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Shoreline Park

    Given to the City of Tiberon by the Corinthian Yacht Club April 27, 1969

      Sgt. Thomas Henry Skelton

      IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND  1331635 SGT. TOHOMAS HENRY SKELTON.  AGED 19 YEARS. WHO FLEW FROM LANGAR  AIRFIELD ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 13th 1943  TO GERMANY AND NEVER RETURNED  ALSO TO ALL MEMBERS...

      IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND  1331635 SGT. TOHOMAS HENRY SKELTON.  AGED 19 YEARS. WHO FLEW FROM LANGAR  AIRFIELD ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 13th 1943  TO GERMANY AND NEVER RETURNED  ALSO TO ALL MEMBERS...

        Bristol Shogomoc Railway Site

        Submitted by @CorenskiNowlan

        Submitted by @CorenskiNowlan

          The Heritage House

          Submitted by @jqmcd

          Submitted by @jqmcd

            Bristol & South Wales Union

            Submitted by @theonlymfkirke [Location approximate]

            Submitted by @theonlymfkirke [Location approximate]

            • bristol

            The Fourteenth Army 1942 - 1945

            Submitted by @theonlymfkirke.

            Submitted by @theonlymfkirke.

            • bristol

            UK Rail Speed Record

            Submitted by @miniadvent

            Submitted by @miniadvent

              People Who Like This Sort of Thing Will Find This The Sort of Thing They Like

              • lincoln

              Moon Tree - Planted in April 1976

              This "Moon Tree” is a Loblolly Pine grown from a seed that, in January 1971 was carried to the Moon and brought back to Earth by Major Stuart Roosa, command module pilot for Apollo XIV and a...

              This "Moon Tree” is a Loblolly Pine grown from a seed that, in January 1971 was carried to the Moon and brought back to Earth by Major Stuart Roosa, command module pilot for Apollo XIV and a...

              • louisiana
              • moon tree
              • 1971
              • moon
              • apollo
              • loblolly pine

              Christian Science Historical Marker

              Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. This church is one of the many world wide branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,...

              Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. This church is one of the many world wide branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in...

              • religion
              • louisiana

              Cavanaugh Hall of Science

              The Cavanaugh Hall of Science bears the name of Charles J. Cavanaugh, whose teaching career spanned 1945 to 1977 as professor of biology at his alma mater, Louisiana College. Prof Cavanaugh, as he...

              The Cavanaugh Hall of Science bears the name of Charles J. Cavanaugh, whose teaching career spanned 1945 to 1977 as professor of biology at his alma mater, Louisiana College. Prof Cavanaugh, as he...

              • louisiana
              • science

              Alexandria National Cemetery

              Civil War AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana, served briefly of the Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi, as the headquarters a vast area encompassing states and territories west of the...

              Civil War AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana, served briefly of the Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi, as the headquarters a vast area encompassing states and territories west of...

              • louisiana
              • cemetery

              Wallace J. Thibodaux

              *Born in Lafourche Parish on the estate of his father, Henry J. Thibodaux, on December 18, 1880 at Bayou Blue.*Inherited his father's estate who was a descendant of Henry Schyler Thibodaux, the...

              *Born in Lafourche Parish on the estate of his father, Henry J. Thibodaux, on December 18, 1880 at Bayou Blue.*Inherited his father's estate who was a descendant of Henry Schyler Thibodaux,...

              • louisiana

              Port Barre

              Port actif à l'époque du bateau à vapeur. Appelé d'après le nom de la famille Barré. En 1765 Charles Barré acheta 8800 arpents de terre à Jacques Guillaume Courtableau, le premier Commandant du...

              Port actif à l'époque du bateau à vapeur. Appelé d'après le nom de la famille Barré. En 1765 Charles Barré acheta 8800 arpents de terre à Jacques Guillaume Courtableau, le premier Commandant du...

              • louisiana

              Village of Georgetown

              Area once settled by the Choctaw Nation. Anglo-Americans settled here near the crossroads of the Harrisonburg and Three Notch Roads which connected the region to the Natchez Trace & the El Camino...

              Area once settled by the Choctaw Nation. Anglo- Americans settled here near the crossroads of the Harrisonburg and Three Notch Roads which connected the region to the Natchez Trace & the El...

              • louisiana

              The Famous Burning Well of Colfax

              Visitors to this spot were once greeted with a curious sight, a burning well. In 1899 a driller named L. B. Hart completed an artesian well at 1,103 feet. The water was salty, and it bubbled with...

              Visitors to this spot were once greeted with a curious sight, a burning well. In 1899 a driller named L. B. Hart completed an artesian well at 1,103 feet. The water was salty, and it bubbled with...

              • louisiana

              Montgomery, Louisiana

              One of the oldest towns in the state, it began in 1719 as Bon Dieu Falls, a French trading post. In 1840 General Thomas Woodward bought the land and named it Creola Bluff. In 1860 it was renamed...

              One of the oldest towns in the state, it began in 1719 as Bon Dieu Falls, a French trading post. In 1840 General Thomas Woodward bought the land and named it Creola Bluff. In 1860 it was...

              • louisiana
              • towns

              Waggoner-Scarborough Home

              Salesman J. T. Waggoner, Jr. (1860-1942) and his wife Sadie (Scarborough) (1870-1955) built this residence in 1927. It is closely associated with Mrs. Waggoner, a civic leader and longtime Jasper...

              Salesman J. T. Waggoner, Jr. (1860-1942) and his wife Sadie (Scarborough) (1870-1955) built this residence in 1927. It is closely associated with Mrs. Waggoner, a civic leader and longtime...

              • texas

              Long Home Site

              Home OfHuey Pierce Long, Sr. and Caledonia Tison Long Birthplace of:United States Senator Huey Pierce LongCongressman George Shannon LongGovernor Earl Kemp Long

              Home OfHuey Pierce Long, Sr. and Caledonia Tison Long Birthplace of:United States Senator Huey Pierce LongCongressman George Shannon LongGovernor Earl Kemp Long

              • louisiana
              • politics