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Spenger's Fish Grotto

SPENGER'S FISH GROTTO CENTENARY PLAQUE 1890 - 1990 1865 JOHANN BUILDS HIS HOME, ONE ROOM COUNTRY STORE AND FISH MARKET AT THIS SITE. 1930'S FRANK, HIS WIFE MARCELLA AND SON FRANK (BUD) EXPAND...

  • grotto
  • berkeley
  • california
  • spanky
  • fish market
  • centenary

St. Ann Catholic Church

On Christmas Eve 1949, parishioner John Maher buried a statue of the Infant Jesus of Prague on this site and hopeful Catholics from the area began fund-raising efforts to build the first Catholic...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Statuary At The Shelby County Courthouse

Exterior statuary at the Shelby County Courthouse includes, most prominently, six seated figures carved from single blocks of Tennessee marble, representing Wisdom, Justice, Liberty,...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Gabriel's Crossing

Gabriel's Crossing Gabriel Dumont operated a ferry on the South Saskatchewan River near this site from the early 1870's to 1883. According to his 1876 licence, the ferry was a scow measuring 7.6...

  • saskatchewan
  • "gabriel dumont"
  • ferry
  • "south saska...

Luke Wright1846-1922

A Confederate officer cited for gallantry, he held the office of attorney-general for Shelby County. Wright also served as the first governor-general of the Philippines and as the first official...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee

Ken Stabler

  • oakland
  • athletics
  • coliseum

Cabin Creek

DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF REV. J.A. CORNWALL AND FAMILY THEY BUILD THE FIRST IMMIGRANT CABIN IN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR THIS SITE HENCE THE NAME CABIN CREEK THE FAMILY WINTERED HERE IN 1846...

  • oakland
  • oregon
  • 1846

Violet Bench

HONORING VIOLET NORTHERN PIONEER GARDEN CLUB MEMBER

  • brownsville
  • oregon

Few Memorial Hall of Records

FEW MEMORIAL HALL OF RECORDS  THIS BUILDING IS DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF MONTEREY BY CHARLES R. FEW AND AGATHA M. FEW 1934

  • monterey
  • california
  • few
  • records

Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

The oldest public building in Memphis and the first Episcopal Church in Shelby County. Organized August 6, 1832 by the Reverend Thomas Wright. The church house started 1838 was consecrated May...

  • shelby county
  • tennessee