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National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Time Capsule

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Time Capsule1903 - 2003Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife RefugeCommitted February 15, 2003To be opened February 15, 2103 Submitted by Eric Goodill

National Wildlife Refuge System Centennial Time Capsule1903 - 2003Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife RefugeCommitted February 15, 2003To be opened February 15, 2103 Submitted by Eric Goodill

    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