Montclair Woman's Club
1955 LOVE LIGHTS OUR WAY MONTCLAIR WOMAN'S CLUB Submitted by @jqmcd
The Naval Station
Although this land was purchased by the U.S. Government from Jean P. Dupiere in 1849 as a proposed Navy Yard, a U.S. Naval Station was not formally established here until 1901 when a dry dock...
- louisiana
- military
Mechanickham
Founded in 1836 by Nicholas Noel Destrehan, Mechanickham was originally part of the Spanish land grant to the Ursuline nuns in 1790. It was incorporated with the villages of Gretna...
- louisiana
Gouldsboro Rail Car Transfer Ferry
Ferry operated from 1898 to 1942 with two transfer boats. One, the Gouldsboro, named for railroad magnate Jay Gould, was built in 1863 as the Federal Monitor Chickasaw and saw action at the Battle...
- louisiana
- rail
Skirmish at Haguewood Prairie
In late September 1863, Confederate Col. J.O. Shelby's cavalry headed north to raid into Missouri. On Sept. 27, 1863, Shelby's scouts found Co. H, 1st Arkansas Infantry (U.S.) camped at Haguewood...
- arkansas
- civil war
Stumpf's Magic Hoodoo
Established in 1876, John Stumpf's Son Co. manufactured insecticides which aided the successful completion of the Panama Canal. In 1915 "Magic Hoodoo" products received the Medal of Award at the...
- louisiana
Eiffel Tower Park
Eiffel Tower Park was established in 2014 on the West side of the Paris town square. The Eiffel Tower was a gift to the city by a former resident and pastor, Don Eubanks. A 7 foot water...
- arkansas
Place De La Croix
In 1823 the first Church of St. Mary of False River was built, and at that time a cross was erected on the banks of False River. It stood on this spot for many years as a sign to all of the life...
- louisiana
- religion
William Bartram Trail - Traced 1773-1777
In 1775, Bartram crossed the Mississippi to visit Pointe Coupée, the westernmost point reached in his travels.
- louisiana
- nature
The Hihn Building
Buchanan Downtown / Buchanan Downtown
Commerce and industry have characterized the Buchanan Downtown Historic District since mill owner Charles Cowles settled here in the 1830s. McCoy’s Creek supplied millraces and more than fifteen...
- michigan
- michigan his...
Saint Andre
Saint Paul's Square
The History of Surfing
Sam DeMasi
Diorama de Daguerre
Here stood from 1822 to 1839 Daguerre's Diorama and his laboratory where by perfecting the invention of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce he discovered Daguerréotype @schwanmitbrille
- paris
- daguerre
- photographie
- 1822
- 1839
- joseph nicép...
- france
Constructed by Works Progress Administration 1937
Dona Dolores "Lola" Chavez de Armijo
Doña Dolores "Lola" Chávez de Armijo (1858-1929) In 1912, State Librarian Lola Chávez de Armijo filed a gender discrimination law suit after the governor sought to replace her by court...
- gender discr...
- 1912
- librarian
Dick Whitwell
DICK WHITWELL 1956-2011 A LIFELONG PROFESSIONAL RAILWAYMAN WHO WITHIN THE THAMESLINK PROJECT TEAM HELPED TRANSFORM RAIL TRAVEL THROUGH THE HEART OF CENTRAL LONDON THESE STONES WERE PART OF...
Phoenix Iron Works
Approx. 200 feet SW of this site, cast first gun for the Confederate Navy on 4 May 1861. The gun, a Dalhgren cannon, fired an 8~inch diameter explosive shell. Sylvester Bennett was proprietor.
- louisiana
- civil war