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Bettis Family Cemetery

Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

Here was the farm of the Tillman Bettis family, the second to settle on the Memphis bluff after the 1818 treaty, even before the town was laid off. Mary Bettis was the first child born in the new...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

In Memory of William Heath Robinson

Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

Submitted by @lapurplepenguin

    The Old Rotation at Auburn University

    ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd oldest...

    ALABAHA THE OLD ROTATION Established in 1896 by Professor J. F. Duggar. the Old Rotation at Auburn University is: (1) the oldest, continuous cotton experiment in the U.S.: (2) the 3rd...

      Second Bank of the United States

      • that war
      • the war of 1861-1865
      • one of the v...

      Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna

      Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

      Submitted by @Sean_YYZ.

        Boston Temple Bell

        Submitted by @sethlkap.

        Submitted by @sethlkap.

          Bellasis House

          Submitted by @LastParachutist.

          Submitted by @LastParachutist.

            Balmoral War Memorial

            Submitted by @PaulFrame85.

            Submitted by @PaulFrame85.

              The Disneyland 40th Anniversary Time Castle

              Submitted by RHicks

              Submitted by RHicks

              • time castle
              • time capsule

              A Living Memorial of the City Government Institute

              Tweet Submitted by @lisakthorp.

              Tweet Submitted by @lisakthorp.

                Thornton & Lucie Blackburn

                Submitted by @Charisse_Price

                Submitted by @Charisse_Price

                  Rogers Rangers

                  ROGERS RANGERS The rivers' junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their...

                  ROGERS RANGERS The rivers' junction two miles north was rendezvous for Rogers Rangers after their destruction of St. Francis, Que., Oct. 4, 1759. Pursuing Indians and starvation had plagued their...

                    London Stone

                    Submitted by @benedictevans

                    Submitted by @benedictevans

                      RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN

                      NEW YORK RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN ON NIGHT OF FEB. 8, 1690. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED HE RODE 20 MILES TO ALBANY WARNING SETTLERS STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932

                      NEW YORK RIDE OF SYMON SCHERMERHOORN ON NIGHT OF FEB. 8, 1690. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED HE RODE 20 MILES TO ALBANY WARNING SETTLERS STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1932

                        Emmylou Harris

                          Broad Street Site of Domestic Slave Trade

                          BROAD STREET SITE OF DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE During the first half of the nineteenth century, many buildings on Broad Street between Church and East Bay Streets served as auction houses and private...

                          BROAD STREET SITE OF DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE During the first half of the nineteenth century, many buildings on Broad Street between Church and East Bay Streets served as auction houses and...

                            James A. Davis

                            Submitted by @LostToHistory.

                            Submitted by @LostToHistory.

                              Carnegie Library

                              Submitted by @LostToHistory.

                              Submitted by @LostToHistory.

                                The Assassination of King Strang

                                BEAVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ISLAND The Assassination of King Strang In 1856, growing friction within Beaver Island's Mormon community finally erupted. Two of James Jesse Strang's disgruntled...

                                BEAVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY ISLAND The Assassination of King Strang In 1856, growing friction within Beaver Island's Mormon community finally erupted. Two of James Jesse Strang's disgruntled...

                                  Hermann Monument

                                  Submitted by @robblerouser

                                  Submitted by @robblerouser