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By Land and By Sea

    THE HEROISM OF CAPT J. MS NEIL BOYD. R.N H.M.S. AJAX

    ERECTED BY MEMBERS OFF THE ROYAL SI GEORGES YACHT CLUB TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM OF CAPT J. MS NEIL BOYD. R.N H.M.S. AJAX WHO PERISHED NEAR THIS SPOT WITH FIVE OF HIS SHIPS COMPANY THOMAS MURPHY...

    ERECTED BY MEMBERS OFF THE ROYAL SI GEORGES YACHT CLUB TO COMMEMORATE THE HEROISM OF CAPT J. MS NEIL BOYD. R.N H.M.S. AJAX WHO PERISHED NEAR THIS SPOT WITH FIVE OF HIS SHIPS COMPANY THOMAS MURPHY...

      To Our Soldier Boys of Siskiyou County

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      Juneau Beginnings

        Waldo Park

          Ketchikan Shingle Mill

            Benicia Pony Express Ferry

            • cape horn
            • brooklyn
            • ferry
            • paddle wheel
            • 1860

            Topsfield Congregational Church

            Topsfield Congregational Church Situated on Topsfield's Common, three Congregational meetinghouses have provided a place for spiritual communion and worship for over three hundred years. The first...

            Topsfield Congregational Church Situated on Topsfield's Common, three Congregational meetinghouses have provided a place for spiritual communion and worship for over three hundred years. The first...

              Water's Edge, Year's Round

                Artic Brotherhood Camp Skagway No 1

                  Historic Moore Homestead -- Mooresville

                    Jennings Trail

                    JENNINGS TRAIL MINUTEMAN THE WORK OF WESTPORT ARTIST DANIEL L. WEBSTER DEDICATED IN 1910. STATUE IS A COMPOSITE. PORTRAIT OF LOCAL PEOPLE DESCENDED FROM COLONIAL PATRIOTS. WESTPORT HISTORICAL...

                    JENNINGS TRAIL MINUTEMAN THE WORK OF WESTPORT ARTIST DANIEL L. WEBSTER DEDICATED IN 1910. STATUE IS A COMPOSITE. PORTRAIT OF LOCAL PEOPLE DESCENDED FROM COLONIAL PATRIOTS. WESTPORT...

                      Oregon Dune Mushers

                        Alsea Bay Bridge

                          Newport Oregon

                            Newport Centennial

                            NEWPORT CENTENNIAL OCTOBER 23.1982 THIS PLAQUE DEDICATES THE FIRST 100 YEARS O THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND IS PLACED HERE BY THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR INSPIRATION, LOVE AND ENERGIES TO THAT GROWTH...

                            NEWPORT CENTENNIAL OCTOBER 23.1982 THIS PLAQUE DEDICATES THE FIRST 100 YEARS O THE CITY OF NEWPORT AND IS PLACED HERE BY THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR INSPIRATION, LOVE AND ENERGIES TO THAT GROWTH...

                              Point Arena Lighthouse

                              POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE THIS SITE AND NATURAL LANDMARK HAS BEEN A WELCOME GUIDE TO SAFE NAVIGATION FOR SHIPS ALONG THE RUGGED MENDOCINO COAST SINCE 1870, DESTROYED BY 1906 EARTHQUAKE, TWO YEARS...

                              POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE THIS SITE AND NATURAL LANDMARK HAS BEEN A WELCOME GUIDE TO SAFE NAVIGATION FOR SHIPS ALONG THE RUGGED MENDOCINO COAST SINCE 1870, DESTROYED BY 1906 EARTHQUAKE, TWO YEARS...

                                Here Lived Joe Specs Uncommercial Traveller

                                Here Lived Joe Specs Uncommercial Traveller Submitted by @curious_kent

                                Here Lived Joe Specs Uncommercial Traveller Submitted by @curious_kent

                                  Ebenezer Baptist Church

                                    On May 9, 1806, eleven individuals met together with Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr. and Rev. Thomas Mercer to organize Ebenezer Baptist Church in Amite County. Services have continued there for over...

                                    On May 9, 1806, eleven individuals met together with Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr. and Rev. Thomas Mercer to organize Ebenezer Baptist Church in Amite County. Services have continued there for over...

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                                  • religion
                                  • baptist church

                                  Baptist Churches Constituted After Territory Acquired By U.S.A.

                                  Until 1798, The Mississippi Territory was under Spanish rule. Threatened with banishment to the silver mines of Mexico because of preaching, Richard Curtis, Jr. returned to South Carolina until...

                                  Until 1798, The Mississippi Territory was under Spanish rule. Threatened with banishment to the silver mines of Mexico because of preaching, Richard Curtis, Jr. returned to South Carolina until...

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                                  • religion
                                  • church