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Athina B

THE ATHINA B WAS BEACHED IN A STORM AT THIS POINT ON THE NIGHT OF 21ST JANUARY 1980. HER CREW WERE SUCCESSFULLY TAKEN OF WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE THANKS TO THE BRAVERY OF THE MEN OF THE SHOREHAM...

THE ATHINA B WAS BEACHED IN A STORM AT THIS POINT ON THE NIGHT OF 21ST JANUARY 1980. HER CREW WERE SUCCESSFULLY TAKEN OF WITHOUT LOSS OF LIFE THANKS TO THE BRAVERY OF THE MEN OF THE...

  • boat
  • ship
  • brighton
  • shipwreck
  • anchor

Richard Russell

ON THIS SITE STOOD RUSSELL HOUSE WHERE LIVED FROM 1759 RICHARD RUSSELL, MD, FRS. IF YOU SEEK HIS MONUMENT LOOK AROUND. Richard Russell (26 November 1687 – 1759) was an...

ON THIS SITE STOOD RUSSELL HOUSE WHERE LIVED FROM 1759 RICHARD RUSSELL, MD, FRS. IF YOU SEEK HIS MONUMENT LOOK AROUND. Richard Russell (26 November 1687 – 1759) was an...

  • brighton

Russwood Park

Originally Red Elm Park, Russwood Park was home to Memphis professional baseball from 1899 to 1960. Primarily home to the Memphis Chicks, a charter member of the Southern Association, Russwood...

Originally Red Elm Park, Russwood Park was home to Memphis professional baseball from 1899 to 1960. Primarily home to the Memphis Chicks, a charter member of the Southern Association,...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

The Mindoro Cut

THE MINDORO CUT  This cut, located at the highest  point on state highway 108 between Mindoro and West Salem, is 74 feet deep and 25 feet wide. It was hand-hewn out of hard rock in 1907-08....

THE MINDORO CUT  This cut, located at the highest  point on state highway 108 between Mindoro and West Salem, is 74 feet deep and 25 feet wide. It was hand-hewn out of hard rock in...

  • mindoro cut
  • hand-hewn
  • second largest
  • west salem
  • wisconsin

Oz Webb

DEDICATED IN MEMORY AND HONOR OF OSWALD "OZ" WEBB VETERANS' REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND CULTURAL SERVICES COMMISSION 1988 - 1995 HIS VISION AND CHEERFUL GOOD NATURE LIGHTED THE WAY...

DEDICATED IN MEMORY AND HONOR OF OSWALD "OZ" WEBB VETERANS' REPRESENTATIVE TO THE PARKS, OPEN SPACE AND CULTURAL SERVICES COMMISSION 1988 - 1995 HIS VISION AND CHEERFUL GOOD NATURE LIGHTED THE WAY...

  • marin
  • open space
  • cheerful good nature
  • improve this bridge

House of James Monroe

BUILT IN 1802 THIS HOUSE WAS THE HOME OF JAMES MONROE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OF WAR UNDER MADISON, AND FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF...

BUILT IN 1802 THIS HOUSE WAS THE HOME OF JAMES MONROE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OF WAR UNDER MADISON, AND FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS...

  • washington dc
  • president
  • home
  • monroe

John Weber Brinley

JOHN WEBER BRINLEY 1919-2002  HIS ENDURING GENEROSITY, BOUNDLESS FRIENDSHIPS, AND BUSINESS INTEGRITY SUSTAIN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY IN DAVIS. HIS BIRTHPLACE. Submitted by Sheila Paske

JOHN WEBER BRINLEY 1919-2002  HIS ENDURING GENEROSITY, BOUNDLESS FRIENDSHIPS, AND BUSINESS INTEGRITY SUSTAIN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY IN DAVIS. HIS BIRTHPLACE. Submitted by Sheila Paske

  • davis
  • california
  • community

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

DEXTER AVENUE KING MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH  Organized 1877 The second black Baptist Church in Montgomery. First pastor was Rev. C. O. Boothe. Present structure built 1885. Designed by Pelham J....

DEXTER AVENUE KING MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH  Organized 1877 The second black Baptist Church in Montgomery. First pastor was Rev. C. O. Boothe. Present structure built 1885. Designed by Pelham J....

  • martin luthe...
  • bus boycott
  • dexter
  • montgomery
  • alabama

Juana Briones y Tapia de Miranda 1802-1889 North Beach Pioneer

JUANA BRIONES, BORN IN HISPANIC CALIFORNIA, WAS A PREEMINENT WOMAN OF HER TIME. IN THE 1830S AND 1840S SHE TRANSFORMED AN ISOLATED COVE IN THE THEN MEXICAN HAMLET OF YERBA BUENA INTO HER RANCHO....

