Clara's Climb
CLARA'S CLIMBWinnipeg-born cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes passed this lookout hundreds of times as she trained to become Canada's most accomplished Olympian. In 1991, at age 19,...
- clara hughes
- olympics
- sports
- olympian
- cycling
- speed skating
- athlete
- athletics
Peace Memorial School
PEACE MEMORIAL SCHOOL 1919-2003 Peace Memorial School was built in 1919 on donated land in the former Township of Barton, County of Wentworth. This school was named as a tribute to those who died...
- education
- peace
- memorial
- school
Charlie Musselwhite
La Ciudad de Cordoba a los Enamorados el Poeta Ibn Zaydun y la Princesa Valada 1971
Collierville The Original Village
In this area and to the east, lies the original town site of Collierville. The lands that were destined to become Collierville traveled through many periods of history before the village...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Major General William Riddell Birdwood
Hickory Ridge Lookout Tower
This is the only fire tower still standing in all of Indiana. Submitted by rpatrickdelaney
Cortona ricorda i suio garibaldini
THE MORRIS CANAL
THE MORRIS CANAL THIS WATERWAY, CONCEIVED IN THE 1820'S, LINKED PENNSYLVANIA'S COAL FIELDS, NEW JERSEY'S IRON INDUSTRY AND NEW YORK'S COMMERCIAL MARKETS FOR 100 YEARS IT FLOWED BETWEEN...
The Poudre River Trail
Cache la Poudre River National Heritage Area
Josiah Flagg
IN THIS CHURCHYARD IS BURIED JOSIAH FLAGG 1763-1816 FIRST NATIVE BORN AMERICAN TO MAKE DENTISTRY HIS LIFE'S WORK AND THE FIRST TO CARRY TO ANY FOREIGN LAND EVIDENCE OF AMERICAN DENTAL PROGRESS...
- south carolina
- charleston
- josiah flagg
- grave
- cemetery
- dentistry
- 1763
- 1816
- 1955
The First Fort Des Moines
This barracks well marks the first Fort Desmoines and was used by a detachment of Dragoons stationed here Sept 25-1834 to June 18-1837
- iowa
- lee county
1861-1865 G.A.R.
1861-1865 G.A.R. One Country, One Flag, One Language
- g.a.r.
- iowa
- civil war
Keokuk National Cemetery
Civil War KeokukKeokuk, Iowa, was a staging and training ground for seven Union regiments. The first soldiers mustered in at Camp Ellsworth in May 1861. Later, camps Rankin, Halleck, and Lincoln...
- iowa
- keokuk
- lee county
- national cemetery
- veterans
Water Route to Indian Territory
This was a remote stretch of the Mississippi River when steamboats of Cherokee passed by on their way west to Indian Territory on the water route of the Trail of Tears. River traffic in 1838 was...
- missouri
- trail of tears
- native american
COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA.
THIS GROVE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COL RAYNAL C. BOLLING S.C. USA. LAWYER PATRIOT SOLDIER BORN 1 SEPT. 1872 AT HOT SPRINGS ARKANSAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAR...
N.C. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
Opened 1894 under superintendent Edward McKee Goodwin. Main building designed by A. G. Bauer.Plaque via North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, and is used with their permission. Full...
- ncmarkers
- north carolina
Davies Manor
Built near Old Stage Road about 1807, occupied by Logan Early Davies, James Baxter Davies & their descendants for over a century. Named for Zachariah Davies, soldier of the American Revolution. In...
- shelby county
- tennessee
George Louis Crocket
George Louis Crocket (1861-1936) was born in San Augustine, Texas, the youngest of five children. He attended the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, an Episcopalian liberal...
- texas
- san augustine
- art
- writer