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The Linden Oak

THE LINDEN OAK The oldest White Oak tree in Montgomery County was saved from destruction by the Metro construction in 1973 by Idamae Garrott. A great champion of the people and of the environment,...

THE LINDEN OAK The oldest White Oak tree in Montgomery County was saved from destruction by the Metro construction in 1973 by Idamae Garrott. A great champion of the people and of the environment,...

  • linden oak
  • imageryan
  • montgomery
  • maryland

Cincinnati Union Terminal Time Capsule

Submitted by @kevl42

Submitted by @kevl42

    Cincinnati Union Terminal

    Submitted by @kevl42

    Submitted by @kevl42

      Tomb of an Unknown Soldier

      Submitted by @DaraGreen

      Submitted by @DaraGreen

      • civil war
      • signal knob

      Over the Rhine

      [Location approximate]Submitted by @kevl42

      [Location approximate]Submitted by @kevl42

      • ohio
      • rhine
      • canal

      Anne Frank's Tree

      Submitted by @joepevans

      Submitted by @joepevans

      • wwii
      • holocaust
      • anne frank

      Hotel Whitcomb Temporary City Hall 1912 to 1915

        Lincoln, SF City Hall

          Darwin studies geology

          The location at which Charles Darwin first used a clinometer to measure the tilt of geological strata.Submitted by Alistair Wylie

          The location at which Charles Darwin first used a clinometer to measure the tilt of geological strata.Submitted by Alistair Wylie

          • charles darwin
          • geology
          • clinometer
          • adam sedgwick

          Duck Lane, Builth Wells

          Origins of Duck Lane, Builth WellsSubmitted by: Alistair Wylie

          Origins of Duck Lane, Builth WellsSubmitted by: Alistair Wylie

          • ducks
          • builth wells

          Newton County, CSA

          Supply and military center in the Civil War. Target area for Federals trying to move up the Sabine or across Louisiana and take Texas. Confederates built breastworks and maintained arsenal at...

          Supply and military center in the Civil War. Target area for Federals trying to move up the Sabine or across Louisiana and take Texas. Confederates built breastworks and maintained arsenal at...

          • texas
          • civil war

          Deweyville

          Original site, called "Possum Bluff," was purchased for $200 by Pierre Lavine from H.L. Morrison in 1886. The Sabine Tram Company purchased the land in 1897 from G. Smyth and a sawmill was built...

          Original site, called "Possum Bluff," was purchased for $200 by Pierre Lavine from H.L. Morrison in 1886. The Sabine Tram Company purchased the land in 1897 from G. Smyth and a sawmill was built...

          • texas

          Swift Cemetery

          The trading village of Salem was founded in 1835 by Seth Swift. A Quaker and whaling merchant, Swift had moved to this area from Massachusetts with his wife, Lydia, and six children. When Lydia...

          The trading village of Salem was founded in 1835 by Seth Swift. A Quaker and whaling merchant, Swift had moved to this area from Massachusetts with his wife, Lydia, and six children. When...

          • texas
          • cemetery

          Trout Creek Cemetery

          Originally a part of the James West Survey, this cemetery dates to the early 1860s. The land was later owned by Mrs. Frances Ann Dyer (d.1890), and upon her death was inherited by her daughter...

          Originally a part of the James West Survey, this cemetery dates to the early 1860s. The land was later owned by Mrs. Frances Ann Dyer (d.1890), and upon her death was inherited by her daughter...

          • texas
          • cemetery

          Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church

          Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church Local oral tradition holds that the Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1876. An early church building had that year inscribed on it, and...

          Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church Local oral tradition holds that the Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1876. An early church building had that year inscribed on it,...

          • texas
          • church

          Call Church of God in Christ

          The Call Church of God in Christ was established in 1915 under the leadership of Elder W. G. Law. Land for a church building was deeded by A. C. and Coella Armstrong in 1935. The name of the...

          The Call Church of God in Christ was established in 1915 under the leadership of Elder W. G. Law. Land for a church building was deeded by A. C. and Coella Armstrong in 1935. The name of the...

          • texas
          • church

          Site of Town Lot Auction Town of Kirbyville,

          (May 1, 1895) Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas...

          (May 1, 1895) Named for John Henry Kirby, attorney, railroad builder, and timber, lumber, and oil king. With R. P. Allen, Kirby founded the town when their railroad-- Gulf, Beaumont, & Kansas...

          • texas

          Site of First Kirbyville Church

          This site became the center of spiritual and cultural activity in the Kirbyville area in 1898, when John Henry Kirby gave two town lots to the Baptist church for the erection of a sanctuary. the...

          This site became the center of spiritual and cultural activity in the Kirbyville area in 1898, when John Henry Kirby gave two town lots to the Baptist church for the erection of a sanctuary. the...

          • texas
          • church

          Ford Chapel and Cemetery

          The family of John H. and Margaret Ford came to Texas prior to 1880. Establishing farms and homes, the family helped settle this area of Newton County. A community cemetery was begun on the land...

          The family of John H. and Margaret Ford came to Texas prior to 1880. Establishing farms and homes, the family helped settle this area of Newton County. A community cemetery was begun on the...

          • texas
          • cemetery
          • church

          The Old Confederate Military Road 1862-1865

          In 1862 when federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor established headquarters in Central Louisiana,...

          In 1862 when federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor established headquarters in Central...

          • louisiana. civil war