"Doodlebug"
"Doodlebug" July 31, 1940. On an average summer day, a passenger shuttle that ran from Hudson, Ohio to Akron, Ohio collided head on with a 73 car freight train. There were 46 passengers...
- doodlebug
- wreck
- train
- railroad
- cuyahoga falls
- ohio
- 1940
441 E. Chester
This plaque is located next to the front door of the DCA/DCPR Building in downtown. The building is the former Griffin Funeral Home, and it is now a mixed-use property (commercial and...
- jackson
- tennessee
- madison county
- downtown jackson
- funeral home
- haunted history
Lake Shore Limited Wreck of 1940
Site of New York Central Lake Shore Limited wreck of April 19, 1940. Erected by Gulf Curve Chapter, NRHS, in memory of 31 who died and those who labored to rescue survivors. 1990
- lake shore limited
- little falls
- wreck
- train
- new york state
- railroad
- mohawk river
- gulf curve
- new york central
- 1940
Peace Prayer Pole
THIS PEACE PRAYER POLE IS PART OF A WORLDWIDE TRADITION OF SIMILAR POLES MEANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISUALIZE, PRAY AND WORK FOR WORLD PEACE. THE TRADITION, SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS,...
- saskatoon
- meewasin
- peace
- cree
- united nations
Dunning's Spring Park
DUNNING'S SPRING PARK GIVEN TO DECORAH BY FRED BIERMANN IN 1946. HERE F. DUNNING HAD A GRIST MILL ABOUT 1860. LATER DECORAH MARBLE WAS QUARRIED SAWED AND POLISHED IN DUNNING'S MILL THE DEORAH...
- decorah
- iowa
- park
- iowa
- decorah
- quarried saw...
- grist mill
Wong Association of Ontario
Submitted by chrisbateman
- toronto
- ontario
- wong
- 1912
The Twelfth Man
Story here
- texas
- football
Jack London's Birthplace
TO MARK THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NOTED AUTHOR JACK LONDON JANUARY 12, 1876 THE ORIGINAL HOME ON THIS SITE THEN KNOWN AS 615 THIRD STREET WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE OF APRIL 18, 1906 PLACED...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- jack london
- 1876
- 1906
- fire
- destroyed
Shorakkapoch Rock
It's a plaque on a rock in Inwood Hill Park in the most Northern tip of Manhattan. The text on the plaque reads: "ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ON THIS SITE OF THE PRINCIPAL MANHATTAN INDIAN VILLAGE,...
- manhanttan
- new york
- nyc peter minuit
- inwood hill park
- native americans
- 1626
Phoenix Society for Individual Freedom
A new historic marker placed at #BarneyAllisPlaza commemorating #LGBT strides made in KC. Submitted by @MDReeb
- kansas city
- missouri
- lgbt