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Jack London's Birthplace

TO MARK THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NOTED AUTHOR  JACK LONDON JANUARY 12, 1876 THE ORIGINAL HOME ON THIS SITE THEN KNOWN AS 615 THIRD STREET WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE OF APRIL 18, 1906 PLACED...

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • california
  • jack london
  • 1876
  • 1906
  • fire
  • destroyed

Shorakkapoch Rock

It's a plaque on a rock in Inwood Hill Park in the most Northern tip of Manhattan. The text on the plaque reads: "ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ON THIS SITE OF THE PRINCIPAL MANHATTAN INDIAN VILLAGE,...

  • manhanttan
  • new york
  • nyc peter minuit
  • inwood hill park
  • native americans
  • 1626