Rust
Site of pioneer American settlerWilliam Rust's blacksmith shopCirca 1889 In 1909 Rust was named the first postmaster of Rust, California, which was renamed El Cerrito in 1917 El Cerrito Historical...
- el cerrito
- california
- bay area
- blacksmith
- postmaster
Rosita's Bridge
"ROSITA'S BRIDGE Dedicated to ROSITA FERNANDEZ,singer of songs which have helpedto build the bridge of understandingfor the many cutures that makeSan Antonio a great place to live..." Submitted by...
- san antonio
- texas
An End to the Beginnings of All Wars
FDR Memorial off the National Mall. Submitted by @RhiannonGiddens
- washington
- washington dc
- dc
- fdr
- roosevelt
Letter from the Alamo
Commandancy of the AlamoBejar, Feby. 24, 1836To the People of Texas & All Americans in the WorldFellow citizens & compatriotsI am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna I...
- alamo
- texas
Edmonds Independent Telephone Company
HISTORIC SITE EDMONDS INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY Constructed in 1924, this building held telephoneswitchboards and equipment until 1950. TheSunset Telegraph and Telephone Company...
- edmonds
- telephone
Over the River and Through the Woods
"Grandfather's House" Submitted by @csixty4
- grandfather's house
- over the river
- songs
- medford
- massachusetts
Jack London
"Jack London January 12 1876 - NOvember 22, 1916 Oakland's famed native son was the noted author of 'The Call of the Wild', 'The Sea Worl', and 'South Sea Tales'. He was at various times a...
- jack london square
- oakland
- jack london
The United Nations, Jack London Square
UN Plaque in Jack London Square, Oakland "THE UNITED NATIONS FOUNDED 1945 SYMBOL OF WORLD COMMUNITY THIS FLAGPOLE RAISED MAR. 26, 1966AND DEDICATED OCT 24, 1975UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OFTHE UNITED...
- jack london square
- oakland
- united nations
Captain Isaac Hall
ON THIS SITE LIVED CAPTAIN ISAAC HALL WHO COMMANDED THE MEDFORD MINUTE MEN AT LEXINGTON AND BUNKER HILL PAUL REVERE STOPPED HERE ON HIS MEMORABLE RIDE TO CONCORD APRIL 18-19 1775 TO WARN CAPTAIN...
- paul revere
- revere
- hall
- revolution
- revolutionary war
Depoe Bay
"It is not true. Life is not slain by death.The vast, immortal sea shall have her own,shall garner to her this expiring breath,shall reap where she has sown." Submitted by @tylerdotdotdot
- sea
Old Fort Snelling
!["Old Fort Snelling [...] Colonial ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1934"](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oHuEZVWhSepKGQ4TI8WBniv_fll2SszWmVuCAl_SUJUDZemeL-0FS_EneKAf5J7IXcuov8k8rYKEBZeYrFb7Rg-4o9cP3w)
"Old Fort Snelling [...] Colonial ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution1934"
- minnesota
- minneapolis
- fort
- dakota
Dallas Power & Light
'This 1931 Art Deco building served as an annex to the adjoining 19 story headquarters of Dallas Power & Light Co. Lang and Witchell, who changed the skyline of Dallas, served as architect...
- dallas
- power
- light
The Eastland Disaster
While still partially tied to its dock at the river's edge, the excursion steamer Eastland rolled over on the morning of July 24, 1915. The result was one of the worst maritime disasters...
- chicago
- illinois
- eastland
- eastland disaster
- chicago river
- great lakes
- ship
- steamer
- disaster
- capsize
- western elec...
Boston's New West End
"After 1959: Charles River Park." Today, the West End is a mixed-use commercial and residential area. A few non-residential areas were spared from the urban renewal of the 1950s,...
- boston
- west end
- urban renewal
Boston's Old West End Memorial
"Before 1959, the West End." By the 1950s, Boston's West End had turned into a working poor residential area with scattered businesses with small meandering roads much like the North End....
- boston
- west end
- tenements
- razed
Thoreau's Cabin at Walden Pond
Granite markers give a sense of the cabin's perimeter, but it's only the foundation of the chimney that was found. Another marker nearby explains that the chimney was discovered in 11/11/1945 by...
Chugach State Park
Chugach State Park - the Flattop mountain overlook at the Gle Alps trailhead. "Chugach State Park Celebrating 25 years since the are's establishment in 1970, the grateful citizens of...
- chugach
- anchorage
- alaska
- rededicate
Shea Stadium Third Base
"SITE OFSHEA STADIUMTHIRD BASE1964-2008" Submitted by Matt Schultz, with this message: "This is now in the parking lot where the Mets play. Those are my dad's ashes, placed there by my brother."
- baseball
- mets
- nyc
- new york
- ny
- shea
Monument Mountain dedication
We have been climbing Monument Mountail in Great Barrington, MA for over 25 summers. We always stop and read the plaque. Out loud. And finish by saying "Yay Rosalie Butler", because she did...
- #thetrustees
Formed for the Purpose Of Obtaining a Loan
"Formed for the purpose ofobtaining a loan from theFederal Government for a community water system. Merged with Layton Citydue to lack of revenue anddesire to increase services Incorporated...
- loan
- water
- utah
- lack of revenue