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Collierville Fort/Stockade

Collierville was occupied by Union forces from 1862 until the end of the war in 1865. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

Collierville was occupied by Union forces from 1862 until the end of the war in 1865. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Barken Elieser

BARKEN ELIESER  Der Norske Misjonsselskaps misjonsskip ELIESER av Bergen ble bygget ved Jacob Trumpys Verk her pa Bradbenken.  Det var Louise Olsen (1817-1872) som tok initiative til innsamling og...

BARKEN ELIESER  Der Norske Misjonsselskaps misjonsskip ELIESER av Bergen ble bygget ved Jacob Trumpys Verk her pa Bradbenken.  Det var Louise Olsen (1817-1872) som tok initiative til innsamling og...

  • elieser
  • trumpys
  • olsen
  • africa
  • madagascar

United Nations Plaza

UNITED NATIONS PLAZA UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005 ACCESSIBLE FORMAT AVAILABLE SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY (415) 557-4400

UNITED NATIONS PLAZA UNITED NATIONS CHARTER WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2005 ACCESSIBLE FORMAT AVAILABLE SAN FRANCISCO MAIN LIBRARY (415) 557-4400

  • san francisco
  • bay area
  • united nations
  • library
  • accessible format
  • environment day

First Vessels Direct from Europe to Chicago

HERFRA DIREKTE TIL CHICAGO SEILTE DISSE SKUTENE SOM APNET EUROPEISK TRAFIKK PA LANKENE.  SKONNERTBRIGG SLEIPNER 150 REGISTER-TONN DROB 23 MAI 1862 EMIGRANTER OG LAST.  JAKT SKJOLDMOEN 55...

HERFRA DIREKTE TIL CHICAGO SEILTE DISSE SKUTENE SOM APNET EUROPEISK TRAFIKK PA LANKENE.  SKONNERTBRIGG SLEIPNER 150 REGISTER-TONN DROB 23 MAI 1862 EMIGRANTER OG LAST.  JAKT SKJOLDMOEN...

  • norway
  • bergen
  • chicago
  • 1863
  • skonnertbrig...
  • montreal

Camp Henry C. Drewes

JANUARY, 1944THE SECOND AM TRAC BN., U.S. MARINES, ESTABLISHED CAMP HENRY C. DREWES ON THIS SITE; HERE THEY TRAINED UNTIL MAY, 1944  HERE WE RESTED FROM BATTLE... PREPARED FOR ANOTHER... AND...

JANUARY, 1944THE SECOND AM TRAC BN., U.S. MARINES, ESTABLISHED CAMP HENRY C. DREWES ON THIS SITE; HERE THEY TRAINED UNTIL MAY, 1944  HERE WE RESTED FROM BATTLE... PREPARED FOR ANOTHER......

  • wwii
  • 1944
  • hawaii
  • marines
  • alligator marines

Here Worshiped George Washington

    Trethewey Airfield

    • toronto
    • airfield
    • farm
    • 1910

    William Walker

    WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

    WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

    • nashville
    • destiny
    • republic of ...
    • hondouras
    • nicaragua
    • mexico

    Ship's Bell From S. S. Cape May

    SHIP'S BELL FROM S. S. CAPE MAY BUILT 1943    RETIRED 1969 LENGTH 417'9" BEAM 60 DRAFT 27'6" CREW 49 PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN 1974 SEVERED IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE IN...

    SHIP'S BELL FROM S. S. CAPE MAY BUILT 1943    RETIRED 1969 LENGTH 417'9" BEAM 60 DRAFT 27'6" CREW 49 PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN 1974 SEVERED IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE IN...

    • bell
    • ship
    • wwii
    • 1943
    • commerce

    Latham Square

    • oakland
    • latham
    • california
    • bay area

    First Ship Into San Francisco Bay

    First Ship Into San Francisco Bay On August 5 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A month...

    First Ship Into San Francisco Bay On August 5 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A...

      Thomas Jefferson

      By François de Dijon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...

      By François de Dijon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...

      • thomas jefferson
      • france
      • dijon
      • 1785

      First Baptist Church (Collierville)

      By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was...

      By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      First "Talkies"

      Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed in...

      Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      First Methodist Church

      Organized 1826, the first building was of frame, with split log benches, built 1832. A new building was erected in 1845. During Federal occupation, a minister detailed by the Union commander...

      Organized 1826, the first building was of frame, with split log benches, built 1832. A new building was erected in 1845. During Federal occupation, a minister detailed by the Union commander...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Howells

      HOWELLS ORIGINALLY HOWELL'S DEPOT, A STATION ON THE ERIE R.R. POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1846. HOWELL'S CHURCH BUILT 1850. HOWELLS FIRE CO. FORMED 1924 MEMORIALIZED 2008 BY TOWN OF WALLKILL Submitted...

      HOWELLS ORIGINALLY HOWELL'S DEPOT, A STATION ON THE ERIE R.R. POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1846. HOWELL'S CHURCH BUILT 1850. HOWELLS FIRE CO. FORMED 1924 MEMORIALIZED 2008 BY TOWN OF WALLKILL Submitted...

      • new york
      • erie
      • howells
      • post office
      • fire company

      Redwood Valley Railway

      REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY ERICH THOMSEN FOUNDER, DESIGNER, BUILDER & OPERATOR 1952 - 1995 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT

      REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY ERICH THOMSEN FOUNDER, DESIGNER, BUILDER & OPERATOR 1952 - 1995 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT

      • berkeley
      • california
      • steam train
      • 1952

      Prime Minister's Office

      PRIME MINSTER'S OFFICE GOVERNMENT HOUSE  BUILT IN 1761-1771 SERVED AS A PRISON UNTIL 1813 ROYAL RESIDENCE AND GOVERNORS RESIDENCE UNTIL 1904 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE SINCE 1904 OFFICE OF THE...

      PRIME MINSTER'S OFFICE GOVERNMENT HOUSE  BUILT IN 1761-1771 SERVED AS A PRISON UNTIL 1813 ROYAL RESIDENCE AND GOVERNORS RESIDENCE UNTIL 1904 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE SINCE 1904 OFFICE OF...

      • iceland
      • prison unit

      The Outlaw

      EINAR JONSSON: UTILEGUMADURINN THE OUTLAW Submitted by Erin Wilson. 

      EINAR JONSSON: UTILEGUMADURINN THE OUTLAW Submitted by Erin Wilson. 

        Thousand Oaks Schools

        CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993  SITE OF THOUSAND OAKS SCHOOL (Demolished in 1998) William C. Hays, Architect, 1919 Stone and de Sanno, Architects, 1928 The residential subdivision of...

        CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993  SITE OF THOUSAND OAKS SCHOOL (Demolished in 1998) William C. Hays, Architect, 1919 Stone and de Sanno, Architects, 1928 The residential subdivision of...

        • berkeley
        • california
        • thousand oaks
        • school
        • 1919