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Fayetteville Arsenal Marker

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

    Hotel De Ville

    • 1778

    Berkeley Rotary Peace Grove

      Elena Oberg Moreno

        Terceros Franciscanos

          Pbro. Pedro Velazquez

            En El Gruta Comio El Sr General Diaz

              Bear Flag Raised June 14, 1846

                The End of the Mission Trail 1523-1823

                  Fire Chief Raymond Pigoni

                    Benicia Promenade

                      Dedicated to the Memory of the Pony Express Riders

                        The Grand Army of Liberty

                        To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                        To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

                          Pause Traveler and Be Grateful to Norton 1st

                          From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                          From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

                            Little Bay de Noc

                            The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

                            The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

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                            Orsel McGhee House

                            In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

                            In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

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                            Masters of Navigation

                            Chinese Explore the World in Junks

                            Chinese Explore the World in Junks

                            • zheng he
                            • 1405
                            • treasure fleet

                            DuPage County Pioneer Park

                              Andrews University

                              This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

                              This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

                              • michigan
                              • michigan his...

                              In Fond & Loving Memory of Anthony, Colleen & Vivien Wong