JUANA BRIONES, BORN IN HISPANIC CALIFORNIA, WAS A PREEMINENT WOMAN OF HER TIME. IN THE 1830S AND 1840S SHE TRANSFORMED AN ISOLATED COVE IN THE THEN MEXICAN HAMLET OF YERBA BUENA INTO HER RANCHO....

  • san francisco
  • yerba buena
  • rancho
  • humanitarian
  • businesswoman

Bridge Centennial

THIS REPLICA OF A PIER FROM FIRST RAILROAD BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS LOCATED NEAR SITE OF ORIGINAL.  DEDICATED APRIL 21, 1956 COMMEMORATING CENTENNIAL OF FIRST RAILROAD ENGINE TO CROSS...

THIS REPLICA OF A PIER FROM FIRST RAILROAD BRIDGE ACROSS MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS LOCATED NEAR SITE OF ORIGINAL.  DEDICATED APRIL 21, 1956 COMMEMORATING CENTENNIAL OF FIRST RAILROAD ENGINE TO CROSS...

    First Bridge Across the Mississippi

    THIS BOULDER MARKS THE SITE OF THE WESTERN ABUTMENT OF THE FIRST BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BUILT IN 1853-1855   ERECTED BY HANNAH GALDWELL CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION...

    THIS BOULDER MARKS THE SITE OF THE WESTERN ABUTMENT OF THE FIRST BRIDGE ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BUILT IN 1853-1855   ERECTED BY HANNAH GALDWELL CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION...

      Chippiannock Cemetery

      Chippiannock Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1994 for significance in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Art.  Designed by noted Landscape Engineer...

      Chippiannock Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1994 for significance in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Art.  Designed by noted Landscape Engineer...

        Boatyard Archaeology

        Boatyard Archaeology   This spot marks the location of the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works storage sheds used for pipe, paint and rivets.   An open shed for hot iron rolls was next door.  Originally...

        Boatyard Archaeology   This spot marks the location of the Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works storage sheds used for pipe, paint and rivets.   An open shed for hot iron rolls was next door.  Originally...

          USS Michigan

          U.S.S. Michigan   An 1818 Treaty allows the United States and Canada to each maintain one warship of limited armament on the Great Lakes.  For most of a century the U.S.S. MICHIGAN served as the...

          U.S.S. Michigan   An 1818 Treaty allows the United States and Canada to each maintain one warship of limited armament on the Great Lakes.  For most of a century the U.S.S. MICHIGAN served as the...

            Manistee Library

            MANISTEE CITY LIBRARY   In 1885 a group of Manistee ladies formed the Lakeside Club, whose primary goal was to create a library.  In 1902 the club joined forces with the local literacy society and...

            MANISTEE CITY LIBRARY   In 1885 a group of Manistee ladies formed the Lakeside Club, whose primary goal was to create a library.  In 1902 the club joined forces with the local literacy society and...

              Damage Repaired

              DAMAGE REPAIRED AND REDEDICATED JULY 4, 1989   THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES THE SCOTT COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY, INC.   Submitted by Bryan Arnold...

              DAMAGE REPAIRED AND REDEDICATED JULY 4, 1989   THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES THE SCOTT COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY, INC.   Submitted by Bryan Arnold...

                Field of Dreams Movie Site

                Original Field of Dreams Movie Site   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers  

                Original Field of Dreams Movie Site   Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers

                  Day's Bridge Summit

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                  • washington
                  • george washington
                  • revolutionary war
                  • 1780

                  Mt. Washington

                  THE HIGHEST WIND EVERY OBSERVED BY MAN WAS RECORDED HERE  FROM 1932 TO 1937 THE MT. WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY WAS OPERATED IN THE SUMMIT STAGE OFFICE THEN OCCUPYING THIS SITE. IN A GREAT STORM APRIL...

                  THE HIGHEST WIND EVERY OBSERVED BY MAN WAS RECORDED HERE  FROM 1932 TO 1937 THE MT. WASHINGTON OBSERVATORY WAS OPERATED IN THE SUMMIT STAGE OFFICE THEN OCCUPYING THIS SITE. IN A GREAT STORM APRIL...

                  • new hampshire
                  • white mountain
                  • windy
                  • 1934

                  First Honeybees in California

                  First Honeybees in California Here, on the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher A. Shelton in early March 1853 in-troduced the honeybee to California. In Aspinwall, Panama,...

                  First Honeybees in California Here, on the 1,939-acre Rancho Potrero de Santa Clara, Christopher A. Shelton in early March 1853 in- troduced the honeybee to California. In Aspinwall, Panama,...

                  • san jose
                  • california
                  • honeybees
                  • bongo
                  • beekeeping
                  • bees
                  • arbuckle