Muir Woods Cathedral Grove United Nations Meeting
Here in this grove of enduring redwoods, preserved for posterity, members of the United Nations Conference on International Organization met on May 19, 1945 to honor the memory of Franklin Delano...
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- roosevelt
- california
- united nations
- wwii
- fdr
- franklin roosevelt
- un
- cathedral grove
Scale Model of Michigan's First State Capitol
A tiny model of Michigan's first State Capitol, on the original site, which is now Capitol Park. This tiny slliver of a park is ground zero for Detroit's current rennaissance. The park is in good...
- detroit
- capitol park
- model
- capitol
- michigan
Acequia at the Alamo
ACEQUIA OR IRRIGATION DITCHPART OF THE ORIGINAL ACEQUIABUILT TO SUPPLY FARMS AND THEMISSION SAN ANTONIO DEL VALERO Submitted by Rob Sweeney
- alamo
- texas
- irrigation
- acequia
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Sign at the site of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Plum Creek dugout: "LAURA'S DUGOUT HOMEON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK THE CHARLES INGALLS FAMILY'S DUGOUT HOMEWAS LOCATED HERE IN THE 1870s....
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- plum creek
- ingalls
- little house
- prarie
An International Incident
AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT OCCURRED HERE * 1850 GENERAL HAYNAU"THE AUSTRIAN BUTCHER"WAS RECOGNISED AND ATTACKEDBY BARCLAY & PERKINSDRAYMEN
- london
- butcher
- austria
- draymen
- incident
Judah Transcontinental Railroad
THAT THE WESTMAY REMEMBER THEODORE DEHONE JUDAH, PIONEER, CIVIL ENGINEER, AND TIRELESS ADVOCATEOF A GREAT TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD --AMERICA'S FIRST-- THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THE MEN...
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- sacramento
- practicable
- railroad
Sacramento Engine Co. No. 3
Sacramento Engine Co. No. 3 Organized March 27, 1851 This original building built inJune 1853, housed SacramentoEngine Co. No. 3. In 1921 thebuiding was abandoned as a firehouse. It was restored...
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- fire
- engine
- fire deparment
Tecumseh Trail
"Tecumseh Trail Used by Indian tribes and often traveled by Chief Tecumseh prior to defeat of his warriors by Gen. William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811."...
- lafayette
- west lafayette
- tippecanoe county
- indiana
- tecumseh
- william henr...
- battle of tippecanoe
- wabash river
The William Parsons House
THE WILLIAM PARSONS HOUSE In memory of Lt. William Parsons 1690-1768 William (Bill) Parsons 1933-1986 and Those Historic Homes Destroyed Or Lost In The Name Of Progress This building is a one-half...
- house
- progress
- scale
- massachusetts
- northampton
Collyer Park
COLLYER PARK - 1871 This is one of three parks shown on the original square-mile plot of Longmont. It is named for Robert Collyer, Chicago minister, temperance leader and president of...
- longmont
- chicago
- collyer
- arbor day
Texas Historical Commission: Hilton Hotel
Hilton Hotel Designed by the Architectural Firm of Lang and Witchell, this hotel was built in 1925 for Conrad Hilton and was the first to bear the Hilton name. The hotel advertised...
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- hotel
Refining Crude Oil - Samuel Kier's Still
In downtown Pittsburgh, at the corner of Grant St and 7th Ave appears this plaque. Samuel Kier developed a process to refine crude oil into kerosene for lamp fuel. "Near this site in the 1850s...
"Hubbard's Folly"
"Hubbard's Folly" On this site about 1834, Gurdon S. Hubbard built Chicago's first warehouse for storing pork and other pioneer produce. Because of its size and substantial construction,...
- chicago
- illinois
- hubbard's folly
- gurdon s hubbard
- chicago river
- riverwalk
- wacker drive
Rust
Site of pioneer American settlerWilliam Rust's blacksmith shopCirca 1889 In 1909 Rust was named the first postmaster of Rust, California, which was renamed El Cerrito in 1917 El Cerrito Historical...
- el cerrito
- california
- bay area
- blacksmith
- postmaster
Rosita's Bridge
"ROSITA'S BRIDGE Dedicated to ROSITA FERNANDEZ,singer of songs which have helpedto build the bridge of understandingfor the many cutures that makeSan Antonio a great place to live..." Submitted by...
- san antonio
- texas
An End to the Beginnings of All Wars
FDR Memorial off the National Mall. Submitted by @RhiannonGiddens
- washington
- washington dc
- dc
- fdr
- roosevelt
Letter from the Alamo
Commandancy of the AlamoBejar, Feby. 24, 1836To the People of Texas & All Americans in the WorldFellow citizens & compatriotsI am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna I...
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- texas
Edmonds Independent Telephone Company
HISTORIC SITE EDMONDS INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE COMPANY Constructed in 1924, this building held telephoneswitchboards and equipment until 1950. TheSunset Telegraph and Telephone Company...
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- telephone
Over the River and Through the Woods
"Grandfather's House" Submitted by @csixty4
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- over the river
- songs
- medford
- massachusetts
Jack London
"Jack London January 12 1876 - NOvember 22, 1916 Oakland's famed native son was the noted author of 'The Call of the Wild', 'The Sea Worl', and 'South Sea Tales'. He was at various times a...
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- oakland
- jack london