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Water Route to Indian Territory

This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...

This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...

  • missouri
  • trail of tears
  • native american

COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA.

THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR AMIENS...

THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR...

    N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

    Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

    Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

    • ncmarkers
    • north carolina

    Davies Manor

    Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...

    Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    George Louis Crocket

    George Louis Crocket (1861-1936) was born in San Augustine, Texas, the youngest of five children. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, an Episcopalian liberal arts...

    George Louis Crocket (1861-1936) was born in San Augustine, Texas, the youngest of five children. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, an Episcopalian liberal...

    • texas
    • san augustine
    • art
    • writer

    Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church

    Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected in the Republic of Texas. Corner stone laid, January 7, 1838 with the usages of the Masonic Order. The Reverend Littelton Fowler and General...

    Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected in the Republic of Texas. Corner stone laid, January 7, 1838 with the usages of the Masonic Order. The Reverend Littelton Fowler and General...

    • texas
    • church
    • religion

    Quarry Operations

     The rock face before you is not the natural bluff face. In 1905, the Union Sand and Material Company of St. Louis operated a lime plant here. Three quarries exist within the park; you are...

     The rock face before you is not the natural bluff face. In 1905, the Union Sand and Material Company of St. Louis operated a lime plant here. Three quarries exist within the park; you are...

    • missouri
    • state park
    • industry
    • fossils

    California Mistakenly Claimed

      Chambers Chapel Cemetery

      Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of member...

      Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Sylvia

      Sylvia Age: Over 600 years Circumference: 26.3 feet Biggest tree in King County Toppled January 20, 1993 Submitted by @oranv

      Sylvia Age: Over 600 years Circumference: 26.3 feet Biggest tree in King County Toppled January 20, 1993 Submitted by @oranv

        Lorenzo L. Langstroth

        LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

        LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

          Perth Point Zero

          THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev

          THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev

            Harbor Oaks Historic District

              Kensington Hilltop School

                Guns Into Plowshares

                This GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES Monument Was Erected in 1994 Over the Grave of 21 Guns as Part of Memorial Services for Victims of Guns and Other Violence. Let Us Forever Reject Hate And Violence

                This GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES Monument Was Erected in 1994 Over the Grave of 21 Guns as Part of Memorial Services for Victims of Guns and Other Violence. Let Us Forever Reject Hate And Violence

                  The Fin Project

                  Submitted by @Adi_O_S

                  Submitted by @Adi_O_S

                  • nuclear submarines
                  • subs
                  • plowshares
                  • pruning hooks

                  Lake Pepin

                  LAKE PEPIN This beautiful lake is twenty- two miles long, varies in width from one to two and a half miles, and covers about thirty- eight square miles. It was caused by the delta of the Chippewa...

                  LAKE PEPIN This beautiful lake is twenty- two miles long, varies in width from one to two and a half miles, and covers about thirty- eight square miles. It was caused by the delta of the...

                    SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two

                    "SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two" Submitted by friscolex

                    "SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two" Submitted by friscolex

                      Leslie N. Simonsen Memorial Activities Field

                      LESLIE N. SIMONSEN MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES FIELD

                      LESLIE N. SIMONSEN MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES FIELD

                        BRYANT'S GROCERY

                        MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL BRYANT'S GROCERY Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy In August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting with...

                        MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL BRYANT'S GROCERY Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy In August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting...