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
Bilger Quarry
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Cambridge Apartments
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Berkeley Cal Recreational Sports Facility
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...
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...
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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...
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 ...
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...
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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...
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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...
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Crapo Park
Henry Howland Crapo (1804-1869)—wealthy lumberman, Republican, state senator (1863-1864) and governor of Michigan (1865-1868)—owned prosperous lumberyards in Holly, Fenton, and Flint. Lumber and...
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Elder John Leland
ELDER JOHN LELAND ELOQUENT PREACHER, BELOVED PASTORINFLUENTIAL PATRIOT FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY WITH JAMES MADISON CARRIED VIRGINIA IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES...
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Train Depot
Fairmount Avenue Streetscape
Fairmount Avenue Streetscape Project Completed 2005 Funding provided by: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Transportation Fund for Clean Air Metropolitan Transportation Commission TLC...
Joyce Bjorgum
JOYCE BJORGUM A living reminder ofyour 32 years of dedication to Washington School Thank you The Washington Staff June 1998
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Chief Clarence Lobo
Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad / Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad
The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833,...
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Birthplace of Wilbur Wright
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
Fort Ponchartrain
The first permanent French settlement in the Detroit region was built on this site in 1701. The location was recommended by Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who wished to move the fur trade...
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