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The End of the Mission Trail 1523-1823

    Fire Chief Raymond Pigoni

      Benicia Promenade

        Dedicated to the Memory of the Pony Express Riders

          The Grand Army of Liberty

          To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

          To those citizens of the United States who at the call of humanity laid aside their vocations to become soldiers in the Grand Army of Liberty. This memorial is dedicated 1918

            Pause Traveler and Be Grateful to Norton 1st

            From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

            From Robert Anton Wilson (more here)

              Little Bay de Noc

              The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

              The Noquet (or Noc) Indians, who once lived along these shores, gave this bay its name. Here at Sand Point, in 1844, Douglass Houghton came with his party of government surveyors to chart the land...

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              Orsel McGhee House

              In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

              In 1944 the Orsel McGhees, a black family, moved here into what was then an all-white neighborhood. A neighboring family won a court order revoking the McGhees’ purchase of the house on the basis...

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              Masters of Navigation

              Chinese Explore the World in Junks

              Chinese Explore the World in Junks

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              • treasure fleet

              DuPage County Pioneer Park

                Andrews University

                This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to Berrien...

                This, the oldest Seventh-day Adventist college and the pioneer in a world-wide system of Christian education, was chartered in 1874 at Battle Creek as Battle Creek College. It was moved to...

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                In Fond & Loving Memory of Anthony, Colleen & Vivien Wong

                  Parque del Tepeyac

                    Johnson & Wales University

                      Sallie Rutherford Thaler

                      Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

                      Memorial Presented to the City of Oakland by Aloha Parlor No. 106 Native Daughters of the Golden West In memory of our past president Sallie Rutherford Thaler May 19, 1888 - March 8, 1958 A...

                        Pastore e Padre Amatissimo

                          Tony Forster

                            POW Tree

                              NO. 239 MISSION SAN LUÍS REY DE FRANCIA

                              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                                Centenario de la Constitucion