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Tiburon Was a Railroad Town

    Shoreline Park

      Given to the City of Tiberon by the Corinthian Yacht Club April 27, 1969

        Sgt. Thomas Henry Skelton

        IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND  1331635 SGT. TOHOMAS HENRY SKELTON.  AGED 19 YEARS. WHO FLEW FROM LANGAR  AIRFIELD ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 13th 1943  TO GERMANY AND NEVER RETURNED  ALSO TO ALL MEMBERS...

        IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND  1331635 SGT. TOHOMAS HENRY SKELTON.  AGED 19 YEARS. WHO FLEW FROM LANGAR  AIRFIELD ON THE NIGHT OF MAY 13th 1943  TO GERMANY AND NEVER RETURNED  ALSO TO ALL MEMBERS...

          Bristol Shogomoc Railway Site

          Submitted by @CorenskiNowlan

          Submitted by @CorenskiNowlan

            The Heritage House

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              Bristol & South Wales Union

              Submitted by @theonlymfkirke [Location approximate]

              Submitted by @theonlymfkirke [Location approximate]

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              The Fourteenth Army 1942 - 1945

              Submitted by @theonlymfkirke.

              Submitted by @theonlymfkirke.

              • bristol

              UK Rail Speed Record

              Submitted by @miniadvent

              Submitted by @miniadvent

                People Who Like This Sort of Thing Will Find This The Sort of Thing They Like

                • lincoln

                Moon Tree - Planted in April 1976

                This "Moon Tree” is a Loblolly Pine grown from a seed that, in January 1971 was carried to the Moon and brought back to Earth by Major Stuart Roosa, command module pilot for Apollo XIV and a...

                This "Moon Tree” is a Loblolly Pine grown from a seed that, in January 1971 was carried to the Moon and brought back to Earth by Major Stuart Roosa, command module pilot for Apollo XIV and a...

                • louisiana
                • moon tree
                • 1971
                • moon
                • apollo
                • loblolly pine

                Christian Science Historical Marker

                Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. This church is one of the many world wide branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston,...

                Christian Science was discovered by Mary Baker Eddy in 1866. This church is one of the many world wide branches of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in...

                • religion
                • louisiana

                Cavanaugh Hall of Science

                The Cavanaugh Hall of Science bears the name of Charles J. Cavanaugh, whose teaching career spanned 1945 to 1977 as professor of biology at his alma mater, Louisiana College. Prof Cavanaugh, as he...

                The Cavanaugh Hall of Science bears the name of Charles J. Cavanaugh, whose teaching career spanned 1945 to 1977 as professor of biology at his alma mater, Louisiana College. Prof Cavanaugh, as he...

                • louisiana
                • science

                Alexandria National Cemetery

                Civil War AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana, served briefly of the Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi, as the headquarters a vast area encompassing states and territories west of the...

                Civil War AlexandriaAlexandria, Louisiana, served briefly of the Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi, as the headquarters a vast area encompassing states and territories west of...

                • louisiana
                • cemetery

                Wallace J. Thibodaux

                *Born in Lafourche Parish on the estate of his father, Henry J. Thibodaux, on December 18, 1880 at Bayou Blue.*Inherited his father's estate who was a descendant of Henry Schyler Thibodaux, the...

                *Born in Lafourche Parish on the estate of his father, Henry J. Thibodaux, on December 18, 1880 at Bayou Blue.*Inherited his father's estate who was a descendant of Henry Schyler Thibodaux,...

                • louisiana

                Port Barre

                Port actif à l'époque du bateau à vapeur. Appelé d'après le nom de la famille Barré. En 1765 Charles Barré acheta 8800 arpents de terre à Jacques Guillaume Courtableau, le premier Commandant du...

                Port actif à l'époque du bateau à vapeur. Appelé d'après le nom de la famille Barré. En 1765 Charles Barré acheta 8800 arpents de terre à Jacques Guillaume Courtableau, le premier Commandant du...

                • louisiana

                Village of Georgetown

                Area once settled by the Choctaw Nation. Anglo-Americans settled here near the crossroads of the Harrisonburg and Three Notch Roads which connected the region to the Natchez Trace & the El Camino...

                Area once settled by the Choctaw Nation. Anglo- Americans settled here near the crossroads of the Harrisonburg and Three Notch Roads which connected the region to the Natchez Trace & the El...

                • louisiana

                The Famous Burning Well of Colfax

                Visitors to this spot were once greeted with a curious sight, a burning well. In 1899 a driller named L. B. Hart completed an artesian well at 1,103 feet. The water was salty, and it bubbled with...

                Visitors to this spot were once greeted with a curious sight, a burning well. In 1899 a driller named L. B. Hart completed an artesian well at 1,103 feet. The water was salty, and it bubbled with...

                • louisiana

                Montgomery, Louisiana

                One of the oldest towns in the state, it began in 1719 as Bon Dieu Falls, a French trading post. In 1840 General Thomas Woodward bought the land and named it Creola Bluff. In 1860 it was renamed...

                One of the oldest towns in the state, it began in 1719 as Bon Dieu Falls, a French trading post. In 1840 General Thomas Woodward bought the land and named it Creola Bluff. In 1860 it was...

                • louisiana
                • towns

                Waggoner-Scarborough Home

                Salesman J. T. Waggoner, Jr. (1860-1942) and his wife Sadie (Scarborough) (1870-1955) built this residence in 1927. It is closely associated with Mrs. Waggoner, a civic leader and longtime Jasper...

                Salesman J. T. Waggoner, Jr. (1860-1942) and his wife Sadie (Scarborough) (1870-1955) built this residence in 1927. It is closely associated with Mrs. Waggoner, a civic leader and longtime...

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