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Lake Orion Methodist Church

Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a union...

Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a...

  • michigan
  • michigan his...

William (Billy) Henry Foreman

[Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

[Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

    The Urns at Bow Bridge

      The Shadetree

      • peralta
      • ohlone
      • 1842
      • first mayor ...
      • schulz
      • ecv

      Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

      Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

      Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

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      • michigan his...

      Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

      • ecv
      • civil war

      Marrowboneslip

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

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

      • marrow
      • bone
      • slip

      Plebiscito

        Pioneer Mother Monument -- Benjamin Ide Wheeler

          Lake Merritt

          LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

          LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

            Royal Naval Hospital

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

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

              442nd Regimental Combat Team

              DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT...

              DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL...

              • wwii
              • internment
              • japanese-american
              • 442nd
              • concentration camps

              Treaty of Painted Post

              JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

              JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

              • painted post
              • corning
              • iroquois
              • six nations
              • 1791

              Paramount Theatre

                Paramount Theatre

                  Antonio Bras Columns

                  • howe
                  • 4460 howe
                  • 1898
                  • mountain vie...
                  • mcisaac
                  • cemetery

                  The Landmark Trees

                    Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library

                    • library
                    • carnegie
                    • oakland
                    • greene
                    • free to all

                    Yolo County Savings Bank

                      City of Pineville

                      In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...

                      In 1722 Diron d'Artaguette, Inspector of Troops in Louisiana, recommended the establishment of a fortified post on Red River to prevent Indian attacks on those portaging the rapids. Although it is...

                      • louisiana