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Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church

Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected in the Republic of Texas. Corner stone laid, January 7, 1838 with the usages of the Masonic Order. The Reverend Littelton Fowler and General...

Site of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected in the Republic of Texas. Corner stone laid, January 7, 1838 with the usages of the Masonic Order. The Reverend Littelton Fowler and General...

  • texas
  • church
  • religion

Quarry Operations

 The rock face before you is not the natural bluff face. In 1905, the Union Sand and Material Company of St. Louis operated a lime plant here. Three quarries exist within the park; you are...

 The rock face before you is not the natural bluff face. In 1905, the Union Sand and Material Company of St. Louis operated a lime plant here. Three quarries exist within the park; you are...

  • missouri
  • state park
  • industry
  • fossils

California Mistakenly Claimed

    Chambers Chapel Cemetery

    Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of member...

    Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Sylvia

    Sylvia Age: Over 600 years Circumference: 26.3 feet Biggest tree in King County Toppled January 20, 1993 Submitted by @oranv

    Sylvia Age: Over 600 years Circumference: 26.3 feet Biggest tree in King County Toppled January 20, 1993 Submitted by @oranv

      Lorenzo L. Langstroth

      LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

      LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH (1810 -1895 ) Born here, Langstroth revolutionized the bee- keeping industry with his 1852 patented move- able frame hive and his manual, The Hive and the Honey-Bee. Both...

        Perth Point Zero

        THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev

        THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE POSITION OF POINT ZERO ADOPTED IN 1925 AS THE ORIGIN OF ALL ROAD DISTANCES IN KILOMETRES WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Submitted by @BenCurranDev

          Harbor Oaks Historic District

            Kensington Hilltop School

              Guns Into Plowshares

              This GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES Monument Was Erected in 1994 Over the Grave of 21 Guns as Part of Memorial Services for Victims of Guns and Other Violence. Let Us Forever Reject Hate And Violence

              This GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES Monument Was Erected in 1994 Over the Grave of 21 Guns as Part of Memorial Services for Victims of Guns and Other Violence. Let Us Forever Reject Hate And Violence

                The Fin Project

                Submitted by @Adi_O_S

                Submitted by @Adi_O_S

                • nuclear submarines
                • subs
                • plowshares
                • pruning hooks

                Lake Pepin

                LAKE PEPIN This beautiful lake is twenty- two miles long, varies in width from one to two and a half miles, and covers about thirty- eight square miles. It was caused by the delta of the Chippewa...

                LAKE PEPIN This beautiful lake is twenty- two miles long, varies in width from one to two and a half miles, and covers about thirty- eight square miles. It was caused by the delta of the...

                  SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two

                  "SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two" Submitted by friscolex

                  "SF Redevelopment Agency, Western Addition Area Two" Submitted by friscolex

                    Leslie N. Simonsen Memorial Activities Field

                    LESLIE N. SIMONSEN MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES FIELD

                    LESLIE N. SIMONSEN MEMORIAL ACTIVITIES FIELD

                      BRYANT'S GROCERY

                      MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL BRYANT'S GROCERY Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy In August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting with...

                      MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM TRAIL BRYANT'S GROCERY Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till came to this site to buy candy In August 1955. White shopkeeper Carolyn Bryant accused the black youth of flirting...