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Anza Expedition of 1776

    Alvarado Park

      Alvarado Park -- A Popular Gathering Place

        Native Peoples of the East Bay

          This Gateway to Kansas

          This Gateway to Kansas sign sits pretty innocuously on the side of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, KS (Approximately 4th St and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS). It marks 5 events of...

          This Gateway to Kansas sign sits pretty innocuously on the side of Minnesota Avenue in downtown Kansas City, KS (Approximately 4th St and Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, KS). It marks 5 events of...

          • lewis and clark
          • wyandotte county
          • kansas
          • missouri river

          OLD BURYING GROUND

          Deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,...

          Deeded to town, 1731, by Nathanael Taylor. Capt. Otway Burns of the War of 1812, Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers are buried here.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker...

          • ncmarkers
          • north carolina

          CORNWALLIS

          First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used...

          First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is...

          • ncmarkers
          • north carolina

          Bennett House

            A Mountain Man Jailed

              Marengo Pioneer Cemetery

              This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the...

              This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the...

              • michigan
              • michigan his...

              Chinese Fisherman

                Dedicated to Peace and Meditation

                  Dr. Elwood Mead - Namesake of Lake Mead

                    California State Railroad Museum

                      City of Yreka, California Museum of Firefighting

                        First Presbyterian Church

                        Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874. Architects for this church (built 1891)...

                        Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874. Architects for this church (built...

                        • texas
                        • church

                        Alessandro Pagliapini

                          Harvey Milk

                            AIDS Memorial

                              Castillo de San Marcos National Monument