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Cityof Hayward Fire Station No. 1

    Doug Duffey -- Northeast Louisiana Music Trail #18

    Submitted by: Hasley Cemetery

    Submitted by: Hasley Cemetery

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    Pearl C. Arhontes

      Made for Hayward Fire Dept

      • 1901

      Hayward Fire Dept. 1870

        Mateo Jimenez

          William "Bill" Lepere

            This is the Former Site of Eden Parlor No. 113 N.S.G.W. Hall

              Alex Giuliani Plaza

              • hayward
              • 1999
              • 1997
              • mayor

              Water Saves the Land

                James A. Garfield and the Civil War

                James A. Garfield and the Civil War His oratorical powers made him a master recruiter. His willingness to learn earned him important field commands. His talents for organization won him praise,...

                James A. Garfield and the Civil War His oratorical powers made him a master recruiter. His willingness to learn earned him important field commands. His talents for organization won him praise,...

                • ohio
                • historical marker
                • historical society
                • us president
                • garfield

                Hallowed Ground

                Commemoration of massacre of Black residents "that occurred on Election Day 1920. Until that episode, historians say, black people comprised about half of the city’s population. Trouble boiled...

                Commemoration of massacre of Black residents "that occurred on Election Day 1920. Until that episode, historians say, black people comprised about half of the city’s population. Trouble boiled...

                • racism
                • cemetary
                • voting
                • reconstruction
                • racial justice
                • ocoee
                • july perry

                Le Petit Prince -- Antoine de Saint Exupery

                Plaque describing statue of Le Petit Prince: Le Petit Prince Written in New York in 1943 by French Author, Aviator, and WWII Hero Antoine de Saint Exupéry Jean-Marc de Pas, Sculptor Bronze, 2023...

                Plaque describing statue of Le Petit Prince: Le Petit Prince Written in New York in 1943 by French Author, Aviator, and WWII Hero Antoine de Saint Exupéry Jean-Marc de Pas, Sculptor Bronze,...

                • petit prince
                • antoine de s...
                • scupture
                • central park

                Prof. John WInthrop, Mathematician & Philosopher

                Prof. John Winthrop The greatest American mathematician and philosopher of his time. A fellow of the Royal Society lived here from 1746 - 1779 1714-1779 added by Curiouser

                Prof. John Winthrop The greatest American mathematician and philosopher of his time. A fellow of the Royal Society lived here from 1746 - 1779 1714-1779 added by Curiouser

                • john winthrop
                • mathematics
                • philosophy

                Heyward Shepherd

                ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16,1859, HEYWARD SHEPHERD,AN INDUSTRIOUS AND RESPECTED COLORED FREEMAN, WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY JOHN BROWN'S RAIDERS. IN PURSUANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE...

                ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 16,1859, HEYWARD SHEPHERD,AN INDUSTRIOUS AND RESPECTED COLORED FREEMAN, WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY JOHN BROWN'S RAIDERS. IN PURSUANCE OF HIS DUTIES AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE...

                • heyward shepherd
                • john brown
                • harpers ferry
                • imageryan

                Jack Barton Memorial Park

                  Tulanian Rugs

                  Tulanian Rugs Hutchison & Mills, Architects Leslie R. Wilson, Developer & Builder, 1923 In 1922, Armenian genocide survivor Hachadoor Tulanian (1894–1965) arrived in Berkeley and opened an...

                  Tulanian Rugs Hutchison & Mills, Architects Leslie R. Wilson, Developer & Builder, 1923 In 1922, Armenian genocide survivor Hachadoor Tulanian (1894–1965) arrived in Berkeley and opened...

                  • whoopi goldberg
                  • elmwood

                  The Historic Theta Xi Fraternity

                    Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail

                    [Location approximate]

                    [Location approximate]

                      The Wharf Links Land and Sea