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Atascadero Administration Building

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Jose Dolores Garcia

    JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission. He...

    JOSE DOLORES GARCIA Jose Dolores Garcia was a prominent citizen of San Juan Capistrano who was of Juaneno Indian and Spanish descent. In 1862 he married Maria Refugia Yorba at the Mission....

      Hunter Mill Road - Crossroads to War

      T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

      T 46-BCROSSROADS TO WARDuring the Civil War, this junction of HunterMill Road and the Alexandria, Loudoun, &Hampshire Railroad was a vital crossroads asUnion and Confederate troops moved along...

      • hunter mill ...

      Hurricane Gustav

      Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

      Hurricane Gustav roared through Baton Rouge on September 1, 2008. Traffic on the Mississippi River was shut down. Ninety-mile per hour winds uprooted thousands of mature oak trees. Houses were...

      • louisiana
      • baton rouge
      • old state capitol
      • hurricane gustav
      • disaster
      • weather

      On September 21, 1779

      On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

      On September 21, 1779Col. Dickson commanding theBritish post at Baton RougeSurrendered toGov. Galvez and his American Allies. This tablet commemorates thisOne battle of theAmerican RevolutionOn...

      • louisiana
      • revolutionary war
      • freedom
      • baton rouge

      John P Holland's First Submarine

        Grafton Park

          North Shore Beach & Yacht Club 1958

          Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED BY...

          Submitted by @jqmcd THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NORTH SHORE BEACH & YACHT CLUB 1958 DESIGNED...

          • salton sea

          Temple Lodge #14

            Le Sorbonne

              Memorial Gazebo

              Submitted by @jqmcd

              Submitted by @jqmcd

                American Zoetrope

                  SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE

                  SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND IN...

                  SAN FRANCISCO'S HELLENIC HERITAGE AN AFFIRMATION OF THE PROMISE OF AMERICA IN TRIBUTE TO THE GREEK IMMIGRANTS WHO SETTLED IN THE VICINITY OF THIRD AND FOLSOM STREETS IN THE EARLY 1900s AND...

                    Eddie L. Dorsey, MD; Ima Pierson, DDS; Howard C. Scoggins, MD; Luins Williams, MD

                      May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                      May 17-18, 1944   Along with leaders of the newly formed NAACP chapter, Drs. Dorsey, Pierson, Scoggins, and Williams were violently expelled from Iberia Parish on May 17-18, 1944, because they...

                    • louisiana
                    • african-american
                    • civil rights

                    In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium

                    In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium   (1956-2011)     Architect: Henry G. Grimball     Originally known as the Pontchartrain Park Stadium of the New Orleans Recreation Department, the first...

                    In Memory of the First Barrow Stadium   (1956-2011)     Architect: Henry G. Grimball     Originally known as the Pontchartrain Park Stadium of the New Orleans Recreation Department, the first...

                    • louisiana
                    • new orleans
                    • sports
                    • african american
                    • negro leagues
                    • baseball

                    Site of Mount Carmel

                    Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and pastor....

                    Site of Mount Carmel, the first organized community in the Eudora area. John Booth donated land for a Presbyterian Church and a seminary for girls. Rev. Benjamin Shaw was director and...

                    • arkansas
                    • settlements
                    • cemetery

                    Old Brad

                    Named for company member, John O. Bradford, Old Brad, the first service horse in the Baton Rouge Fire Department, is buried in front of his beloved Washington No. 1  Firehouse. He served 28 years,...

                    Named for company member, John O. Bradford, Old Brad, the first service horse in the Baton Rouge Fire Department, is buried in front of his beloved Washington No. 1  Firehouse. He served 28...

                    • louisiana
                    • baton rouge
                    • fire department
                    • horse
                    • animal

                    Cecil Morgan Magnolia Tree

                    This Magnolia Tree was planted in loving memory of Cecil Morgan 1898-1999  On the grounds of the Morgan Ancestral Home by  his family  March 2000

                    This Magnolia Tree was planted in loving memory of Cecil Morgan 1898-1999  On the grounds of the Morgan Ancestral Home by  his family  March 2000

                    • louisiana
                    • memorial
                    • tree
                    • baton rouge

                    Agriculture Office

                    Agriculture Office   Sponsored by Freeport- McMoRan   Freeport- McMoRan is one of the worlds largest natural resource companies and is involved in the exploration, development and mining of...

                    Agriculture Office   Sponsored by Freeport- McMoRan   Freeport- McMoRan is one of the worlds largest natural resource companies and is involved in the exploration, development and mining...

                    • louisiana
                    • baton rouge
                    • sponsorship
                    • industry

                    Land Office

                    Land Office Sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Corporation  Founded in 1927, Georgia-Pacific first opened an office in Louisiana in the early 1950s. Georgia-Pacific has grown to be one of the world's...

                    Land Office Sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Corporation  Founded in 1927, Georgia-Pacific first opened an office in Louisiana in the early 1950s. Georgia-Pacific has grown to be one of the world's...

                    • louisiana
                    • baton rouge
                    • sponsorship
                    • industry