLAZA IN APPRECIATION TO A NATIVE SON OF ANTIOCH FOR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND U.S. CONGRESSOCTOBER 1988

      JEROME WALDIE PLAZA IN APPRECIATION TO A NATIVE SON OF ANTIOCH FOR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND U.S. CONGRESSOCTOBER 1988

        All Wars Memorial

        DEDICATED TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  ALL WARS MEMORIAL  BY THE GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 11 NOVEMBER 1999 "LET WE FORGET"

        DEDICATED TO THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  ALL WARS MEMORIAL  BY THE GOLDEN GATE CHAPTER VETERANS OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 11 NOVEMBER 1999 "LET WE FORGET"

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        Brentwood Gateway

          Livermore Masonic Building

          MASONIC BUILDING BUILT 1909 MOSAIC LODGE 218 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE SITE DEDICATED JULY 1996   Submitted by @jqmcd

          MASONIC BUILDING BUILT 1909 MOSAIC LODGE 218 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE SITE DEDICATED JULY 1996   Submitted by @jqmcd

            Lord Forrest Memorial

            Attached to the statue of early premier for Western Australia, John Forrest, the plaque details that the received title is incorrect thanks to a bureaucratic stuff up

            Attached to the statue of early premier for Western Australia, John Forrest, the plaque details that the received title is incorrect thanks to a bureaucratic stuff up

              Bilger Quarry

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              Cambridge Apartments

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              Berkeley Cal Recreational Sports Facility

              Submitted by Miriam Allen

              Submitted by Miriam Allen

                The Winchell Trail

                THE WINCHELL TRAIL  MARKED BY THIS BOULDER BROUGHT FROM THE MESABI IRON RANGE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE EMINENT GEOLOGIST NEWTON HORACE WINCHELL WHOSE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ALONG THIS RIVER PROVIDED...

                THE WINCHELL TRAIL  MARKED BY THIS BOULDER BROUGHT FROM THE MESABI IRON RANGE WAS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE EMINENT GEOLOGIST NEWTON HORACE WINCHELL WHOSE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ALONG THIS RIVER PROVIDED...

                  Davenport Mini Park

                  DAVENPORT MINI PARK  HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF LAURA AND WILLIAM DAVENPORT  1989  CITY OF EMERYVILLE  HONORABLE MAYOR KEN BUKOWSKI VICE MAYOR GREG HARPER COUNCIL...

                  DAVENPORT MINI PARK  HONORING THE OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP AND DEDICATION OF LAURA AND WILLIAM DAVENPORT  1989  CITY OF EMERYVILLE  HONORABLE MAYOR KEN BUKOWSKI VICE MAYOR GREG HARPER COUNCIL...

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                  Rumford's Pharmacy

                  BERKELEY HISTORY RUMFORD's PHARMACY In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron Rumford (1908-1986) served as the first black professional at Oakland's Highland Hospital....

                  BERKELEY HISTORY RUMFORD's PHARMACY In the 1930s pharmacist and civil rights activist Dr. William Byron Rumford (1908-1986) served as the first black professional at Oakland's Highland...

                    Trevarno Road

                    TREVARNO ROAD BUILT 1913  CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE DISTRICT  FUSE WORKS, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT HOUSING FOR COAST MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY FROM 1913 TO 1968 ...

                    TREVARNO ROAD BUILT 1913  CITY OF LIVERMORE HISTORIC PRESERVATION HERITAGE DISTRICT  FUSE WORKS, OFFICE, AND MANAGEMENT HOUSING FOR COAST MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY COMPANY FROM 1913 TO 1968 ...

                      Kalamazoo School Case

                      Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of the...

                      Near here, in 1858, Kalamazoo’s first high school was opened. Fifteen years later the right of the school board to levy taxes to support a high school was challenged. A unanimous decision of...

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                      Village of Romeo

                      Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out the...

                      Originally known as Indian Village, Romeo was platted in 1830 on the former winter campgrounds of a band of Chippewa Indians. Nathaniel Taylor, Ashael Bailey and a Major Larned laid out...

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                      James A. Bailey

                      Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising and...

                      Circus entrepreneur James A. McGinnis was born near this site on July 4, 1847. At fourteen he joined a circus and adopted the name “Bailey.” Developing a striking talent for advertising...

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