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Plaque on Thorney Gale Triangulation Pillar

    © Copyright David Brown and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted by @Geograph_Bob via Geograph

• geograph

Chicago... Railroad Hub of The Nation

CHICAGO... RAILROAD HUB OF THE NATION Ever since the westward expansion of the frontier, Chicago has been the heart of the nation's rail network. Trains from the North, South, East and West...

• trains
• rail
• railroad
• chicago
• union station

Pearl Rivers

The summer home of George and Eliza Jane Poitevent Nicholson, known locally as "Fort" Nicholson, was located here. Better known as "Pearl Rivers", Eliza Nicholson (1849-1896) was a poet,...

• louisiana
• new orleans
• pet
• picayune

The Passenger Pigeon

Huge flocks of passenger pigeons once roamed -North America. Larger than the mourning dove- which it resembled, the passenger pigeon derived its name from an Indian word meaning "wanderer" or one...

• passenger pigeon
• wisconsin

Cresheim Cottage

CRESHEIM COTTAGE BUILT IN 1700 BY THE PALENTINE GERMAN SETTLERS FROM THE RHINE VALLEYTHE FIRST HOUSE ON THE GREAT ROAD, GERMANTOWN AVENUE IN CRESHEIM VALLEY  THE LAND WAS SECURED FROM WILLIAM PENN...

• philadelphia
• pennsylvania
• cottage
• german
• rhine
• great road
• penn

Victima de L'Stalinisme

"AQUI, EL 16 DE JUNY DE 1937, ELS SEUS COMPANYS VEIEREM PER DARRERA VEGADA ANDREU NIN (1892-- 1937),SECRETARI POLITIC DEL P.O.U.M, LLUITADOR PEL SOCIALISME I LA LLIBERTAT, VICTIMA DE...

• barcelona
• spain
• stalin

UC Berkeley printing services

Presented to The University of California Printing Services Printers of the signatory copies of the Charter of the United Ntions and Statute of the International Court of Justice Recognized...

• united nations
• uc berkeley
• printing
• berkeley
• california

De Anza Expedition

LT. COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS III OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1778 LED AN EXPEDITION NEAR THIS SITE -- THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

• de anza
• bautista
• bay area
• california
• mission

Bolivia War Mural

"LO QUE UN DIA FUE NUESTRO NUESTRO OTRA VEZ SERA" AGARRARSE ROTOS QUE AQUI ENTRAN LOS COLORADOS DE BOLIVIA

• bolivia

Mark A Matthews DD LL D

Submitted by Mike Appleton

• seattle
• washington

Ardlington Standing Stones

At 8:12 AM (GMT) on January 1st 2000 the first rays of sunlight of the Third Millennium passed through these stones. Submitted by @mackenwells.

• ardlinton
• stones
• millennium
• england

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

  UNDER AUTHORITY OF PUBLIC RESOLUTION 67, OF THE 66th CONGRESS, APPROVED MARCH 4, 1921, AN UNKNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS EXHUMED FROM EACH OF THE FOUR AMERICAN CEMETERIES IN FRANCE. THEY WERE...

• dc
• washington dc
• soldier
• unknown soldier
• tomb

Cordelia A. P. Harvey

[Location approximate] Submitted by @adamtweetwebb

• civil war
• hospitals
• kenosha
• southport
• harvey
• lincoln
• madison
• milwaukee

Waterfront Town to Metropolis

Submitted by  ‏@anashabc [Location approximate]

• kansas city
• metropolis
• slavery
• kansas-nebraska
• slave
• civil war

Jean Baptiste Charbonneau

Submitted by Sheila Paske.

• lewis and clark
• sacagawea
• rattlesnake

Wells Fargo Express Office 1852

HISTORICAL LANDMARKWELLS FARGO EXPRESS OFFICE -1852AND HOLLENBECK BANKOPP. FIREHOUSECOMMUNITY PROJECT Submitted by Sheila Paske

• auburn
• california
• bank
• wells fargo

First Home of Placer Co. Bank

Submitted by Sheila Paske

• auburn
• california
• bank
• uptown

Jacob Feldberg - L. Newman, Clothing

Submitted by Sheila Paske

• auburn
• california
• clothing
• saloon
• bakery
• restaurant
• groceries

Auburn Native Sons Hall

Submitted by Sheila Paske

• auburn
• california
• mercantile

Monument for Daimonji Yaki

Submitted by Ann Leckie.

• japan
• leckie
• radchaai