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The CCC Builds Morro Bay State Park

This plaque commemorates the time-honored accomplishments of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the development of Morro Bay State Park; A tradition carried on by the California Conservation...

This plaque commemorates the time-honored accomplishments of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the development of Morro Bay State Park; A tradition carried on by the California Conservation...

    Bodie

    BodieGold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than 100...

    BodieGold was discovered here in 1859 by W. S. Bodey after whom the town was named. Once the most thriving metropolis of the Mono Country, Bodie's mines produced gold valued at more than...

      Return to Bodie

      Return to BodieDuring the California Gold Rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie...

      Return to BodieDuring the California Gold Rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie...

        The Mohave Road

        • ecv

        Nipton, California

        NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO CAMP...

        NIPTON THE TOWN OF NIPTON WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1905 WITH THE COMING OF THE FIRST TRAIN ON THE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES AND SALT LAKE RAILROAD. ORIGINALLY CALLED NIPPENO...

        • ecv

        Lockheed P-3 Orion

          Billy Martin

          • berkeley high
          • oakland oaks
          • 333

          Halle Park

          A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

          A sixty-acre passive park was a gift to the citizens of Collierville by the David P. Halle, Jr. Family. Halle, a seventh generation Memphian, has been successfully involved in various business,...

          • shelby county
          • tennessee

          Boy Scouts Statue of Liberty

          WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A PLEDGE OF...

          WITH THE FAITH AND COURAGE OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE FREEDOM OF THESE UNITED STATES  THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA  DEDICATE THIS REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY AS A...

          • greeley
          • colorado
          • boy scouts
          • statue of liberty

          Vinyard School

          VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

          VINEYARD SCHOOL 1891-1957   EDUCATION WAS IMPORTANT TO SETTLERS IN SAN BENITO COUNTY,  WHO WOULD START A SCHOOL WITH AS FEW AS FIVE PUPILS, A  PLACE TO HOLD CLASS, AND A TEACHER. EARLY SCHOOLS...

          • hollister
          • san benito
          • school
          • ecv

          Christ Church Cathedral

          CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated turrets...

          CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL This landmark of downtown Montreal is an excellent example of Gothic Revival style in Canada.  The detailed exterior of pointed arches, buttresses, and crenellated...

            In Memory of Janey Johnston Duclaw

              Cape Foulweather

                Pioneer Life Posed Many Challenges in the Redwood Forest

                • big basin
                • california
                • park
                • redwood
                • pioneer

                Brownsville, Oregon

                  The Spirit of America

                  DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

                  DEDICATED TO THE PATRIOT THE SPIRIT  OF  AMERICA

                    Riparian Habitat

                      Front Street

                      Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're Battle...

                      Front Street You're Not A Very Tidy Place, Front Street, And You Have A Dirty Face, Front Street; But In Your Buildings Bleak And Cold There Beats Many A Heart Of Gold. And Tho You're...

                      • shelby county
                      • tennessee

                      Oregon Wheat Fields

                      • oregon
                      • 1840s
                      • food cargo
                      • wheat seed
                      • moro

                      Henry W. Howe (Mush)

                      • brownsville
                      • oregon
                      • harley davidson
                      • mush
                      • 1945
                      • tree