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David Crockett

This is one of several plaques located on the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse in downtown Jackson. DAVID CROCKETT On this site in 1831 Con-gressman Crockett, defeated for reelection told...

This is one of several plaques located on the grounds of the Madison County Courthouse in downtown Jackson. DAVID CROCKETT On this site in 1831 Con-gressman Crockett, defeated for reelection told...

  • tennessee
  • jackson
  • madison county
  • david crockett
  • you can go to hell
  • i am going to texas
  • where he died

In Memorium Richard Paul Luetmer

Gooseberry State Park, MN  [Location  approximate] Submitted by jbeacom308

Gooseberry State Park, MN  [Location  approximate] Submitted by jbeacom308

  • minnesota
  • river
  • hazards
  • swimming
  • tragedy
  • misspelling

Philadelphia Masonic Temple

MASONIC TEMPLE PHILADELPHIA  The 1873 Masonic Temple, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Grand Lodge of PA. Its lodge rooms, featuring varied architectural themes, and its stonework are...

MASONIC TEMPLE PHILADELPHIA  The 1873 Masonic Temple, a National Historic Landmark, is home to the Grand Lodge of PA. Its lodge rooms, featuring varied architectural themes, and its stonework are...

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  • philadelphia
  • masonry

Walnut Street Prison

WALNUT STREET PRISON One of the nation's first urban penal insti-tutions, it confined felons, prisoners of war, Torries, and debtors from 1775 to 1838. Ex-tending from Walnut St to Locust St, it...

WALNUT STREET PRISON One of the nation's first urban penal insti-tutions, it confined felons, prisoners of war, Torries, and debtors from 1775 to 1838. Ex-tending from Walnut St to Locust St, it...

  • walnut street
  • philadelphia
  • prison

College Building, University of Saskatchewan

COLLEGE BUILDING PROVINCIAL HERITAGE PROPERTY AS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED ON CAMPUS, THE COLLEGE BUILDING REFLECTS THE PROMINENT ROLE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WAS TO PLAY AT THE NEWLY...

COLLEGE BUILDING PROVINCIAL HERITAGE PROPERTY AS ONE OF THE FIRST BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED ON CAMPUS, THE COLLEGE BUILDING REFLECTS THE PROMINENT ROLE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION WAS TO PLAY AT THE...

  • university o...
  • agriculture
  • greystone

Gerhard Herzberg - Nobel Laureate

Gerhard Herzberg Dr. Gerhard Herzberg received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971 for "his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free...

Gerhard Herzberg Dr. Gerhard Herzberg received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971 for "his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free...

  • gerhard herzberg
  • nobel prize
  • chemistry
  • university o...

Gerhad Herzberg - Chemistry Pioneer

IN RECOGNITION OF THE AWARD THE 1971 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO GERHARD HERZBERG A PIONEER IN ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS 1935-1945 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN JUNE 3, 1986

IN RECOGNITION OF THE AWARD THE 1971 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO GERHARD HERZBERG A PIONEER IN ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS 1935-1945 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN JUNE 3, 1986

  • gerhard herzberg
  • nobel prize
  • chemistry
  • university o...

Henry Taube - Nobel Laureate

Dr. Henry Taube Dr. Henry Taube received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1983. His Nobel Citation reads "for his studies of the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions particularly of metal...

Dr. Henry Taube Dr. Henry Taube received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1983. His Nobel Citation reads "for his studies of the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions particularly of...

  • henry taube
  • university o...
  • nobel prize
  • chemistry
  • saskatoon

Henry Taube - Chemistry Pioneer

IN RECOGNITION OF THE AWARD THE 1983 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO HENRY TAUBE A PIONEER IN INORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS BORN IN NEUDORF, SASK. (1915) B.Sc. (1935)  M.Sc. (1937)  LL.D. (1973)...

IN RECOGNITION OF THE AWARD THE 1983 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY TO HENRY TAUBE A PIONEER IN INORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS BORN IN NEUDORF, SASK. (1915) B.Sc. (1935)  M.Sc. (1937)  LL.D....

  • henry taube
  • university o...
  • nobel prize
  • chemistry
  • saskatoon

Farley Mowat

FARLEY MOWAT Farley Mowat was born in Ontario in 1921. He spent the formative years of his youth in Saskatoon. He served with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment as did his father Angus Mowat....

FARLEY MOWAT Farley Mowat was born in Ontario in 1921. He spent the formative years of his youth in Saskatoon. He served with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment as did his father Angus Mowat....

  • farley mowat
  • author
  • university o...
  • university o...
  • george barth...

1500 tons of Norwegian ice

A large ICE WELL was built here in 1862 by CARLO GATTI to hold 1500 tons of Norwegian ice Submitted by benhammersley

A large ICE WELL was built here in 1862 by CARLO GATTI to hold 1500 tons of Norwegian ice Submitted by benhammersley

  • ice well
  • ice
  • noregian
  • longdon
  • england
  • 1862

Edward Lear

Edward Lear Artist lived here   [Location approximate] Submitted by benjiw

Edward Lear Artist lived here   [Location approximate] Submitted by benjiw

  • corfu town
  • greece
  • lear
  • artist

Davygate

DAVYGATE  A thoroughfare fore over 800 years and named after David, the King's Lardiner in the reign of King Stephen (1135) whose great grandfather had come over with William the Conqueror. He had...

DAVYGATE  A thoroughfare fore over 800 years and named after David, the King's Lardiner in the reign of King Stephen (1135) whose great grandfather had come over with William the Conqueror. He had...

  • york
  • england
  • lardiner
  • therefrom
  • 1138

The Vlasim Chapel

Submitted by AEWilliams2

Submitted by AEWilliams2

    Goldsmith's workshop and dwelling (Renaissance)

    Submitted by AEWilliams2

    Submitted by AEWilliams2

    • prague
    • gold
    • czech republic
    • st. vitus