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Next-of-kin Memorial Avenue

NEXT-OF-KIN MEMORIAL AVENUEL'AVENUE COMMEMORATIVEBegun in 1922-1923 by the military chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, Saskatoon's Memorial Avenue is the only intact example of...

NEXT-OF-KIN MEMORIAL AVENUEL'AVENUE COMMEMORATIVEBegun in 1922-1923 by the military chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire, Saskatoon's Memorial Avenue is the only intact example of...

  • saskatoon
  • woodlawn cemetery
  • world war i

60 Mile Bush Outpost

    Leone Hayes Grayson

    LEONE HAYES GRAYSON 1906 - 1991 ON OCTOBER 22,1930 AT GULL ISLAND NEAR PICKEREL BAY, ON LITTLE ATHAPAPUSKOW. MRS. GRAYSON HOOKED AND LANDED A 63 1 / 2 POUND LAKE TROUT. THIS TREMENDOUS FISH STOOD...

    LEONE HAYES GRAYSON 1906 - 1991 ON OCTOBER 22,1930 AT GULL ISLAND NEAR PICKEREL BAY, ON LITTLE ATHAPAPUSKOW. MRS. GRAYSON HOOKED AND LANDED A 63 1 / 2 POUND LAKE TROUT. THIS TREMENDOUS FISH...

    • trout

    Foiled Bank Robbery Site

    FOILED BANK ROBBERY SITE ON SEPT. 18, 1867, THE SUNDANCE KID (HARRY LONGBAUGH), KID CURRY AND OTHERS OF THE "WILD BUNCH" RODE INTO RED LODGE AFTER ESCAPING FROM JAIL IN BELLE FOURCHE S.D. AND...

    FOILED BANK ROBBERY SITE ON SEPT. 18, 1867, THE SUNDANCE KID (HARRY LONGBAUGH), KID CURRY AND OTHERS OF THE "WILD BUNCH" RODE INTO RED LODGE AFTER ESCAPING FROM JAIL IN BELLE FOURCHE S.D....

      Boom, Bust And Reclamation

        Dead Indian Hill Summit

          Porcelain Basin

          Norris Geyser Basin Porcelain Basin

          Norris Geyser Basin Porcelain Basin

            Porcelain Springs

              Philetus W. Norris

              Philetus W. Norris The Norris Namesake Norris Geyser Basin is named for Philetus Walter Norris second superintendent of Yellowstone from 1877 to 1882. He recorded this area's hydrothermal features...

              Philetus W. Norris The Norris Namesake Norris Geyser Basin is named for Philetus Walter Norris second superintendent of Yellowstone from 1877 to 1882. He recorded this area's hydrothermal features...

                Sacajawea Well

                SACAJAWEA WELL SACAJAWEA WELL WAS DRILLED IN 1918 BY C.F. CROSS. THE LAND BELONGED TO W.B. GARRE.T. THEY WERE DRILLING FOR OIL, BUT STRUCK HOT MINERAL WATER. THE WELL FLOWS 1,370,000 GALLONS PER...

                SACAJAWEA WELL SACAJAWEA WELL WAS DRILLED IN 1918 BY C.F. CROSS. THE LAND BELONGED TO W.B. GARRE.T. THEY WERE DRILLING FOR OIL, BUT STRUCK HOT MINERAL WATER. THE WELL FLOWS 1,370,000 GALLONS PER...

                  Father Peter John de Smet

                  This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland of...

                  This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland...

                  • spokane
                  • idaho
                  • coeur d'alene
                  • cataldo
                  • catholics
                  • jesuit
                  • westward expansion
                  • missionary

                  Fort Sherman Powder Magazine

                  Submitted by @Ritterton.

                  Submitted by @Ritterton.

                    Treaty ROck

                    Submitted by @Ritterton.

                    Submitted by @Ritterton.

                      Menan Buttes

                      Two cones of glassy lava are located directly south of here. The largest rises 800 feet above the surrounding plain.Hot molten lava, erupting from great depth, met cold surface water in the wet...

                      Two cones of glassy lava are located directly south of here. The largest rises 800 feet above the surrounding plain.Hot molten lava, erupting from great depth, met cold surface water in the wet...

                      • idaho. geolo...
                      • menon buttes
                      • volcanoes
                      • volcanism

                      Snake River Bridge (Idaho Falls, Idaho)

                      On December 10, 1864 a franchise was granted to Edward M. Morgan, James M. (Matt) Taylor, and William F. Bartlett to operate a ferry one and one-half miles below Cedar Island and build a bridge...

                      On December 10, 1864 a franchise was granted to Edward M. Morgan, James M. (Matt) Taylor, and William F. Bartlett to operate a ferry one and one-half miles below Cedar Island and build a bridge...

                      • idaho
                      • idaho falls
                      • snake river
                      • bridges

                      Scott Memorial

                      SCOTT MEMORIAL HIRAM SCOTT, EMPLOYEE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FURCOMPANY, DIED IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BLUFF IN 1828AFTER BEING DESERTED BY HIS COMPANIONS NEAR THEJUNCTION OF THE LARAMIE AND NORTH...

                      SCOTT MEMORIAL HIRAM SCOTT, EMPLOYEE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FURCOMPANY, DIED IN THE VICINITY OF THIS BLUFF IN 1828AFTER BEING DESERTED BY HIS COMPANIONS NEAR THEJUNCTION OF THE LARAMIE AND NORTH...

                      • scotts bluff...
                      • scottsbluff
                      • nebraska
                      • oregon trail
                      • pioneer
                      • explorer

                      Pony Express at Scott's Bluff

                      THE PONY EXPRESS THE PONY EXPRESS PASSED HERE 1860-1861."SCOTT'S BLUFF STATION" WAS LOCATED 2 1/2MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL PASS, NEAR THESITE OF THE LATER FORT MITCHELL. THERE WEREOTHER STATIONS...

                      THE PONY EXPRESS THE PONY EXPRESS PASSED HERE 1860-1861."SCOTT'S BLUFF STATION" WAS LOCATED 2 1/2MILES NORTHWEST OF MITCHELL PASS, NEAR THESITE OF THE LATER FORT MITCHELL. THERE WEREOTHER STATIONS...

                      • scotts bluff...
                      • scottsbluff
                      • nebraska
                      • pony express
                      • pioneer
                      • u.s. mail

                      The Curtis Sheep Slaughter of 1903

                      Submitted by @larrycebula

                      Submitted by @larrycebula

                        To the Memory of "Old" Chief Joseph Died 1870

                          Lincoln Highway memorial

                          "THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF A...

                          "THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALINCOLN HIGHWAY ACROSS THISCOUNTRY IS THE IMPORTANT THING."IN MEMORY OF HENRY B. JOY THEFIRST PRESIDENT OF THELINCOLN HIGHWAYASSOCIATION WHOSAW REALIZED THEDREAM OF...

                          • lincoln highway
                          • laramie
                          • cheyenne
                          • wyoming
                          • interstate 80
                          • i-80
                          • travel
                          • abraham lincoln