Eagle Pass (Sign missing)
In 1865 Walter Moberly, government engineer, was searching for a railway route through these rugged Monashee Mountains. He shot at an eagle's nest, and observed the birds fly into a river...
- british columbia
- canada
- rewritebc
Prospector to Premier (Sign missing)
Lured from Canada to the Fraser goldfields in 1859, John Robson started a radical newspaper in 1861 at New Westminster and was elected to the legislature in 1867. A fiery critic of colonial rule,...
- british columbia
- canada
The Last Spike
A nebulous dream was a reality: an iron ribbon across Canada from sea to sea. Often following the footsteps of early explorers, nearly 3,000 miles of steel rail pushed across vast prairies,...
- british columbia
- canada
Skinner Bluff
SKINNER BLUFF An interesting series of ridges and bluffs assoc-iated with the Niagara Escarpment are visible from this site. At the top is a massive dolostone bluff, an erosional feature flanked...
- ontario
- canada
- bluff
Samish Unit Restoration
Samish Unit Restoration A cooperative wetland restoration project supported by Ducks Unlimited, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Topics Entertainment and the U.S. Fish and...
- samish
- washington
- ducks unlimited
Monterey Bay Aquarium
- monterey
- california
- 1984
- packard
Eichler Plaza
Oddly fascinating: the lone Eichler shopping center (in Palo Alto) comes w/ historical plaques from 2014 renovation Submitted by @JohnKingSFChron via Tweet
- palo alto
- california
- eichler
- shopping
- plaza
Frigate Arbella
TO COMMEMORATE THE ARRIVAL ON JUNE 12, 1620 OF THE FRIGATE ARBELLA BRINGING GOVERNOR WINTHROP AND THE CHARTER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. THIS TABLE IS PLACE BY...
- boston
- massachusetts
- winthrop
- bay colony
Here Lies King James VII of Scotland
IN THIS CHURCH IS THE SHRINE TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES II THE LAST STUART KING OF ENGLAND WHO DIED IN EXILE AT THE CASTLE OF ST GERMAIN-EN- LAYE ON SEPTEMBER 16TH 1701 THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED...
- france
- scotland
- james
- queen victoria
- st germain-en-laye
Blue Star Memorial Highway, Valley Lode District
- valley lode
- westley
- california
- blue star
Bryant Station Site
Bryant Station was the terminus of the California and Nevada Railroad, a narrow-gauge steam line which transported local harvests to the Emeryville docks. The railroad, formed in 1881,...
- orinda
- california
- train
- railroad
- emeryville
- harvests
- silver mining camp
The Burning of the Hell Ship "Reaper"
More information here and here.
- port ludlow
- washington
- hell ship
- ship
- fire
Honoring Ina Donna Coolbrith
HONORING IDA DONNA COOLBRITH 1841 - 1928 OAKLAND'S FIRST LIBRARY DIRECTORY 1878 - 1892 CALIFORNIA'S FIRST POET LAUREATE 1915 - 1928 AND A MENTOR TO DISTINGUISHED CALIFORNIA...
- oakland
- california
- bay area
- coolbrith
- library
- poet
- london
- joaquin
Lake Merritt Municipal Boathouse
- oakland
- california
- bay area
- lake
- boathouse
- 2009
Oakland Public Library
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILT WITH BOND ISSUE FUNDS VOTED BY THE PEOPLE OF OAKLAND IN 1945 DEDICATED JANUARY 1951
- oakland
- california
- bay area
- library
- pease
- 1945
- warnecke
Electrical Department
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT CITY OF OAKLAND A.D. 1911
- oakland
- california
- bay area
- electricity
Millennium Children's Park
- galway
- ireland
- park
The Creagh Tomb
- creagh
- ennis
- ireland
- 1843
- 1470
- alabaster
- tomb
Ennis Friary
- ennis
- ireland
- franciscans
- 1284
- 1570
- thomond
- 1314
- friary
Lime Kiln
Lime Kiln - restored 2006 Built c. 1820 in response to cholera outbreak Lime used in building Fever Hospital at adjacent site, in mortared walls and to sanitize structures Other uses included...
- galway
- ireland
- fever
- cholera
- whitewash
- lime