Dred and Harriet Scott
DRED AND HARRIET SCOTT FILED SUIT FOR THEIR FREEDOM AT THIS COURTHOUSE IN 1846. THEIR CASE REACHED THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND WAS DECIDED IN 1857. THE COURT RULED THAT THE SCOTTS AND ALL...
Teton Dam Burst
[location approximate] Submitted by @jerichocline
El Capitan Pass
Submitted by @JimStLeger
Rather Than Renounce Their Faith
On the night of Friday 16 March 1190 some 150 Jews and Jewesses of York having sought protection in the Royal Castle on this site from a mob in cited by Richard Malebisse and others chose to die...
Zanja Madre (Mother Ditch)
THROUGH THIS SPOT FLOWED THE ZANJA MADRE (MOTHER DITCH) WHICH CHANNELED THE WATERS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVER O THE CITIZENS OF LOS ANGELES FOR . 123 YEARS, 1781-1904 PRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF...
To This Underpass
The trail and approaches to this underpass were officially opened by Shire President, Cr Brian Green on 3rd May, 1992. Submitted by @littlebobbyplaqueson
Memphis Daily Appeal
From this spot press and type of the Appeal were loaded on a freight car at Main and Madison in early morning, June 6, 1862, just before a naval battle. This paper kept the journalistic flag...
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- tennessee
Brodnax Jewelers
Brodnax Jewelers, the original occupant of the Brodnax Building, at one time sold more Rolex watches than any other retailer in the world. When this building was built in 1916 as...
- shelby county
- tennessee
LEE COHEN HARBY
IN MEMORY OF LEE COHEN HARBY 1849 - 1918 WHO BY HER PATRIOTIC AND UNTIRNG EFFORTS SECURED HIS BUILDING FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA AS A GIFT FROM THE UNITED...
Elfreth's Alley
Submitted by Lisa Hiltbrand
Evangeline Oak
EVANGELINE OAK Longfellow's poem “Evangeline" immortalized the tragedy of the Acadian exile from Nova Scotia in 1755. This oak marks the legendary meeting place of Emmeline Labiche and...
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- lousinana
- longfellow
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Genieve Tynon Bell Tower
Green Valley Elementary School Modernization
Green Valley Elementary School Modernization Board of Education Joan Buchanan Bill Clarkson Paul Gardner Rachel Hurd Greg Marvel Robert Kessler, Superintendent Donna Bell, Principal...