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    King-Tears Mortuary

    King-Tears Mortuary In October 1901, William M. Tears opened the Tears Funeral Home at 614 E. 6th Street to provide mortuary services for African Americans in Austin and the surrounding area. Upon...

    King-Tears Mortuary In October 1901, William M. Tears opened the Tears Funeral Home at 614 E. 6th Street to provide mortuary services for African Americans in Austin and the surrounding area....

      Union Square Park

      • labor day
      • 1882

      Ciudad Prehispanica de Teotihuacan

        Teotihuacan

          Anthony Nardella

            Bergen

            Submitted by @caddickbrown

            Submitted by @caddickbrown

              Cornwallils

              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by WashuOtaku, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by WashuOtaku, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                Battle of Mississenewa -> Two Miles West

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                  Early Chinese Fishermen

                    Deaths at the Huntington Gorge

                    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                      Fraser Mansion

                      Fraser MansionBuilt 1890This property is listed in The National Registry of Historic PlacesAs a national landmark for its architectural and cultural contributions to the District of Columbia This...

                      Fraser MansionBuilt 1890This property is listed in The National Registry of Historic PlacesAs a national landmark for its architectural and cultural contributions to the District of Columbia This...

                      • washington dc
                      • dupont circle
                      • architecture

                      ALACHUA COUNTY COURTHOUSE

                      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

                      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

                        Richland~Plummer Creek Covered Bridge

                        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                        From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                          Site of "Masonic Well"

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                            Laira Trail marker

                            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                              17th Street Canal Floodwall

                              On August 29, 2005, a federal floodwall atop a levee on the 17th Street Canal, the largest and most important drainage Canal for the city, gave way here causing flooding that killed hundreds. This...

                              On August 29, 2005, a federal floodwall atop a levee on the 17th Street Canal, the largest and most important drainage Canal for the city, gave way here causing flooding that killed hundreds. This...

                              • louisiana
                              • disaster
                              • hurricane
                              • katrina

                              Dr. J. E. Wright

                              J.E. Wright, D.D.S., opened first permanent dental office in the Indian Territory, Savanna, 1885. He practiced as itinerant dentist at Tishomingo Academy, Stonewall, Johnsonville, and White Bead...

                              J.E. Wright, D.D.S., opened first permanent dental office in the Indian Territory, Savanna, 1885. He practiced as itinerant dentist at Tishomingo Academy, Stonewall, Johnsonville, and White...

                                Chief Cornstalks's Village

                                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                                  Willard’s Hotel

                                  The UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS held its first meeting at “Willard's Hotel", on this site on MAY 11, 1855. The court was established to allow citizens to sue  the U.S. Government. In 1861,...

                                  The UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS held its first meeting at “Willard's Hotel", on this site on MAY 11, 1855. The court was established to allow citizens to sue  the U.S. Government. In...

                                  • lincoln
                                  • willard's hotel
                                  • 1855