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Jennings Trail, Machamux

    Machamux

    • george washington
    • burning by t...
    • hezekiah

    Catherine "Granny" Fraser

    Submitted by @HistoryBoots

    Submitted by @HistoryBoots

      A Colorful Past

      A Colorful Past During a 2019 renovation of this property, the brick was stripped to reveal 175+ years of paint shades and reconstruction. The paint colors represent original construction and...

      A Colorful Past During a 2019 renovation of this property, the brick was stripped to reveal 175+ years of paint shades and reconstruction. The paint colors represent original construction...

        Darwin in Edinburg

        Submitted by @NtlMuseumsScot

        Submitted by @NtlMuseumsScot

          Glasgow Sherbet Municipal Works

          THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF THE OLD GLASGOW SHERBET MUNICIPAL WORKS ONE OF THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF SHERBET IN THE WORLD. DISASTER STRUCK IN AUGUST 1906 WHEN YOUNG BERT FLODDEN -A BOY ON A 3YR...

          THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SITE OF THE OLD GLASGOW SHERBET MUNICIPAL WORKS ONE OF THE LEADING PRODUCERS OF SHERBET IN THE WORLD. DISASTER STRUCK IN AUGUST 1906 WHEN YOUNG BERT FLODDEN -A BOY ON A 3YR...

            JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK

            JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK World Famous Tenor 1884-1945

            JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK World Famous Tenor 1884-1945

              Detective Green B. Hamby

              Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across the...

              Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across...

                Davis Library

                This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library Branch....

                This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library...

                  William Henry Foreman

                  [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

                  [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

                    Conical Mound

                    Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

                    Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

                    • mound
                    • burial
                    • native
                    • madison
                    • yahara
                    • cherokee

                    Heritage Oak

                    In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

                    In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

                    • heritage
                    • oak
                    • bicentennial
                    • girl scouts
                    • chicago
                    • portage park

                    Ralph Clark

                    RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

                    RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

                      The Compassion Bench

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                      Submitted by @jqmcd

                        Eddie G. Robinson

                        Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty-six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

                        Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty- six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

                        • louisiana
                        • african american
                        • football

                        Charles P. Adams - "The Founder"

                         In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

                         In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

                        • louisiana
                        • african american
                        • education

                        Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr - (October 25, 1919 - March 5, 1996)

                        Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

                        Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

                        • louisiana
                        • african american
                        • education
                        • marching band
                        • music

                        Paul "Tank" Younger

                        Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play professional...

                        Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play...

                        • louisiana
                        • african american
                        • sports
                        • football
                        • hbcu

                        Battle of Calcasieu Pass

                        Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

                        Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

                        • louisiana
                        • civil war
                        • cameron parish
                        • calcasieu

                        Ellwood-Craig House (Pompeiian Villa)

                        Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic...

                        Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a...

                        • texas
                        • landmark
                        • historic home