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100 Years of Camping on this Site

100 Years of Camping on this Site 1910 – 2010 Beginning in 1910, Lawrence Hall, a Chicago orphanage for boys, operated a summer camp on this site, known as Camp Hardy.  The program ended in 1963. ...

100 Years of Camping on this Site 1910 – 2010 Beginning in 1910, Lawrence Hall, a Chicago orphanage for boys, operated a summer camp on this site, known as Camp Hardy.  The program ended in 1963. ...

    Montgomery's Slave Traders

    MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for slave...

    MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for...

    • montgomery
    • slavery
    • slave traders
    • eji
    • mississippi
    • alabama

    Ted Librero

    In memory of  Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002

    In memory of  Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002

    • emeryville
    • california
    • bay area
    • cove
    • emery

    Emeryville Peninsula Fire Station

      Charles and Frankie Hromada Foyer

      THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF   CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA   AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...

      THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF   CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA   AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...

      • charles and ...
      • west lafayette
      • indiana
      • purdue university
      • forestry
      • entomology
      • pest management
      • terminix

      Purdue University's Gratitude to Mrs. Alice Earl Stuart

      THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...

      THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...

      • alice earl stuart
      • charles bene...
      • purdue university
      • west lafayette
      • indiana
      • laboratory o...
      • board of trustees

      Thomas Duncan Laboratory

      THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"      Submitted by:...

      THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"      Submitted...

      • thomas duncan
      • laboratory
      • west lafayette
      • indiana
      • purdue university

      Wayne State University

      WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other colleges,...

      WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other...

      • university
      • central high
      • detroit
      • wayne

      The Montgomery Slave Trade

      THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...

      THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...

      • montgomery
      • slavery
      • slave traders
      • eji
      • mississippi
      • alabama

      Downieville

      DOWNIEVILLE   DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...

      DOWNIEVILLE   DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...

      • downieville
      • california
      • gold
      • ecv

      Santa Fe de Toloca

        A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of...

        A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town...

      • santa fe
      • toloca
      • la florida

      Almost to Cape Horn

      Continental DivideMilner Pass   elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.

      Continental DivideMilner Pass   elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.

      • alaska
      • cape horn
      • miler
      • drainage
      • divide
      • pacific
      • atlantic

      Eliza Fowler Hall

      ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

      ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

      • eliza fowler
      • purdue university
      • west lafayette
      • indiana
      • auditorium

      Home of Silas Wright

      Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

      Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

      • canton
      • alan reno
      • wright
      • new york
      • politican

      Seven Sisters Country Park and Interpretive Centre

      SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

      SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

      • sussex
      • park
      • nature