17th Street Canal Floodwall
On August 29, 2005, a federal floodwall atop a levee on the 17th Street Canal, the largest and most important drainage Canal for the city, gave way here causing flooding that killed hundreds. This...
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Dr. J. E. Wright
J.E. Wright, D.D.S., opened first permanent dental office in the Indian Territory, Savanna, 1885. He practiced as itinerant dentist at Tishomingo Academy, Stonewall, Johnsonville, and White...
Chief Cornstalks's Village
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by HystericalMark, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
Willard’s Hotel
The UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIMS held its first meeting at “Willard's Hotel", on this site on MAY 11, 1855. The court was established to allow citizens to sue the U.S. Government. In...
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T. Walter Bickett
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by WashuOtaku, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
MISSION SAN LUÍS REY DE FRANCIA
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
Chicago Cultural Center
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Dunsmuir Firemen
IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ALL DUNSMUIR VOLUNTEER FIREMEN FOR DEDICATION, PROTECTION AND SERVICE BELNAP FOUNTAIN In memory of Firefighter GLED VORD BELNAP Died In The Line of Duty November 29,...
Alexis T. Busch
ALEXIS T. BUSCH 1985 - 2012 First Batgirl in Major League History San Francisco Giants 2000-2001 Submitted by @loislane28
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Fort Johnston
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License
The Robert J. Nash Memorial Grove
Submitted by Sheila Paske
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Hooray for Hollywold
Savannah City Hall
From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License
Food and Ships
Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Born in this House January 15, 1929
Submitted by @chancetherapper.
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Madewood Plantation House
The first major building designed by noted architect Henry Howard. Construction of this Greek Revival mansion was begun in 1846, using materials from the land. Steamboats carried trade to Madewood...
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- plantation
St. Joseph Co- Cathedral
St. Joseph Church Parish was founded in 1817 as a mission. In 1819 a church was erected on Bayou LaFourche adjacent to the present cemetery. A brick church was built in 1849 under the direction of...
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Saint Joseph Church
The mother church of Parishes in Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary and lower Assumption was incorporated in 1817. Priests served the area from Assumption Church, Plattenville, until 1822 when Fr....
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- church
Lafourche Parish Court House
The square of land upon which this antebellum structure stands was donated by Henry Schuyler Thibodaux, founder of the town. The present building, erected in circa 1860, replaced two earlier ones...
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- court house
Notre Dame De La Paix
Mission chapel and cemetery served by St. James Catholic Church from 1854. Became separate parish in 1864. Our Lady of Peace parish church completed 1900 and consecrated May 12, 1902.
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