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The Lathams

  • virginia city
  • nevada
  • oakland
  • california
  • education
  • public schools
  • radio
  • kind deeds club
  • kpix

Sloat Redwood

THIS REDWOOD TREE PLANTED JULY 4, 1966, BY MONTEREY HISTORY & ART ASSOCIATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT AT MONTEREY ON JULY 7, 1846, AND RAIDING THE AMERICAN...

THIS REDWOOD TREE PLANTED JULY 4, 1966, BY MONTEREY HISTORY & ART ASSOCIATION IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF COMMODORE JOHN DRAKE SLOAT AT MONTEREY ON JULY 7, 1846, AND RAIDING THE AMERICAN...

  • monterey
  • california
  • 1966
  • 1846
  • sloat
  • custom house

Interfecti August 1 1966

INTERFECTI AUGUST 1, 1966 THOMAS AQUINAS ASHTON DR. ROBERT H. BOYER THOMAS FREDERICK ECKMAN MARK JEROME GABOUR KAREN JOAN GRIFFITH DAVID H. GUNBY THOMAS RAY KARR MARGUERITE GABOUR LAMPORT CLAUDIA...

INTERFECTI AUGUST 1, 1966 THOMAS AQUINAS ASHTON DR. ROBERT H. BOYER THOMAS FREDERICK ECKMAN MARK JEROME GABOUR KAREN JOAN GRIFFITH DAVID H. GUNBY THOMAS RAY KARR MARGUERITE GABOUR LAMPORT CLAUDIA...

  • shooting
  • austin
  • 1966
  • texas
  • tower

Floyd and Jane Wray, Founders - Pioneers, 1926

Submitted by Gilda Spitz

Submitted by Gilda Spitz

  • davie
  • florida
  • flamingos

Kennedy Space Center

To all of the individuals whose years of dedicated service turned the dream  of the Space Shuttle program into a reality  Dedicated June 2013   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

To all of the individuals whose years of dedicated service turned the dream  of the Space Shuttle program into a reality  Dedicated June 2013   Submitted by Gilda Spitz

  • nasa
  • space
  • space shuttle
  • shuttle
  • florida
  • kennedy

First High-Tension Power Line

FIRST HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE  THE WORLD'S FIRST LONG DISTANCE HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE BEGAN OPERATION BETWEEN PORTLAND AND WILLAMETTE FALLS BY THE WILLAMETTE FALLS ELECTRIC COMPANY ON JUNE 3,...

FIRST HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE  THE WORLD'S FIRST LONG DISTANCE HIGH-TENSION POWER LINE BEGAN OPERATION BETWEEN PORTLAND AND WILLAMETTE FALLS BY THE WILLAMETTE FALLS ELECTRIC COMPANY ON JUNE...

    History Marches On

    As General Sherman led Union troops through Georgia in September of 1864, Confederate authorities in the small central Georgia town of Andersonville became nervous that Federal troops would launch...

    As General Sherman led Union troops through Georgia in September of 1864, Confederate authorities in the small central Georgia town of Andersonville became nervous that Federal troops would launch...

    • lat34

    The Irving

    THE IRVING Featured in Gus Van Sant's film "Drugstore Cowboy" HAS BEEN PLACE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR c. 1907  Submitted by maccoinnich

    THE IRVING Featured in Gus Van Sant's film "Drugstore Cowboy" HAS BEEN PLACE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR c. 1907  Submitted by maccoinnich

    • portland
    • gus van sant
    • drugstore cowboy
    • oregon

    Jefferson Davis Park

    When Riverside Drive was constructed in the mid-1930's, this park was built on what had been an old dumping ground for construction debris and dredge spoil. It was enlarged to its present size in...

    When Riverside Drive was constructed in the mid-1930's, this park was built on what had been an old dumping ground for construction debris and dredge spoil. It was enlarged to its present size in...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Germantown Cemetery

    Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this cemetery served the whole community for 125...

    Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this cemetery served the whole community for 125...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee