Marin County Civic Center
The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They...
- marin
- california
- frank lloyd wright
Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway
Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an...
- british columbia
- railway
- riches
- 1910
Frank Slide
HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...
- alberta
- frank slide
- 1903
Used to Rescue Horses
THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...
- london
- horses
- started
- trains
- towpath
Descartes's House in Stockholm
I detta kvarter levde och vekade den franske filosofen och matematikern Rene Descartes fran oktober 1649 till sin dod i februari 1650 Submitted by @sally_holloway
- stockhold
- sweden
- descartes
- 1649
- cartesian
Flagpole
This Flag Pole Has Story... The Tilden Environmental Education Center flag pole is a re- purposed mast of "Loon" Bird Boat 13, built in 1929. The legendary "S" class San Francisco Bird Boats are...
- berkeley
- california
- tilden
- sail boat
- flag pole
Exercise Tiger memorial Utah Beach
In memory of the 946 American servicemen who died in the night of 27 April 1944 off the coast of Slapton Sands (G.B.) during "Exercise Tiger" the rehearsals for the D-Day landing on...
- utah
- beach
- operation
- tiger
- memorial
- world war 2
- wwii
River Lot Settlement/Gunn's Mill/The Gunn Family
Three plaques in one! This mill stone surrounded by plaques stands next to the Half Moon Drive In near Lockport, Manitoba. Here is the transcription of the plaques, from left to right: PLAQUE...
- millstone
- mill
- manitoba
- hudson's bay company
- fur trade
- red river settlement
Lower Fort Garry
This plaque stands near the entrance to Lower Fort Garry next to another plaque about Indian Treaty No. 1. It is written in English and French. Here is the English transcription: LOWER FORT GARRY...
- stone buildings
- fort
- mounties
- canada
- prison
Vermont State House
In the middle of Monteplier, the smallest state capital (by population) in the United States. Plaque text: State House Montpelier became the capital in 1808, when the first State House was built....
- vermont
- montpelier
- state capitals
- state capitols
Indian Treaty No. 1
This plaque stands near the entrance to Lower Fort Garry next to another plaque about the fort. It is written in English and French. Here is the English transcription: INDIAN TREATY NO. 1 To...
- treaty
- first nations
- ojibway
- cree
- manitoba
- canada
Marin Commission on Aging Time Capsule
MARIN COMMISSION ON AGING TIME CAPSULE MAY 1990 TO BE OPENED IN 2040
- marin
- time capsule
- california
- 1990
Sylvan Falls Bridge Plaque
Arthur Flanders Commissioner 1902 Name of the county highway commissioner and bridge's build date is on this nearly illegible plaque. Metal frame, wooden deck. South (upstream) of...
- parishville
- ny
- alan r reno
- st regis river
- flanders
- adirondacks
Bridge Builder's Plaque 1902
Rochester Bridge and Construction Co Rochester, N.Y. 1902 Builder's plaque rapidly approaching illegibility.Found affixed to old bridge (wooden decking!) crossing theWest Branch, St....
- rochester
- ny
- parishville
- 1902
- st regis river
- alan r reno
- bridge
Alex Mackenzie Dean Channel 1793
Alex Mackenzie from Canada by land 22nd July 1793 Inscribed on a rock in Dean Channel by explorer Alexander Mackenzie after the first east to west crossing of North America north of Mexico.
- alex mackenzie
- 1793
- explorer
Richard Halliburton
Richard Halliburton Traveler-Author-Lecturer Born 1900-Lost at sea 1939 This tower is dedicated to memorialize his wonderful life of action, romance and courage. Erected by his parents Wesley...
- shelby county
- tennessee
N. B. Forrest Camp 215Sons Of The Confederate Veterans
On Jun 28, 1900, a group of over 100 sons and grandsons of Confederate veterans met in Memphis to organize a local chapter, or "camp," of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, later known as...
- shelby county
- tennessee
In Rebuilding This Field for the Children of Our Community
Thanks to the Rotary Club of Berkeley for its generous support in rebuilding this field for the children of our community.1997 & 1998
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- rotary
- field
- rosa parks e...
Chinese Massacre Cove
Chinese Massacre Cove Site of the 1887 massacre of as many as 34 Chinese gold miners. No one was held accountable.
- oregon
- hells canyon
- snake river
Wall and Limits
The plaque reads: LIMIT OF THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC. THE DESTRUCTION OR DISLOCATION OF THE MONUMENT IS A FELONY PUNISHED BY MEXICO OR THE US. I remember when I read the plaque tears came running down...
- border
- mexico
- tourist
- wall
- immigrants
- nation
- mexicans
- migrants