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First Land Sales in St Kilda

On the side wall of a St Kilda Convenience Store in Ackland Street. Erected as part of Victoria's 150 year anniversary.  It is headed by the logo for the event. Plaque Reads: Victoria 150 Growing...

On the side wall of a St Kilda Convenience Store in Ackland Street. Erected as part of Victoria's 150 year anniversary.  It is headed by the logo for the event. Plaque Reads: Victoria 150...

  • acland st
  • st kilda
  • melbourne
  • victoria

Plaque in St Kilda Gardens

Plaque is located under a tree in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. This tree was planted  in memory of Norman T. Scoble Supt. of Parks and Gardens City of St. Kildat 1938-1966 A tribute from His...

Plaque is located under a tree in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. This tree was planted  in memory of Norman T. Scoble Supt. of Parks and Gardens City of St. Kildat 1938-1966 A tribute from His...

  • st kilda
  • melbourne
  • victoria

Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

  • gammage
  • asu
  • arizona
  • tempe
  • frank lloyd wright

In Memory of Victoria's Fire Fighters

Transcription: In Memory of Victoria's Fire Fighters This bell, cast in 1873 at the foundry of William Blews & Sons, Birmingham, England, was used to call fire fighters to duty during the late...

Transcription: In Memory of Victoria's Fire Fighters This bell, cast in 1873 at the foundry of William Blews & Sons, Birmingham, England, was used to call fire fighters to duty during the...

    W. Goodrich Jones State Forest

    W. Goodrich Jones State ForestThis forest of 1633 acres, purchased by the state in 1924, is used for research and demonstration of timber growing and is administered by The Texas Forest Service,...

    W. Goodrich Jones State ForestThis forest of 1633 acres, purchased by the state in 1924, is used for research and demonstration of timber growing and is administered by The Texas Forest Service,...

    • texas
    • 1924
    • father of forestry

    Maddox Cedars

    "Maddox Cedars"Site of the K. T. and Amanda Maddox home which was destroyed by the 1915 hurricane   Submitted by: Eric Goodill

    "Maddox Cedars"Site of the K. T. and Amanda Maddox home which was destroyed by the 1915 hurricane   Submitted by: Eric Goodill

    • texas
    • cedars
    • hurricane
    • 1915

    In Honor of Dick & Doris Hickner

    Presented in Honor of Dick & Doris Hickner with deep appreciation for their 15 years of undaunting leadership to the Texas mid coast wildlife refuges; and for serving as founder & charter...

    Presented in Honor of Dick & Doris Hickner with deep appreciation for their 15 years of undaunting leadership to the Texas mid coast wildlife refuges; and for serving as founder &...

    • texas
    • mid coast
    • wildlife refuges
    • brazoria

    Frank Rabb

    Frank Rabb (1866-1932) was born in Corpus Christi to Texas ranching pioneers John and Martha Rabb. After marrying Lillian Starck, granddaughter of ranching neighbor Mifflin Kenedy, Frank and...

    Frank Rabb (1866-1932) was born in Corpus Christi to Texas ranching pioneers John and Martha Rabb. After marrying Lillian Starck, granddaughter of ranching neighbor Mifflin Kenedy, Frank...

    • texas
    • rabb
    • san tomas
    • irrigation
    • mexican revolution

    Jamie J. Zapata Memorial Boat Ramp

    Jaime J. Zapata Memorial Boat RampIn memory of Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata who made the ultimate sacrifice while defending our country and guaranteeing our freedom."They can take our lives, but...

    Jaime J. Zapata Memorial Boat RampIn memory of Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata who made the ultimate sacrifice while defending our country and guaranteeing our freedom."They can take our lives, but...

    • texas
    • special agent
    • boat ram
    • defending

    Palmeto Piling

    These palmetto Piling are the remains of the Boca Chica crossing of the railroad from Boca Chica Inlet to White's Ranch on the Rio Grande. Begun by General Francis H. Herron, U.S.A., in 1864 and...

    These palmetto Piling are the remains of the Boca Chica crossing of the railroad from Boca Chica Inlet to White's Ranch on the Rio Grande. Begun by General Francis H. Herron, U.S.A., in 1864...

