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DEXTER PRATT HOUSE

DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

DEXTER PRATT HOUSE HOME OF DEXTER PRATT THE "VILLAGE BLACKSMITH" IMMORTALIZED BY LONGFELLOW 1808

    Pedestrian Flag Program

      Angel’s Flight

      Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

      Built in 1901 by Colonel J. W. Eddy, lawyer, engineer, and friend of President Lincoln, Angel's Flight is said to be the world's shortest incorporated railway. The counterbalanced cars, controlled...

      • los angeles
      • transit
      • funicular railroads
      • angel’s flight

      Cheshire Public Library Addition

      CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

      CHESHIRE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDITION 1996 SANDRA R. MOURIS, MAYOR: EDWARD T. O'NEILL. JR., TOWN MANAGER THOMAS F. CROWE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR EMMETT SHUTTS, LIBRARY BOARD CHAIRMAN ANN S. WREGE,...

      • library
      • cheshire
      • connecticut

      Sherman Line Rosenwald School

      The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by the...

      The Sherman Line Rosenwald School was established in 1928 for the education of black youth in the Sherman community from Pike and Amite counties. Partial funding for the school was provided by...

      • mississippi
      • rosenwald school
      • education
      • pike county
      • amite county

      Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff

      Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

      Sergei Vassilevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Lived in this building during the last seventeen years of his life. The Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor settled in New York in 1916. He...

      • rachmaninoff
      • composer
      • pianist

      Babe Ruth lived here, and there

      George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

      George Herman Ruth -- The Babe Resided here until his death in 1948. 110-118 Riverside Drive

      • babe ruth
      • baseball

      Bo Diddley

      FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

      FrontAcclaimed as the father of rock and roll, Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates McDaniel) was born near Magnolia, south of McComb, on December 30, 1928. Diddley wrote and recorded such hits as "I'm A Man",...

      • mississippi
      • blues trail
      • rock
      • pike county

      The Legacy of the Medicine Lake Volcano

        Medicine Lake Volcano: Colossus of the Cascades

          Lava Beds National Monument: Insight into the View

            POW's MIA's and Their Families

              J. D. Howard Father of Lava Beds National Monument

                Klamath Basin Potato Festival

                • potato festival

                The Big Obsidian Flow

                  Merrill Lions Club Community Pavilion

                  • potato festiva

                  Norfield

                  Named for Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, founders of the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company, Norfield was incorporated in 1894. In 1900, Butterfield became sole owner of the company...

                  Named for Frederick Norwood and John S. Butterfield, founders of the Norwood-Butterfield Lumber Company, Norfield was incorporated in 1894. In 1900, Butterfield became sole owner of the company...

                  • mississippi
                  • rail
                  • lumber
                  • industry
                  • settlements

                  A Glass Menagerie

                    The Eruption

                      Blue Star Memorial Highway Evergreen District