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Colorado Avenue Viaduct

Submitted by @Ritterton

Submitted by @Ritterton

    Clara's Climb

    CLARA'S CLIMBWinnipeg-born cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes passed this lookout hundreds of times as she trained to become Canada's most accomplished Olympian. In 1991, at age 19, Hughes...

    CLARA'S CLIMBWinnipeg-born cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes passed this lookout hundreds of times as she trained to become Canada's most accomplished Olympian. In 1991, at age 19,...

    • clara hughes
    • olympics
    • sports
    • olympian
    • cycling
    • speed skating
    • athlete
    • athletics

    Peace Memorial School

    PEACE MEMORIAL SCHOOL 1919-2003 Peace Memorial School was built in 1919 on donated land in the former Township of Barton, County of Wentworth. This school was named as a tribute to those who died...

    PEACE MEMORIAL SCHOOL 1919-2003 Peace Memorial School was built in 1919 on donated land in the former Township of Barton, County of Wentworth. This school was named as a tribute to those who died...

    • education
    • peace
    • memorial
    • school

    Charlie Musselwhite

      La Ciudad de Cordoba a los Enamorados el Poeta Ibn Zaydun y la Princesa Valada 1971

        Collierville The Original Village

        In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before the village was...

        In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before the village...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        Major General William Riddell Birdwood

          Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower

          This is the only fire tower still standing in all of Indiana. Submitted by rpatrickdelaney

          This is the only fire tower still standing in all of Indiana. Submitted by rpatrickdelaney

            Cortona ricorda i suio garibaldini

              THE MORRIS CANAL

              THE MORRIS CANAL THIS WATERWAY, CONCEIVED IN THE 1820'S, LINKED PENNSYLVANIA'S COAL FIELDS, NEW JERSEY'S IRON INDUSTRY AND NEW YORK'S COMMERCIAL MARKETS FOR 100 YEARS IT FLOWED BETWEEN THE...

              THE MORRIS CANAL THIS WATERWAY, CONCEIVED IN THE 1820'S, LINKED PENNSYLVANIA'S COAL FIELDS, NEW JERSEY'S IRON INDUSTRY AND NEW YORK'S COMMERCIAL MARKETS FOR 100 YEARS IT FLOWED BETWEEN...

                The Poudre River Trail

                  Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area

                    Josiah Flagg

                    IN THIS CHURCHYARD IS BURIED JOSIAH FLAGG 1763-1816   FIRST NATIVE BORN AMERICAN TO MAKE DENTISTRY HIS LIFE'S WORK AND THE FIRST TO CARRY TO ANY FOREIGN LAND EVIDENCE OF AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRESS...

                    IN THIS CHURCHYARD IS BURIED JOSIAH FLAGG 1763-1816   FIRST NATIVE BORN AMERICAN TO MAKE DENTISTRY HIS LIFE'S WORK AND THE FIRST TO CARRY TO ANY FOREIGN LAND EVIDENCE OF AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRESS...

                    • south carolina
                    • charleston
                    • josiah flagg
                    • grave
                    • cemetery
                    • dentistry
                    • 1763
                    • 1816
                    • 1955

                    The First Fort Des Moines

                    This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837

                    This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837

                    • iowa
                    • lee county

                    1861-1865 G.A.R.

                    1861-1865  G.A.R.  One Country, One Flag, One Language

                    1861-1865  G.A.R.  One Country, One Flag, One Language

                    • g.a.r.
                    • iowa
                    • civil war

                    Keokuk National Cemetery

                    Civil War KeokukKeokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln...

                    Civil War KeokukKeokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln...

                    • iowa
                    • keokuk
                    • lee county
                    • national cemetery
                    • veterans

                    Water Route to Indian Territory

                    This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...

                    This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...

                    • missouri
                    • trail of tears
                    • native american

                    COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA.

                    THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR AMIENS...

                    THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR...

                      N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

                      Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

                      Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...

                      • ncmarkers
                      • north carolina

                      Davies Manor

                      Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...

                      Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...

                      • shelby county
                      • tennessee