    • crossing
    • texas
    • 1864
    • transportation
    • zachary taylor
    • vandalized

    Rabb Plantation House

    Rabb Plantation House- 1891 -Built in 1891-1892 for Frank and Lillian Rabb, the Queen Anne style house had a commanding view of the Rio Grande during the waning years of steamboat era. The Rabb...

    Rabb Plantation House- 1891 -Built in 1891-1892 for Frank and Lillian Rabb, the Queen Anne style house had a commanding view of the Rio Grande during the waning years of steamboat era. The...

    • texas
    • queen anne
    • rio grande
    • steamboat

    Rabb Plantation

    Rabb PlantationToday, commonly referred to as the Rabb Plantation, this was originally known as Rancho San Tomas and, then, San Tomas Plantation  It encompassed 20,353 acres stretching north from...

    Rabb PlantationToday, commonly referred to as the Rabb Plantation, this was originally known as Rancho San Tomas and, then, San Tomas Plantation  It encompassed 20,353 acres stretching north...

    • texas
    • plantation
    • rancho

    Nashville Sit-Ins

    This plaque is on the sidewalk outside 233 5th Avenue North, a few blocks up the hill from Ryman Auditorium, the longtime home of the Grand Ol' Opry, and a few block down the hill from the state...

    This plaque is on the sidewalk outside 233 5th Avenue North, a few blocks up the hill from Ryman Auditorium, the longtime home of the Grand Ol' Opry, and a few block down the hill from the...

    • nashville
    • tennessee
    • civil rights
    • segregation

    Birthplace of a Great City

    Perhaps the best and worst historical plaque in San Francisco. Best because it calls out a moment when the the place that was about to become San Francisco was wild, a windy dune overlooking an...

    Perhaps the best and worst historical plaque in San Francisco. Best because it calls out a moment when the the place that was about to become San Francisco was wild, a windy dune overlooking...

    • san francisco
    • william richardson
    • chinatown
    • grant avenue
    • gold rush

    The Last Yahi Indian

    I was in Oroville, California, last month to cover the crisis at the dam nearby that forced evacuation of the city and other communities. I had arrived just as the evacuation order was lifted, and...

    I was in Oroville, California, last month to cover the crisis at the dam nearby that forced evacuation of the city and other communities. I had arrived just as the evacuation order was lifted, and...

    • ishi
    • yahi
    • native americans
    • california
    • oroville
    • genocide

    H.H.Jeffords Gun

    Mounted in memory of the soldiers and sailors of 1861-1865   THIS GUN PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO COL. H.H. JEFFORDS POST NO. 330 DEPT. OF MICHIGAN G.A.R.   Submitted by Bryan...

    Mounted in memory of the soldiers and sailors of 1861-1865   THIS GUN PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO COL. H.H. JEFFORDS POST NO. 330 DEPT. OF MICHIGAN G.A.R.   Submitted by...

      Jonathan Odell

      JONATHAN ODELL CLERGYMAN, SURGEON, AND POET, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BENEDICT ARNOLD AND JOHN ANDRE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AFTER MOVING TO NEW BRUNSWICK, 1784, HE...

      JONATHAN ODELL CLERGYMAN, SURGEON, AND POET, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BENEDICT ARNOLD AND JOHN ANDRE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AFTER MOVING TO NEW BRUNSWICK, 1784, HE...

      • fredericton
      • new brunswick
      • benedict arnold
      • american revolution
      • revolutionary war

      Fort Germantown

      This was the site of a Civil War earth-work redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June...

      This was the site of a Civil War earth-work redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Site of Early Gunsmith Shop (1836-1860)

      • gunsmith
      • baton rouge
      • searles
      • bowie knife

      The McQueen- Fergusson House

      THE McQUEEN-FERGUSSON HOUSE CIRCA 1790 LAND ORIGINALLY GRANTED TO BENEDICT ARNOLD. THE HOME, 1812-1858, OF COLONEL GEORGE SHORE, SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK. HOME OF SENATOR MURIEL...

      THE McQUEEN-FERGUSSON HOUSE CIRCA 1790 LAND ORIGINALLY GRANTED TO BENEDICT ARNOLD. THE HOME, 1812-1858, OF COLONEL GEORGE SHORE, SURVEYOR- GENERAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK. HOME OF SENATOR...

      • fredericton
      • new brunswick
      • benedict arnold
      • first woman speaker