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Angel Island, San Francisco Bay

  Greeting plaque on Angel Island in Ayala Cove. ANGEL ISLAND IN 1775 THE PACKET SHIP SAN CARLOS, FIRST KNOWN SPANISH SHIP TO ENTER SAN FRANCISCO BAY AN- CHORED IN THIS COVE WHILE HER COMMANDER,...

  Greeting plaque on Angel Island in Ayala Cove. ANGEL ISLAND IN 1775 THE PACKET SHIP SAN CARLOS, FIRST KNOWN SPANISH SHIP TO ENTER SAN FRANCISCO BAY AN- CHORED IN THIS COVE WHILE HER...

  • angel island
  • bay area
  • san carlos
  • san francisco

You are now entering the Dinosaur Forest

  This plaque / sign simply reads YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE DINOSAUR FOREST It is on the Ohlone Greenway where it crosses Schmidt Lane in El Cerrito CA 94530. Here is a google maps link: I have...

  This plaque / sign simply reads YOU ARE NOW ENTERING THE DINOSAUR FOREST It is on the Ohlone Greenway where it crosses Schmidt Lane in El Cerrito CA 94530. Here is a google maps link: I have...

  • bike lane
  • dinosaurs

Charles H. Graham

 TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES H. GRAHAM FOR HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS AND SUPPORT OF BASEBALL DEDICATED BY SUNSET POST 400   THE AMERICAN LEGIONCITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO HONORABLE ELMER E. ROBINSON,...

 TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES H. GRAHAM FOR HIS UNTIRING EFFORTS AND SUPPORT OF BASEBALL DEDICATED BY SUNSET POST 400   THE AMERICAN LEGIONCITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO HONORABLE ELMER E. ROBINSON,...

  • baseball
  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california

Clayton playground

    Robert W. Service

    Robert W. Service 1874 – 1958 Poet and Author, whose writing spread the fame of the Yukon, was a teller at this branch in 1908 and 1909. — His first poems, including “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,”...

    Robert W. Service 1874 – 1958 Poet and Author, whose writing spread the fame of the Yukon, was a teller at this branch in 1908 and 1909. — His first poems, including “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,”...

    • yukon poet c...

    The Camels of Fort Tejon

      A more newer, more detailed plaque from 2003 (see http://readtheplaque.com/713) “The Camels of Fort Tejon” In 1856 the US Army started an experiment using camel (sic) for supply transport in the...

      A more newer, more detailed plaque from 2003 (see http://readtheplaque.com/713) “The Camels of Fort Tejon” In 1856 the US Army started an experiment using camel (sic) for supply transport in the...

    • camels
    • tejon pass
    • california
    • los angeles
    • ecv

    Fort Tejon Camel Brigade

    One of three plaques commemorating the Camel Brigade of Fort Tejon, in Tejon Pass in Lebec, CA. Plaque reads “The first and only ‘Camel Brigade’ of the United States Army, commanded by Lt. Edward...

    One of three plaques commemorating the Camel Brigade of Fort Tejon, in Tejon Pass in Lebec, CA. Plaque reads “The first and only ‘Camel Brigade’ of the United States Army, commanded by Lt....

    • camels
    • tejon pass

    Standard Time System in the United States

      Located on the northeast corner of LaSalle and Jackson, Chicago, on the south side of the building. “Chicago’s famous Grand Pacific Hotel, then on the site of the present Continental Bank...

      Located on the northeast corner of LaSalle and Jackson, Chicago, on the south side of the building. “Chicago’s famous Grand Pacific Hotel, then on the site of the present Continental...

    • chicago
    • clocks
    • railroads
    • time

    David H. Miller Working Museum

    The plaque is located in the working museum which contains the lift works for the Duquesne Incline, in Pittsburg PA. 40.438282, -80.018804 Dedicated to David Miller and his vision of the...

    The plaque is located in the working museum which contains the lift works for the Duquesne Incline, in Pittsburg PA. 40.438282, -80.018804 Dedicated to David Miller and his vision of the...

    • david miller
    • duquesne incline
    • pittsburg

    USMC World Headquarters, c. 1902

    This plaque is in front of the Cummings Center in Beverly, MA. The massive complex was known as “The Shoe” for many, many years. Rough GPS location is 42.556744, -70.888308.Transcription: Once the...

    This plaque is in front of the Cummings Center in Beverly, MA. The massive complex was known as “The Shoe” for many, many years. Rough GPS location is 42.556744, -70.888308.Transcription: Once...

