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Battle of Island No. 10

In February 1862, General John Pope concentrated an army in southeast Missouri for the purpose of capturing New Madrid and Island No. 10. Federal troops cut a channel twelve miles long to bypass...

In February 1862, General John Pope concentrated an army in southeast Missouri for the purpose of capturing New Madrid and Island No. 10. Federal troops cut a channel twelve miles long to...

  • missouri
  • civil war

Van der Donck Park

VAN DER DONCK PARK   AT LARKIN PLAZA RESTORED 2012   MIKE SPANO MAYOR   CHUCK LESNICK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT   CHRISTOPHER A. JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN, 1ST DISTRICT WILSON TERRERO, COUNCILMAN, 2ND DISTRICT...

VAN DER DONCK PARK   AT LARKIN PLAZA RESTORED 2012   MIKE SPANO MAYOR   CHUCK LESNICK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT   CHRISTOPHER A. JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN, 1ST DISTRICT WILSON TERRERO, COUNCILMAN, 2ND DISTRICT...

  • yonkers
  • van der donck park
  • larkin plaza

Saw Mill River Daylighting - Fish Passage

Saw Mill River DaylightingA Fish Passage   What looks like a ladder to the right of where you are standing really IS a ladder-an Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder. It was placed here to allow the...

Saw Mill River DaylightingA Fish Passage   What looks like a ladder to the right of where you are standing really IS a ladder-an Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder. It was placed here to allow...

  • yonkers
  • larkin plaza
  • saw mill river
  • van der donck park
  • fish

Saw Mill River Daylighting - Moving Through Yonkers

Moving Through Yonkers   From Sail to Steam In colonial times, the Dutch and English settlers in Yonkers moved their merchandise up and down the Hudson River under sail. In 1807 Robert Fulton...

Moving Through Yonkers   From Sail to Steam In colonial times, the Dutch and English settlers in Yonkers moved their merchandise up and down the Hudson River under sail. In 1807 Robert...

  • yonkers
  • larkin plaza
  • saw mill river
  • van der donck park
  • rail
  • trains
  • 1911

Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans

Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans past, present, and future that served to make this country free Yonkers Central Committee of Veterans Organizations2012Submitted by @lampbane

Dedicated to all Yonkers veterans past, present, and future that served to make this country free Yonkers Central Committee of Veterans Organizations2012Submitted by @lampbane

  • yonkers
  • philipse manor
  • 2012

Urban Fish and Wildlife Restoration Site, Yonkers, New York

"The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive." - Aldo LeopoldA partnership between local youth and the Wallkill River...

"The good life of any river may depend on the perception of its music; and the preservation of some music to perceive." - Aldo LeopoldA partnership between local youth and the Wallkill River...

  • yonkers
  • larkin plaza
  • saw mill river
  • van der donck park
  • fish
  • wildlife
  • refuge

Cut The First Tree In Founding the City of Guelph

Submitted by @paulori

Submitted by @paulori

    Roy "Sugloo" Ipana Memorial Arena

    Submitted by @paulori

    Submitted by @paulori

      Annesdale- Snowden1906

      The vision of early developers of Memphis is seen in this classic example of turn-of-the-century neighborhood of American four-squares and bungalows. A combination of two subdivisions, South...

      The vision of early developers of Memphis is seen in this classic example of turn-of-the-century neighborhood of American four-squares and bungalows. A combination of two subdivisions, South...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Korean War Memorial

      The Korean War "The Forgotten War - Remembered" June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 Fifty-four years after the Cessation of Hostilities on the Korean Peninsula, we gather here to dedicate this Korean...

      The Korean War "The Forgotten War - Remembered" June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953 Fifty-four years after the Cessation of Hostilities on the Korean Peninsula, we gather here to dedicate this...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Armstrong Field

      This was the site of one of the earliest airports in the Memphis area. Named for Lt. Guion Armstrong, a Memphis pilot killed in World War I, it was dedicated Nov. 11, 1926. Charles A. Lindbergh...

      This was the site of one of the earliest airports in the Memphis area. Named for Lt. Guion Armstrong, a Memphis pilot killed in World War I, it was dedicated Nov. 11, 1926. Charles A. Lindbergh...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      No Mans Land Yellow Fever Monument

      No Man's Land In four public lots known collectively as "No Man's Land" lie the remains of at least 1400 victims of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemics of 1873, 1878, and 1879. Memphis lost over 8500...

      No Man's Land In four public lots known collectively as "No Man's Land" lie the remains of at least 1400 victims of the Great Yellow Fever Epidemics of 1873, 1878, and 1879. Memphis lost over 8500...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Monterey's First Fishermen

        CLORIS LEACHMAN STAGE

        CLORIS LEACHMAN STAGE CLORIS LEACHMAN BORN 1926 GRADUATE OF ROOSEVELT 1942 Winner of 8 Prime Time Emmy awards, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Last Picture Show. Performed...

        CLORIS LEACHMAN STAGE CLORIS LEACHMAN BORN 1926 GRADUATE OF ROOSEVELT 1942 Winner of 8 Prime Time Emmy awards, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in The Last Picture Show. Performed...

          Columbia River Gorge Natural Beginnings

            The George M. Verity

            This historic steam-powered towboat---one of America's famous sternwheelers---has a distinguished record, bearing the name of the founder of Armco Steel Corporation. She had 33 years of...

            This historic steam-powered towboat---one of America's famous sternwheelers---has a distinguished record, bearing the name of the founder of Armco Steel Corporation. She had 33 years of...

            • iowa
            • vessel
            • national his...

            Bissel's Submergible Saw

            More than one hundred and fifty years ago, Brigadier General John Pope faced a tactical dilemma on the Mississippi River. Confederate batteries at Island No. 10 blocked passage through a complex...

            More than one hundred and fifty years ago, Brigadier General John Pope faced a tactical dilemma on the Mississippi River. Confederate batteries at Island No. 10 blocked passage through a complex...

            • missouri
            • civil war

            Fort Bankhead

            To further protect New Madrid from Union attack, a smaller fort was built on the east side of town at the mouth of St. John's Bayou. This upper fort, named Fort Bankhead (the original location was...

            To further protect New Madrid from Union attack, a smaller fort was built on the east side of town at the mouth of St. John's Bayou. This upper fort, named Fort Bankhead (the original location...

            • missouri
            • civil war
            • fort

            Harry S. Truman

            Harry S. Truman delivered campaign speeches at the Court House during his senate campaigns in 1934 and 1940. The 1934 campaign was open in southeast Missouri and New Madrid was one of the early...

            Harry S. Truman delivered campaign speeches at the Court House during his senate campaigns in 1934 and 1940. The 1934 campaign was open in southeast Missouri and New Madrid was one of the...

            • missouri
            • harry s. truman
            • president
            • speech

            First School in Iowa

            This boulder marks the site of the first school house in Iowa, built in 1830

            This boulder marks the site of the first school house in Iowa, built in 1830

            • iowa
            • education