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Ricketts'

  Ricketts’ Circus: America’s first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America’s first complete...

  Ricketts’ Circus: America’s first circus building was opened here at 12th and Market Streets, April 3, 1793. On that day the English equestrian John Bill Ricketts gave America’s first complete...

  • 1793
  • circus
  • pennsylvania
  • philadelphia

Point Elliot Treaty Site

http://www.goia.wa.gov/treaties/treaties/pointelliot.htm

http://www.goia.wa.gov/treaties/treaties/pointelli ot.htm

    heetno’unoo’oo koh’oowu

    Cherry Creek was named by the Arapahoe Indians.

    Cherry Creek was named by the Arapahoe Indians.

      Newtownabbey Hospital Management Committee – Whiteabbey Hospital

      “Newtownabbey Hospital Management CommitteeWhiteabbey HospitalThis building formed the main block of the original hospital known as “The Abbey” built on this site in 1906 and opened as an...

      “Newtownabbey Hospital Management CommitteeWhiteabbey HospitalThis building formed the main block of the original hospital known as “The Abbey” built on this site in 1906 and opened as an...

      • hospital
      • northern ireland
      • sanatorium
      • tuberculosis
      • workhouse

      American Fur Company Store

      This plaque commemorates a Michigan Historical Site on Mackinac Island, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. In 1822, a French-Canadian voyageur was accidentally shot in the American Fur...

      This plaque commemorates a Michigan Historical Site on Mackinac Island, between Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. In 1822, a French-Canadian voyageur was accidentally shot in the American...

      • mackinac island
      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      Hemingway’s Michigan #6: Jesperson’s Restaurant

      This plaque is the sixth in a series by the Michigan Hemingway Society about the iconic author’s life in Michigan. Located at . Transcription: “6 Hemingway’s Michigan Jesperson’s Restaurant...

      This plaque is the sixth in a series by the Michigan Hemingway Society about the iconic author’s life in Michigan. Located at . Transcription: “6 Hemingway’s Michigan Jesperson’s Restaurant...

      • hemingway
      • michigan

      The Battle Oaks

      “The Battle Oaks These three native Texas Live Oaks were on the grounds of the original “Forty Acres” when The University of Texas opened on September 15, 1883. The largest tree is believed to...

      “The Battle Oaks These three native Texas Live Oaks were on the grounds of the original “Forty Acres” when The University of Texas opened on September 15, 1883. The largest tree is believed to...

      • atx
      • austin
      • nature
      • texas
      • trees

      Littlefield Home

      “Littlefield Home George W. Littlefield (1842 – 1920) came to Texas with his family in 1850. He served in the Civil War with Terry’s Texas Rangers, attaining the rank of Major. Following the war...

      “Littlefield Home George W. Littlefield (1842 – 1920) came to Texas with his family in 1850. He served in the Civil War with Terry’s Texas Rangers, attaining the rank of Major. Following the war...

      • atx
      • austin
      • texas
      • the universi...
      • ut

      Offices of the War Department and the Adjutant General

      “Three double log houses built on this site in 1839 shortly after Austin was selected as the capitol of the Republic of Texas served as the offices for the War Department and the Adjutant General....

      “Three double log houses built on this site in 1839 shortly after Austin was selected as the capitol of the Republic of Texas served as the offices for the War Department and the Adjutant General....

      • atx
      • austin
      • texas

      Paramount Theatre

        All Saints’ Episcopal Church

        “All Saints’ Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the Second Bishop of the...

        “All Saints’ Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the Second Bishop of...

        • atx
        • austin
        • church
        • hitorical landmark
        • texas

        Richard Byrn memorial, Mount Victoria

        “THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

        “THE STONES ON THIS WALL ARE FROM THE KOETTLITZ GLACIER REGION, CAPE HALLETT, AND CAPE EVANS ANTARCTICA.”Richard Byrd was a polar explorer who used New Zealand as a base for Antarctic exploration...

        • antarctica
        • explorers
        • mount vic
        • new zealand
        • wellington

        St. Andrews Church

        “ST. ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE – DECLARED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH ON 8th DECEMBER 1991 – Including all people of every creed, race, class and sexual orientation.”This sign is on the historic St....

        “ST. ANDREW’S ON THE TERRACE – DECLARED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE CHURCH ON 8th DECEMBER 1991 – Including all people of every creed, race, class and sexual orientation.”This sign is on the historic...

        • equality
        • new zealand
        • wellington

        Forest’s Rest

        I tried to figure it out. Good luck. Was a piece in ArtPrize several years ago. Located in Fish Ladder Park, Grand Rapids, Mich.

        I tried to figure it out. Good luck. Was a piece in ArtPrize several years ago. Located in Fish Ladder Park, Grand Rapids, Mich.

        • artprize

        John Parr – 1st British Soldier killed in WW1 Home

        Located on lodge lane, London, England, NR12 BJJ.The plaque is in honour of Private John Parr. He is thought to have been the first British soldier killed in action in Europe in WW1. He was only...

        Located on lodge lane, London, England, NR12 BJJ.The plaque is in honour of Private John Parr. He is thought to have been the first British soldier killed in action in Europe in WW1. He was only...

        • ww1

        The Big Woods

        A plaque south of Minneapolis about the woods that were in Minnesota before white settlers came.The Big WoodsWhen the first explorers came to what became Minnesota, they found a land with three...

        A plaque south of Minneapolis about the woods that were in Minnesota before white settlers came.The Big WoodsWhen the first explorers came to what became Minnesota, they found a land with...

        • laura ingalls wilder
        • minnesota

        Edna St. Vincent Millay Plaque

        Edna St. Vincent Millay1892 – 1950“All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I traced...

        Edna St. Vincent Millay1892 – 1950“All I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked another way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I...

        • camden
        • maine
        • writer

        Hank Lubka Memorial

        Memorial for a triathlete, who, according to the photo, dons an intense helmet. The plaque reads:“The portion of recreational path between here and the Red River has been constructed in memory of...

        Memorial for a triathlete, who, according to the photo, dons an intense helmet. The plaque reads:“The portion of recreational path between here and the Red River has been constructed in memory of...

        • bike path
        • cycling
        • recreation
        • triathlete
        • triathlon

        Buck v. Bell

        Location: 38° 2.202′ N, 78° 29.303′ W. in Charlottesville, Virginia on Preston Avenue (U.S. 250) 0.2 miles south of Grady Avenue (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north. On the grounds of the...

        Location: 38° 2.202′ N, 78° 29.303′ W. in Charlottesville, Virginia on Preston Avenue (U.S. 250) 0.2 miles south of Grady Avenue (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north. On the grounds of the...

        • three genera...
        • carrie buck
        • eugenics
        • forced sterilization
        • oliver wende...

        Dred Scott – Davenport IA

          “On this site was located the home of John Emerson, Post Surgeon, at Fort Armstrong, and of his famous slave, Dred Scott. Erected by Hannah Caldwell Chapter, Daughters of the American...

          “On this site was located the home of John Emerson, Post Surgeon, at Fort Armstrong, and of his famous slave, Dred Scott. Erected by Hannah Caldwell Chapter, Daughters of the...

        • davenport
        • dredd scott
        • iowa
        • slavery