    • beverly
    • el ransome
    • massachusetts
    • reinforced concrete
    • the shoe
    • usmc world h...

    In memoriam

    “Agnes Wolcott Vaille – This shelter commemorates a Colorado mountaineer conquered by winter after scaling the precipice January 12th, 1925, and one who lost his life in an effort to aid her,...

    “Agnes Wolcott Vaille – This shelter commemorates a Colorado mountaineer conquered by winter after scaling the precipice January 12th, 1925, and one who lost his life in an effort to aid her,...

    • 14er
    • agnes wolcott vaille
    • colorado
    • herbert sortland
    • longs peak

    Case Research Lab

    “Case Research Lab – Birthplace of talking movies in 1924. Theodore Case developed sound film and partnered with Fox Studios to create Movietone News. City of Auburn, NY 2004”The Cayuga...

    “Case Research Lab – Birthplace of talking movies in 1924. Theodore Case developed sound film and partnered with Fox Studios to create Movietone News. City of Auburn, NY 2004”The...

    • auburn
    • case lab
    • fox studios
    • movies
    • new york
    • sound
    • talkies

    Pacheco School Flagpole

    Currently at7500 Red Hill Rd Novato, CA 94947 38.138318, -122.710344(Marin French Cheese Company).“This flagpole originally flew ‘old glory’ over Pacheco School, Nicasio, Calif, from 1895 to...

    Currently at7500 Red Hill Rd Novato, CA 94947 38.138318, -122.710344(Marin French Cheese Company).“This flagpole originally flew ‘old glory’ over Pacheco School, Nicasio, Calif, from 1895 to...

    • cheese marin
    • flagpole
    • old glory
    • pacheco

    Marin French Cheese Company

    7500 Red Hill Rd Novato, CA 94947 38.138318, -122.710344Marin French Cheese CompanyThis site is part of the Corte Madera de Novato Granted by Govenor Juan Alvarado to John Martin in 1840,...

    7500 Red Hill Rd Novato, CA 94947 38.138318, -122.710344Marin French Cheese CompanyThis site is part of the Corte Madera de Novato Granted by Govenor Juan Alvarado to John Martin in...

    • cheese
    • france
    • marin

    First Railroad

    FIRST RAILROADThe Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railway, the first Western New York steam railway, cut through dense forest here by Military Road in 1836.William G Pomeroy Foundation 2013Location:...

    FIRST RAILROADThe Buffalo & Niagara Falls Railway, the first Western New York steam railway, cut through dense forest here by Military Road in 1836.William G Pomeroy Foundation...

    • buffalo
    • railroad

    Gouldsboro Railcar Transfer Ferry

    This plaque lies in the grass next to a bike path that runs along the “west bank” of the Mississippi River from Algiers Point to Gretna, across the river from New Orleans. The trail is atop the...

    This plaque lies in the grass next to a bike path that runs along the “west bank” of the Mississippi River from Algiers Point to Gretna, across the river from New Orleans. The trail is atop...

    • ferry
    • new orleans
    • railway
    • train

    Central Park Chapel

      1175 Floral St, Holland, MI 49423

      1175 Floral St, Holland, MI 49423

    • chapel
    • holland

    Telsa Died Here

      I first encountered this plaque while waiting to board a Bolt Bus. It was the first death plaque I had ever encountered. I loved it because of the lack of detail. At the time I pictured him...

      I first encountered this plaque while waiting to board a Bolt Bus. It was the first death plaque I had ever encountered. I loved it because of the lack of detail. At the time I pictured him...

    • death plaque
    • telsa
    • new york
    • nyc
    • alternating ...

    Mape Memorial Park

    Commander John “Jack” Clement Mape USN, was Dublin’s first casualty of the Vietnam War. A 40 year old father of seven, Mape lived in Dublin and was stationed in Alameda, CA. He was assigned to...

    Commander John “Jack” Clement Mape USN, was Dublin’s first casualty of the Vietnam War. A 40 year old father of seven, Mape lived in Dublin and was stationed in Alameda, CA. He was assigned...

      Manchester Biscuit Company

      To the southwest is the Manchester Biscuit Company building. The company was formed in 1902 when Lawrence D. Manchester was persuaded by financial backing from local wholesale grocers to purchase...

      To the southwest is the Manchester Biscuit Company building. The company was formed in 1902 when Lawrence D. Manchester was persuaded by financial backing from local wholesale grocers to...