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    Western Data Processing Center

    The site where one of the first computer telephone networks connected five other schools in 1963. Submitted by @krtplzr.

    The site where one of the first computer telephone networks connected five other schools in 1963. Submitted by @krtplzr.

      Cees van Corrie

      This plaque on the island of Texel in the Waddenzee commemorates the grenade collecting action of a man locally known as "Cees van Corrie", who lived in this house in the village of Den Burg. The...

      This plaque on the island of Texel in the Waddenzee commemorates the grenade collecting action of a man locally known as "Cees van Corrie", who lived in this house in the village of Den Burg. The...

      • granaat
      • grenade
      • fortress
      • texel

      Juan Bautista de Anza Trail End

      LT COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS II OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1776 LED AN EXPEDITION TO THIS SITE THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Submitted by @bezukhova

      LT COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS II OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1776 LED AN EXPEDITION TO THIS SITE THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Submitted by @bezukhova

        AK Smiley Library

        Submitted by @jqmcd.

        Submitted by @jqmcd.

          Winston P. Anderson

          IN MEMORY OF WINSTON P. ANDERSON 1ST LIEUTENANT CO E.325TH INF. 82ND DIV. A E. F. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY IN FRANCE JULY 4TH 1918 BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 1921 IN FLANDERS...

          IN MEMORY OF WINSTON P. ANDERSON 1ST LIEUTENANT CO E.325TH INF. 82ND DIV. A E. F. HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY IN FRANCE JULY 4TH 1918 BURIED IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 1921 IN...

            First Orchard in what is now Iowa

            In Commemorationof theFirst Orchard In What Is NowThe State of IowaGrowing from about 1796 to about 1879 on a plot 3960 feet east from this point, it throve beneath the flags of France, Spain and...

            In Commemorationof theFirst Orchard In What Is NowThe State of IowaGrowing from about 1796 to about 1879 on a plot 3960 feet east from this point, it throve beneath the flags of France, Spain and...

            • iowa
            • agriculture

            Fort Des Moines, 1834-1837

            Early settlers of Lee County believe that the explorers Marquette and Joliet landed at this spot in 1673. From here they made their only overland exploration on the west bank of the Mississippi,...

            Early settlers of Lee County believe that the explorers Marquette and Joliet landed at this spot in 1673. From here they made their only overland exploration on the west bank of the...

            • iowa
            • mormons

            Latter-day Saint Exodus from Nauvoo, 1849

            During the period of 1839-1846, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) settled here in Lee County, Iowa and in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the opposite...

            During the period of 1839-1846, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as Mormons) settled here in Lee County, Iowa and in Nauvoo, Illinois, on the opposite...

            • iowa
            • mormons
            • religion

            Latter-day Saint Immigrants' Camp, 1853

            Keokuk, Iowa, is named in honor of Chief Keokuk, a Sac and Fox chief who is buried there. The city is located on the west side of the Mississippi River, about 12 miles southwest of Nauvoo. On...

            Keokuk, Iowa, is named in honor of Chief Keokuk, a Sac and Fox chief who is buried there. The city is located on the west side of the Mississippi River, about 12 miles southwest of Nauvoo. On...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • mormons
            • religion

            Welcome to Keokuk, Iowa

            Once a place where Native American Indians hunted and fished, this peninsular part of Iowa is located where the Des Moines River flows into the Mississippi River.Under French and Spanish rule for...

            Once a place where Native American Indians hunted and fished, this peninsular part of Iowa is located where the Des Moines River flows into the Mississippi River.Under French and Spanish rule for...

            • keokuk
            • iowa
            • visitors

            Water When Needed

            A public water supply system was first discussed in the 1850's when Keokuk's population was increasing dramatically, but with the financial panic of 1857 no action was taken. Most home owners had...

            A public water supply system was first discussed in the 1850's when Keokuk's population was increasing dramatically, but with the financial panic of 1857 no action was taken. Most home owners had...

            • keokuk
            • iowa
            • industry
            • public service

            Waterpower - Dream and Reality

            Starting as early as the 1840's, proposals were advanced for building a wing dam near Keokuk that would focus the power of the Mississippi's current. However, no viable plan was formed until the...

            Starting as early as the 1840's, proposals were advanced for building a wing dam near Keokuk that would focus the power of the Mississippi's current. However, no viable plan was formed until the...

            • iowa
            • keokuk
            • utilities
            • dam
            • mississippi river
            • industry

            Castro Carazo (1895-1986)

            Castro Carazo, hand-picked by Huey P. Long to head LSU's marching band, lived here where he operated a private music studio. A native of Costa Rica, Carazo wrote the music for Long's campaign song...

            Castro Carazo, hand-picked by Huey P. Long to head LSU's marching band, lived here where he operated a private music studio. A native of Costa Rica, Carazo wrote the music for Long's campaign...

            • louisiana
            • baton rouge
            • lsu

            Chautauqua Buildings

            In its heyday, Chautauqua Park boasted of eighty-eight cottages surrounding the Tabernacle, a grocery, a restaurant, and a forty-room hotel. Before its demise in 1917, the Chautauqua Assembly...

            In its heyday, Chautauqua Park boasted of eighty- eight cottages surrounding the Tabernacle, a grocery, a restaurant, and a forty-room hotel. Before its demise in 1917, the Chautauqua...

            • mississippi
            • park
            • copiah county

            Edison House

            NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE GLENMONT HOME OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON FROM 1886 TO HIS DEATH ON OCTOBER 18, 1931. HERE THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO HIM AND HIS WIFE, MINA. THE LIBRARY OVER THE ENTRANCEWAY WAS...

            NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE GLENMONT HOME OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON FROM 1886 TO HIS DEATH ON OCTOBER 18, 1931. HERE THREE CHILDREN WERE BORN TO HIM AND HIS WIFE, MINA. THE LIBRARY OVER THE ENTRANCEWAY...

              FDR Memorial Block

              IN SEPTEMBER 1941 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CALLED HIS FRIEND, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ASKED THE JUSTICE TO REMEMBER THE WISH HE THEN EXPRESSED "IF ANY...

              IN SEPTEMBER 1941 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT CALLED HIS FRIEND, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE FRANKFURTER, TO THE WHITE HOUSE AND ASKED THE JUSTICE TO REMEMBER THE WISH HE THEN EXPRESSED "IF ANY...

                Urban Trails of Keokuk

                • keokuk
                • iowa
                • walking trails

                Spring House

                The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...

                The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...

                • mississippi
                • park
                • crystal springs
                • copiah county

                Chautauqua Tabernacle

                The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...

                The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...

                • mississippi
                • park
                • crystal springs
                • copiah county