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Cable Car Bell

    Hank Hansel

      Salt Potatoes

      SALT POTATOES POPULARIZED BY SALT INDUSTRY WORKERS, POTATOES BOILED IN BRINE & PAIRED WITH MELTED BUTTER SERVED IN LOCAL TAVERNS AND EATERIES AS EARLY AS 1883. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021...

      SALT POTATOES POPULARIZED BY SALT INDUSTRY WORKERS, POTATOES BOILED IN BRINE & PAIRED WITH MELTED BUTTER SERVED IN LOCAL TAVERNS AND EATERIES AS EARLY AS 1883. WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021...

      • hungry for history
      • pomeroy
      • potatoes
      • brine
      • melted butter
      • 1883

      Camp Savage

      During World War Il, some 5,000-6.000 Japanese American soldiers, members of the U. S. Army's Military Intelligence Service, were given intensive and accelerated classes in the Japanese language...

      During World War Il, some 5,000-6.000 Japanese American soldiers, members of the U. S. Army's Military Intelligence Service, were given intensive and accelerated classes in the Japanese language...

      • world war ii
      • wwii
      • japanese
      • savage
      • minnesota
      • pearl harbor
      • nisei

      Dr. Julia Brogdon Purnell

      Educator - Humanitarian - Leader  (1916-2013)     Born the eldest of three daughters to Rev. and Mrs. Richard E. Brogdon, Dr. Julia Brogdon Purnell received a B.A. from Allen University and an...

      Educator - Humanitarian - Leader  (1916-2013)     Born the eldest of three daughters to Rev. and Mrs. Richard E. Brogdon, Dr. Julia Brogdon Purnell received a B.A. from Allen University and an...

      • louisiana
      • sorority.
      • women
      • african american
      • southern university

      East Fork Baptist Church

      Constituted Saturday, September 15, 1810 in the home of James Chandler on the East Fork of the Amite River. Charter members Joseph Chandler, John Wilson, Ephraim Puckett, James Keith, John...

      Constituted Saturday, September 15, 1810 in the home of James Chandler on the East Fork of the Amite River. Charter members Joseph Chandler, John Wilson, Ephraim Puckett, James Keith,...

      • mississippi
      • church
      • religion
      • baptist
      • amite county

      Stutzman House

      Believed second oldest house in Woodville with 12-inch-thick brick walls, original floors and slate roof.Private

      Believed second oldest house in Woodville with 12-inch-thick brick walls, original floors and slate roof.Private

      • mississippi
      • woodville
      • wilkinson county
      • early settler

      Bridging The Mississippi (Un pont sur le Mississippi)

      This circle of wooden columns sat astride a major road and held the booths where drivers paid their tolls to cross the first bridge that connected Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana. It...

      This circle of wooden columns sat astride a major road and held the booths where drivers paid their tolls to cross the first bridge that connected Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana....

      • mississippi
      • mississippi river
      • natchez
      • adams county

      Stitzman Blacksmith Shop

      Built in late 1800's by Joseph Stutzman, son of blacksmith Jacob Stutzman. Believed last surviving blacksmith shop in region.

      Built in late 1800's by Joseph Stutzman, son of blacksmith Jacob Stutzman. Believed last surviving blacksmith shop in region.

      • mississippi
      • woodville
      • wilkinson county
      • blacksmith

      The European Struggle for Control (Les Européens luttent pour le contrôle)

      During the 1600s and 1700s, Spain, France and Great Britain established outposts for commerce, defense, and settlement in North America. French explorers sought to claim and control North America...

      During the 1600s and 1700s, Spain, France and Great Britain established outposts for commerce, defense, and settlement in North America. French explorers sought to claim and control North America...

      • mississippi
      • natchez
      • adams county

      The French in North America (Les Français en Amérique du Nord)

      France was the first of the three great European powers to recognize and appreciate the strategic importance of Natchez. Operating out of bases in Quebec, French explorers crossed the Great Lakes...

      France was the first of the three great European powers to recognize and appreciate the strategic importance of Natchez. Operating out of bases in Quebec, French explorers crossed the Great...

      • mississippi
      • natchez
      • adams county

      The Natchez People (Les Natchez)

      The Natchez tribe of American Indians lived in the Natchez bluffs area along the lower Mississippi River valley. Archaeological evidence shows them in the region as far back as 700 CE. A sedentary...

      The Natchez tribe of American Indians lived in the Natchez bluffs area along the lower Mississippi River valley. Archaeological evidence shows them in the region as far back as 700 CE. A...

      • mississippi
      • native americans
      • natchez
      • adams county

      Temple of Relief

      Submitted by @benjiw.

      Submitted by @benjiw.

        John Steinbeck

        The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath (1939) was a prolific writer who showed great compassion for the ordinary person caught up in political and economic circumstances beyond...

        The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Grapes of Wrath (1939) was a prolific writer who showed great compassion for the ordinary person caught up in political and economic circumstances beyond...

          Pioneer Mothers

            Norman R. Howard

              Amelia Earhart Home

              Amelia Earhart, the famed flier, lived here from 1925 until she left to make the first transatlantic flight by a woman on July 17, 1928. Here she wrote the poem "Courage."

              Amelia Earhart, the famed flier, lived here from 1925 until she left to make the first transatlantic flight by a woman on July 17, 1928. Here she wrote the poem "Courage."

              • aviators
              • women

              William Bowditch House

              The William I. Bowditch house at 9 Toxteth Street was a station on the underground railroad before the Civil War. Aboloitionists Sarah and William Bowditch provided safe haven for enslaved...

              The William I. Bowditch house at 9 Toxteth Street was a station on the underground railroad before the Civil War. Aboloitionists Sarah and William Bowditch provided safe haven for...

              • underground railroad
              • abolitionists

              Marin County Hall of Justice

                Fran and Joan Olsson