The Top of the Smokies
The Top of the Smokies At 6,643 feet, Clingmans Dome is the highest mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and one of the highest peaks in the eastern United States An...
- clingmans dome
- lookout
- observation tower
- smoky mountains
- tower
Fontana dam
Fontana Dam Length 2365 feet Height 480 feet Built by the TVA 1942-1945 as a unit of its multi- purpose system of dams.35.450414,-83.804923
- dam
- fontana dam
- tva
The TVA System of Multi-Purpose Dams, Fontana Dam
35.449995,-83.805303 Fontana Dam Fontana dam, a multi-purpose dam on the little Tennessee reiver, is 480 feet, TVA’s highest. Begun soon after Pearl Harbor, it was completed in less than three...
- dam
- fontana dam
- tva
Horace Bowler, Harbour Missionary
The plaque reads: In loving memory of Horace Bowler, Harbour Missionary. Died August 11 1902 Aged 30 years. “Until the Day Break” Erected by the Congregation of This Church. ...
- 1902
- england
- great britain
- uk
Jackson: The Jumping Seat of Calaveras County
Commemorating the literally trigger-happy zeal that accompanied mining town politics in the mid-1850′s, this plaque tells the story of Jackson’s Judge Smith entanglements in public policy. In...
- 1851
- california
- jackson
Founder of Doggie Diner
Thomas J. Bates May 6, 1923 – August 9, 2013 Founder of the Doggie DinerWith heavy hearts we must announce the passing of Tom Bates, Owner of Bates Manor at 120 Hillcrest Road,Father of Antony and...
- berkeley hills
- food
- san francisco
George Bernard McPherson of Guerneville, CA
To a man who still received self satisfaction and a feeling of worth by doing something and accepting nothing instead of doing nothing and accepting something.GEORGE BERNARD McPHERSON 1888 –...
- irishamerica...
- 1888
- 1977
- california
Historic Cerrito Creek
Cerrito Creek plaque, featuring local items, notably the undersold dynamite factory (#3).
- dynamite
- el cerrito
Strasburg Railroad
Established in 1832 in response to the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad’s bypass of Strasburg, it remains the oldest original railroad operating under its original charter. Local railroad...
- 1832
- pennsylvania
- railroad
- steam
Hayes Mansion
Dolce Hayes Mansion 200 Edenvale Ave, San Jose, CA 95136 Mary Hayes Chynoweth, matriarch of the Hayes family, buit this 65 room, 41,000 square foot Mediterranean Revival-style mansion to replace...
- 1905
- hayes
- san jose
Historic Well
Located in the basement parking garage in Safeway at 1444 Shattuck Pl, Berkeley, CA 94709. Prior to the 2012 remodel, it was located outside next to a covered well on the south east corner of...
- well
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- safeway
Key Route
Key Route Train plaque by large key route mural.The mural has been destroyed under controversial circumstances (https://localwiki.org /oakland/Key_Route_Plaza_mural), but a picture of what it...
- oakland
- train
Honoring the Fictional Dead from The Maltese Falcon
This is the only plaque I’ve ever seen dedicated to the death of a minor fictional character. It’s found at the mouth of Burritt Alley in San Francisco. It says: “On approximately this spot, Miles...
- dashiell hammett
- humphrey bogart
- maltese falcon
- miles archer
- mystery
A Town Named Sherman
“John C. Gavin (1842-1924) arrived in Sherman after the Civil War. He was given the honorary title of ‘Mayor of Sherman’ due to the fact that he was the last year-round resident...
- ghost town
- colorado
- mining
Alvord Lake Bridge
Tiny plaque above the suspicious fellow reads, “National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, Alvord Lake Bridge, ASCE 1970.” Plaque erected by the American Society of Civil Engineers,...
- 1889
- 1970
- bridge
- engineering
- golden gate
- ransome
- rebar
- san francisco
Clifton Whipple Truss Bridge
“Built in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, at a cost of $6,465, this bridge spans 150 feet across the North Bosque River. This type of bridge, called a Whipple truss, was...
- 1884
- 1941
- bosque county
- bridge
- clifton
- cliftontexas
- cliftontx
- historic
- recorded tex...
- rthl
- texas
- truss bridge
- whipple truss bridge
Harpoon Cannon (Whaling Gun)
“The whaling gun below this plaque came off the ship; “Cody.” Gib Hunter was the Captain of the ship and was the last of the whalers to operate off the West Coast. Captain Hunter presented...
- berkeley
- harpoon
- whaling
The Three Corners
130 feet south is the point where Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio meet. This marker was erected by Hillsdale County Historical Society. 1977
- 1977
- montgomery
The Old Sally Port
“From this place naval heroes innumerable have embarked to fight their country’s battles. Near the spot Catharine of Braganza landed in State, May 14, 1662 previous to her marriage with Charles II...
- old portsmouth
Historic Lorin District
“South Berkeley was originally settled by coast Indians. After Spanish conquest in the 1700s, large land tracts were held by the Peralta, Ashby, and Harmon families.Transportation has been a...
- berkeley