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Portage Lake Region

Historical Marker The Portage Lake Region   Following the fur traders into this region came a few adventurous lumbermen looking for saw-mill sites.  Interested by what he saw in 1840, Joseph...

Historical Marker The Portage Lake Region   Following the fur traders into this region came a few adventurous lumbermen looking for saw-mill sites.  Interested by what he saw in 1840,...

    Grandad Bluff

    Submitted by @stephenbernau

    Submitted by @stephenbernau

      California Street Cable Car Line and Leland Stanford

      IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS LINE AND LELAND STANFORD AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD FAMILY, WHOSE HOME WAS...

      IN HONOR OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS LINE AND LELAND STANFORD AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GOVERNOR LELAND STANFORD FAMILY, WHOSE HOME WAS...

      • san francisco
      • california
      • bay area
      • leland stanford
      • california street
      • cable car

      Robert Frost

      1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

      1874 - 1963  ROBERT LEE FROST THIS GREAT POET WAS BORN IN SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 26, 1874. FIRST CHILD OF WILLIAM PRESCOTT FROST JR. AND ISABELLE MOODIE FROST. HE LIVED IN SEVEN HOUSES HERE ALL EAST...

      • san francisco
      • california
      • bay area
      • poetry
      • kennedy
      • frost
      • gold

      Elwha

      IN HONOR OF INAUGURAL CEREMONIES M. V. ELWHA MRS. CHARLES G. PRAHL, SPONSOR MRS. A. F. EIKU, MATRON-OF-HONOR PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON JUNE 15, 1968

      IN HONOR OF INAUGURAL CEREMONIES M. V. ELWHA MRS. CHARLES G. PRAHL, SPONSOR MRS. A. F. EIKU, MATRON- OF-HONOR PORT ANGELES, WASHINGTON JUNE 15, 1968

      • elwa
      • port angeles
      • washington

      Fort Adams / Fort Pike(1797-98)

      With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second U.S....

      With Chickasaw approval, Army Captain Isaac Guion erected the United States' first garrison in the mid-Mississippi Valley here in October of 1797. Initially named Fort Adams for the second...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Paul W. Barret

      In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in...

      In the community of Barretville, which had been established in 1852 by his grandfather, Anthony Barret (1827-1910), Paul Weisiger Barret (1899-1976) co-founded Barretville Bank & Trust Company in...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      The Arts Working for Cities

      Submitted by @caddickbrown

      Submitted by @caddickbrown

        You Made My Valley Green

        Jenny Wollett Campbell July 24, 1953 - September 16, 1986 "You made my valley green, dear girl" Than you. Love, Daddy

        Jenny Wollett Campbell July 24, 1953 - September 16, 1986 "You made my valley green, dear girl" Than you. Love, Daddy

        • marin
        • thank you

        In Memory Of

        IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE FENTON 1931 - 1984

        IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE FENTON 1931 - 1984

        • marin
        • in memory of

        You Filled Our Hearts With Sunshine

        Penny Wollett September 21, 1971 - May 9, 1997 Mother of Jenny Kay; Daughter of Don; Friend of many "You filled our hearts with sunshine." We love you, Dan and Jennifer

        Penny Wollett September 21, 1971 - May 9, 1997 Mother of Jenny Kay; Daughter of Don; Friend of many "You filled our hearts with sunshine." We love you, Dan and Jennifer

        • marin
        • in memory of
        • we love you

        In Loving Memory

        IN LOVING MEMORY LARRY KRAMER 1926 - 2005  IN LOVING MEMORY SUE F. KRAMER 1927 - 2014  IN LOVING MEMORY EDWARD M. LEWIS 1923 - 1996

        IN LOVING MEMORY LARRY KRAMER 1926 - 2005  IN LOVING MEMORY SUE F. KRAMER 1927 - 2014  IN LOVING MEMORY EDWARD M. LEWIS 1923 - 1996

        • marin
        • in memory of

        Field of Dogs

        TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF aMARIO DiPALMA 1934-2003 IN CREATING "FIELD OF DOGS" FROM HIS AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES

        TO COMMEMORATE THE WORK OF aMARIO DiPALMA 1934-2003 IN CREATING "FIELD OF DOGS" FROM HIS AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES

          Marin County Civic Center

          The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They are...

          The Civic Center Complex was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959) near the end of his long career. The Administration Building was completed in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1970. They...

          • marin
          • california
          • frank lloyd wright

          Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway

          Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an all-Canadian...

          Midway - Mile 0 of the Kettle Valley Railway In 1910 a rail link pushed westward from Midway to transport the riches of the Kootenays, Boundaray, and Similkameen to the coast via an...

          • british columbia
          • railway
          • riches
          • 1910

          Frank Slide

          HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...

          HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE TRAGIC FRANK SLIDE ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 29, 1903 ~ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE ~ THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AND MAINTAINED BYTHE BLAIRMORE LIONS...

          • alberta
          • frank slide
          • 1903

          Used to Rescue Horses

          THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF  A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...

          THE RAMP UP TO THE TOWPATH OPPOSITE THIS WALL IS ONE OF  A PAIR EITHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY BRIDGE AND WAS USED TO RESCUE HORSES, WHICH WHEN STARTED BY THE TRAINS SOMETIMES BOLTED AND FELL INTO THE...

          • london
          • horses
          • started
          • trains
          • towpath

          Descartes's House in Stockholm

          I detta kvarter levde och vekade den franske filosofen och matematikern  Rene Descartes  fran oktober 1649 till sin dod i februari 1650 Submitted by @sally_holloway

          I detta kvarter levde och vekade den franske filosofen och matematikern  Rene Descartes  fran oktober 1649 till sin dod i februari 1650 Submitted by @sally_holloway

          • stockhold
          • sweden
          • descartes
          • 1649
          • cartesian

          Flagpole

          This Flag Pole Has Story... The Tilden Environmental Education Center flag pole is a re-purposed mast of "Loon" Bird Boat 13, built in 1929. The legendary "S" class San Francisco Bird Boats are 30...

          This Flag Pole Has Story... The Tilden Environmental Education Center flag pole is a re- purposed mast of "Loon" Bird Boat 13, built in 1929. The legendary "S" class San Francisco Bird Boats are...

          • berkeley
          • california
          • tilden
          • sail boat
          • flag pole

          Exercise Tiger memorial Utah Beach

          In memory of the 946 American servicemen who died in the night of 27 April 1944 off the coast of Slapton Sands (G.B.) during "Exercise Tiger" the rehearsals for the D-Day landing on Utah-Beach...

          In memory of the 946 American servicemen who died in the night of 27 April 1944 off the coast of Slapton Sands (G.B.) during "Exercise Tiger" the rehearsals for the D-Day landing on...

          • utah
          • beach
          • operation
          • tiger
          • memorial
          • world war 2
          • wwii