Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse / Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse
Here the Petite Pointe Au Sable (little point of sand) juts into Lake Michigan. Increased shipping on the lake started after the Civil War, largely due to the expanding lumber...
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Beaumont Memorial / American Fur Company Store
On June 6, 1822, Alexis St. Martin (1804-1880), a French Canadian, was accidentally shot in the stomach at this American Fur Company retail store. Dr. William Beaumont, M.D. (1786-1853),...
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The Buick Open
One year after Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club opened in 1957, Waldo McNaught used his unique position as club president and public relations director of the Buick Motor Division of...
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Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal
This canal, conceived at the peak of the era of canal-building, was part of Michigan’s internal improvements program which was announced in 1837. The Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal would make it...
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Furniture Industry
The first cabinet maker in Grand Rapids was William Haldane, who in 1837 set up a shop in his home at the corner of Pearl and Ottawa Streets. During the ensuing decades Grand Rapids...
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Village of Cash
Named after early settler Edward Cash, the village of Cash was founded in 1851. In 1868, seven Cash residents voted to found Watertown Township to govern and serve the quickly growing area....
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Hartland Burying Ground / Hartland Burying Ground
The first burial in this cemetery occurred in 1840 upon the death of Thomas Hall, a Hartland Township pioneer. Chauncey L. and Robert C. Crouse, who platted the village of Hartland in...
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Samuel White Homestead / Colonel Samuel White
This Greek Revival farmhouse, built by Samuel White, shows the influence of the people from Upstate New York who first settled this area. The deed to the property was signed by John Quincy Adams....
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Telluride Hospital
Submitted by @JimStLeger
Paden-Powell Girl Guides
CITY OF HAWTHORN 434 Burwood Road The first meeting of an Australian Company of Paden- Powell Girl Guides held here 1911 Submitted by @wadekelly
Berkeley Fire Department Division of Training and Emergency Operations Center
Robert Louis Stevenson
TO REMEMBER ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON TO BE HONEST TO BE KIND TO EARN A LIT-TLE TO SPEND A LIT-TLE LESS TO MAKE UPON THE WHOLE A FAMILY HAPPIER FOR HIS PRESENCE- TO RE-NOUNCE WHEN THAT SHALL...
In Honor of our Airport Neighbors
Lee Terminal Building
Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & CO. (Sherman’s Bank)
Site of the Bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. (Sherman's Bank) William Tecumseh Sherman established the branch bank of Lucas, Turner & Co. in San Francisco in 1853. He settled the firm in their own...
Standiford Field
Combahee River Raid
Combahee River Raid On June 1-2, 1863, a Federal Force consisting of elements of the 2nd S.C. Volunteer Infantry (an African- American unit) and the 3rd Rhode Island Artillery conducted a raid...
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Florence Schwimley Little Theater
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1992 FLORENCE SCHWIMLEY LITTLE THEATER, 1948 BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY THEATER, 1939-1950 Henry H. Gutterson and William Corlett, Sr.,...
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National Pony Express Centennial Assn
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Pony Express Centennial
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