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Welcome to Angora Lookout

Years before there was an established lookout, Forest Service fire spotters used Angora Ridge to watch for blazes in the Tahoe Basin forests. Prior to this lookout being built, wildfires burned...

Years before there was an established lookout, Forest Service fire spotters used Angora Ridge to watch for blazes in the Tahoe Basin forests. Prior to this lookout being built, wildfires...

    Baker Millennium House

      Elvis Presley Fight Scene

      Submitted by @Schreiberland

      Submitted by @Schreiberland

      • elvis
      • fight
      • karate

      National and University's Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina

      National LibrarySarajevoBosnia and HercegovinaEnglish plaque accompanying the Bosnian which reads: NA OVOM SU MJEsTU SRPSKI ZLOČINCI U NOĆI 25/26 8 1992. GODINE ZAPALILI NACIONALNUI UNIVERZITETSKU...

      National LibrarySarajevoBosnia and HercegovinaEnglish plaque accompanying the Bosnian which reads: NA OVOM SU MJEsTU SRPSKI ZLOČINCI U NOĆI 25/26 8 1992. GODINE ZAPALILI NACIONALNUI UNIVERZITETSKU...

      • #neverforget

      Moving to the Minerals

      Submitted by Matt Schultz

      Submitted by Matt Schultz

        Captain William Moore Cabin

          Veterans' Memorial, Albany

          • eaten
          • celebrated
          • danced
          • magnificent building
          • wwi
          • 1932
          • meyers

          Pinecote Pavilion

          Dedicated on November 23, 1986, the Pinecote Pavilion was built by the family of L.O. Crosby, Jr. (1907-1978) as a memorial to his legacy. Crosby was a noted forestry figure, philanthropist, and...

          Dedicated on November 23, 1986, the Pinecote Pavilion was built by the family of L.O. Crosby, Jr. (1907-1978) as a memorial to his legacy. Crosby was a noted forestry figure, philanthropist, and...

          • mississippi
          • architecture
          • arboretum

          Picayune Colored High School

          Picayune's first public high school for African Americans was established here in 1918. John Prentiss (J.P.) Johnson served as principal from 1943 to 1950, when a new school was constructed at...

          Picayune's first public high school for African Americans was established here in 1918. John Prentiss (J.P.) Johnson served as principal from 1943 to 1950, when a new school was constructed...

          • mississippi
          • african american
          • education

          Famous Prize Fight

          FAMOUS PRIZE FIGHTWON BY JOHN MORRISSEY OVER 'YANKEE' SULLIVAN IN THIS AREA ON OCT. 5, 1653, LASTED 37 ROUNDS AND WA WITNESSED BY MORE THAN 3000 PERSONSSubmitted by @jherskowitz

          FAMOUS PRIZE FIGHTWON BY JOHN MORRISSEY OVER 'YANKEE' SULLIVAN IN THIS AREA ON OCT. 5, 1653, LASTED 37 ROUNDS AND WA WITNESSED BY MORE THAN 3000 PERSONSSubmitted by @jherskowitz

          • famous prize fight
          • fight
          • prize fight
          • 1653

          The Class of 1925 Courtyard

            In Memory of Gertrude Thompson

            ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...

            ON THE 15TH DAY OF APRIL,1978 5:20 PM. MRS. GERTRUDE THOMPSON WAS FATALLY INJURED BY A MOTORCAR 10 FEET NORTH OF THIS SPOT THIS PLAQUE IS GIVEN TO THE EARTH TO MEMORIALIZE HER TILL ETERNITY. HER...

            • given to the earth
            • till eternity
            • her friends

            City of Alameda Civic Center Parking Structure

              Joaquin Miller, "Poet of the Sierras"

              JOAQUIN MILLER, "POET OF THE SIERRAS," RESIDED ON THESE ACRES, NAMED BY HIM "THE HIGHTS," FROM 1886 TO 1913. IN THIS BUILDING, KNOW AS THE ABBEY, HE WROTE "COLUMBUS" AND OTHER POEMS. THE...

              JOAQUIN MILLER, "POET OF THE SIERRAS," RESIDED ON THESE ACRES, NAMED BY HIM "THE HIGHTS," FROM 1886 TO 1913. IN THIS BUILDING, KNOW AS THE ABBEY, HE WROTE "COLUMBUS" AND OTHER POEMS. THE...

              • moses genera...
              • joaquin miller

              Richmond Shipyards

                Site of the First Public Hanging Area and Graveyard

                  Pompeiin Villa

                  The last remaining landmark of the "dream city" planned by the founder of Port Arthur, railroad magnate Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928). The house was built in 1900 as the winter resort home of...

                  The last remaining landmark of the "dream city" planned by the founder of Port Arthur, railroad magnate Arthur E. Stilwell (1859-1928). The house was built in 1900 as the winter resort home...

                  • texas
                  • landmark
                  • architecture

                  Indian Village

                  On this site, granted by the Spanish government, dwelled Tusquahoma, chief of a Choctaw Indian tribe of fifty families, from about 1785 to 1820, when the land was sold to Stephen Maddox and the...

                  On this site, granted by the Spanish government, dwelled Tusquahoma, chief of a Choctaw Indian tribe of fifty families, from about 1785 to 1820, when the land was sold to Stephen Maddox and...

                  • louisiana
                  • native american
                  • choctaw

                  Restoration Park

                  This is a most unusual park - with an interesting history. It is an urban wetlands park that also functions as a floodwater detention basin. It is located on the site of a major sand and gravel...

                  This is a most unusual park - with an interesting history. It is an urban wetlands park that also functions as a floodwater detention basin. It is located on the site of a major sand and...

                  • louisiana
                  • environment
                  • park

                  Santa Rosa

                  The town of Santa Rosa, once located here, encompassed stores, a church, a post office, the one- room Aaron Academy, and Turtle Skin Cemetery. Its residents were relocated in 1961 to make way for...

                  The town of Santa Rosa, once located here, encompassed stores, a church, a post office, the one- room Aaron Academy, and Turtle Skin Cemetery. Its residents were relocated in 1961 to make way for...

                  • mississippi
                  • nasa
                  • space
                  • settlement
                  • cemetery