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Mitchell Lookout

Major Thomas MitchellSurveyor General of the colony of New South Wales was the first European to ascend this mountain.  This he did on September 30th 1836 during the course of an expedition of...

Major Thomas MitchellSurveyor General of the colony of New South Wales was the first European to ascend this mountain.  This he did on September 30th 1836 during the course of an expedition...

  • macedon
  • mitchell
  • victoria

Mill Valley Softball Field

    Gate House

    GATE HOUSE HISTORY: Originally a one-story building housing a Model T Ford it was built before 1942. Dick Graveson, who served as president of the Marin Society of Artists, a previous owner, built...

    GATE HOUSE HISTORY: Originally a one-story building housing a Model T Ford it was built before 1942. Dick Graveson, who served as president of the Marin Society of Artists, a previous owner, built...

    • goodnight moon
    • runaway bunny

    The Mountain Theatre

      Cushing Memorial Amphitheater

        Mill Valley Mt Tamalpais and Scenic Railway

          The Greatest Sightseeing Trip on Earth

            The Tavern, the Arch, and the Dance Pavilion

              Gravity Cars -- "Turn on the Gravity"

                Verna Dunshee Memorial Trail

                  Matt, Eli, Jim, Ian

                    Castro Valley Center for the Arts

                      Castro Valley Fire Protection District Station No. 2

                        Fleet City 1943 - 1946: Shoemaker, California

                          Pleasanton Veterans Plaza

                            Port Sulphur

                            Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

                            Hub of the Louisiana sulphur industry. Built in 1932-33 by Freeport Sulphur Company to logistically support Grand Ecaille mine, world's second largest Frasch sulphur mine. It was located in Lake...

                            • louisiana
                            • mining
                            • industry
                            • town

                            Plaquemines Parish

                            Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian word...

                            Plaquemines Parish was founded on March 31, 1807 stretching from English Turn south 100 miles along both banks of the Mississippi River. The name originates from plakamin, the Mobile Indian...

                            • louisiana
                            • plaquemines parish

                            U.S. Marine Hospital

                            Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

                            Completed in 1849, this three-story building treatedsailors until abandoned after the 1858 Belle Crevasse.During the War Between the States, gunpowder wasmanufactured at the site and arson was...

                            • louisiana
                            • civil war
                            • hospital

                            1893 Hurricane

                            The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the Pizzati...

                            The 1893 Hurricane hit south Louisiana on the night of October 1 claiming over 2000 lives. One of the survivors was 25 year old Paul Harris who was working as an orange picker on the...

                            • louisiana
                            • hurricane
                            • disaster
                            • rotary club
                            • rotary international

                            John P. Hale

                            THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH SURRENDERED...

                            THE MEASURE OF MY AMBITION WILL BE FULL WHEN WY WIFE AND CHILDREN SHALL REPAIR TO MY GRAVE TO DROP THE TEAR OF AFFECTION TO MY MEMORY THEY MAY READ ON MY TOMBSTONE. HE WHO LIES BENEATH...