BERKELEY HISTORY Peet’s Coffee & Tea A revolution began here in 1966 when Alfred H. Peet (1920–2007) opened his first coffee roastery and store. Arriving in San Francisco in 1955, “Mr. Peet”...
In grateful memory of the sacrifice of the heroes and heroines of Memphis in the 1870's, who gave their lives serving the victims of the yellow fever. Thousands died and thousands fled...
NURSE CAVELL'S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD. "BUT THIS I WOULD SAY, STANDING AS I DO IN VIEW OF GOD AND ETER-NITY, I REALISE THAT PATRIOTISM IS NOT ENOUGH. I MUST HAVE NO HATRED OR BITTER-NESS TO...
23 30 CHEROKEE BOUNDARY (1767) In 1766-67 S.C. & N.C. negotiated with the Cherokee to establish a boundary between Indian land to the west and new settlement to the east. This north-south line...
Commonwealth of Massachusetts National Industrial Recovery Act of 1934 Project No. NRM 235E Franklin Delano Roosevelt President of the United States James Michael Curley Governor Department of...
FORT PICKERINGProtecting Memphis In June 1861, Confederate supporters in Memphis erected earthworks to protect the city here at Fort Pickering, the site of a frontier-era fortified trading post....
Robert Nelson's performances at PIER 39 in the 1970s and 1980s inspired a generation of street performers in San Francisco and around the world. The Butterfly Man, as he was known, was brash,...
Follow Your Dreams In Memory Of Josh Raley If Tears Could Build A Stairway, And Memories A Lane, I'd Walk Right Up To Heaven and Bring You Home Again. Submitted by @Mostly_Filled .
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HELLMAN'S HOLLOW BIRTHPLACE OF THE HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL You feel the thirst but none can make you drink The answer's waiting for you here but it's not what you think It won't steal...
The Dashed Line That Surrounds You Marks The Former Location of an Embarcadero Freeway Column "The Chief Designer of the Embarcadero Freeway, 79 year old Arthur Elliot predicts "San Francisco will...
On behalf of Srila Prabhupada, our deepest gratitude to all the devotees for their dedication and generous contributions toward the construction and renovation of Prabhupada's Palace. May...
ORNATE BOX TURTLE STATE REPTILE OF KANSAS [Location unknown, presumably in Kansas]
BARBARY COAST TRAIL This Plaque Sponsored By Hyatt Hotels - San Francisco
PIER 39 WALKER & MOODY A.I.A. ARCHITECTS JOHNSON * GUTHRIE * ASSOCIATES LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS 1978 OPENED ON OCTOBER 4, 1978 11:30 A.M. THROUGH THE UNTIRING EFFORTS OF JOHN E. "BAGGY"...
BARBARY COAST TRAIL This Plaque In Honor Of The Greatest Mom Maggie May Kim Cheung
This plaque is on the mansion property as you walk from the upper parking lot to the front door. THE WADSWORTH MANSION Middletown's most palatial "Gilded Age" estate, the Long Hill mansion...