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Buffalo Bill

LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846 SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS.  HIS...

LET IT BE KNOWN BY ALL THIS IS THE BIRTHSITE OF WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY BORN FEBRUARY 26, 1846 SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA, IS BEST KNOWN AS THE LOCALE OF BUFFALO BILL'S FORMATIVE YEARS....

    Lone Star Steamer

    THE STEAMER  LONE STAR BUILT 1868   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  THIS VESSEL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOOD-HULL DREDGES AND POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN...

    THE STEAMER  LONE STAR BUILT 1868   HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK  THIS VESSEL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING WOOD-HULL DREDGES AND POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE...

      The Only Service Station Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright

      Took a side trip with @apocryphile to gas up at the only station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Cloquet, MN). And @readtheplaque of course.  Tweet Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt

      Took a side trip with @apocryphile to gas up at the only station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (Cloquet, MN). And @readtheplaque of course.  Tweet Submitted by @KurtKohlstedt

      • 99pi
      • cloquet
      • minnesota
      • frank lloyd wright
      • gas station

      In Memory of Ernest Joseph McCormick

      BUILDT BY THE McCORMICK FAMILY ANDDEDICATED TO GOD.  IN MEMORY OF ERNEST JOSEPH McCORMICK  1892 - 1951

      BUILDT BY THE McCORMICK FAMILY ANDDEDICATED TO GOD.  IN MEMORY OF ERNEST JOSEPH McCORMICK  1892 - 1951

      • laguna woods
      • funeral home
      • 1892
      • 1951

      Jean MacAuley

      In Memory of Jean MacAuley With all our love family and friends 

      In Memory of Jean MacAuley With all our love family and friends 

      • laguna woods
      • california
      • bench

      Jack C. Rogers

      In Loving Memory of Jack C. Rogers from his family and friends 

      In Loving Memory of Jack C. Rogers from his family and friends 

      • laguna woods
      • california
      • bench

      Produced the Copper in the Statue of Liberty

      THIS STONE FROM THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE COPPER IN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BROUGHT WITH THE SAILING SHIP "SORLANDET" AS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN FROM THE CITIZENS OF KARMOY,...

      THIS STONE FROM THE MINE THAT PRODUCED THE COPPER IN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS BROUGHT WITH THE SAILING SHIP "SORLANDET" AS A GIFT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN FROM THE CITIZENS OF KARMOY,...

      • new york
      • statue of liberty
      • copper
      • mine
      • karmoy
      • sorlandet
      • norway

      Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines

        IN MEMORY OF  FRANK E. PICKELLLE BERNARD W. ADAMS JAMES G. TORRENS TERESA M. TONOLE  Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines who lost their lives in an airplane disaster in...

        IN MEMORY OF  FRANK E. PICKELLLE BERNARD W. ADAMS JAMES G. TORRENS TERESA M. TONOLE  Members of the SCAP Economic Trade Mission to the Philippines who lost their lives in an airplane disaster in...

      • memorial
      • philippines
      • scap
      • airplane
      • airplane disaster

      Samoa Cookhouse Circa 1893

        SAMAO COOKHOUSE CIRCA 1893 THIS IS THE LAST LUMBER CAMP STYLE COOKHOUSE IN OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS COOKHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED AS PART OF SAMOA, ONE OF THE LAST COMPANY OWNED TOWNS...

        SAMAO COOKHOUSE CIRCA 1893 THIS IS THE LAST LUMBER CAMP STYLE COOKHOUSE IN OPERATION IN NORTH AMERICA. THIS COOKHOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY OPENED AS PART OF SAMOA, ONE OF THE LAST COMPANY OWNED TOWNS...

      • samoa
      • california
      • cookhouse
      • company town
      • dormer windows
      • meals

      Nancy, Viscountess Astor

      NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO...

      NANCY, VISCOUNTESS ASTOR BORN VIRGINIA USA 1879, DIED ENGLAND 1964 IN THIS BUILDING ON 28 NOVEMBER, 1919, THE ELECTION TO PARLIAMENT OF LADY NANCY ASTOR WAS ANOUNCED. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO...

      • wwii
      • plymouth
      • england
      • unflinching courage
      • formidable
      • worked tirelessly
      • darkest days

      Indiana University Bloomington Sundial

      Mathilda Zwicker Klorsch Otto Paul Klorsch Class of 1896 They met at this sundial when classmates Their ashes rest here Together until eternity

      Mathilda Zwicker Klorsch Otto Paul Klorsch Class of 1896 They met at this sundial when classmates Their ashes rest here Together until eternity

      • college
      • university
      • sundial
      • memorial
      • burial

      Fossils in Montmartre

      This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...

      This plaque sits well above any viewer's head on a stone wall right near a staircase that leads up to the famous Sacré Coeur in Montmartre. It reads: "Ici était l'entrée des carrières de...

      • 1700s
      • paleontology
      • 1790s
      • france
      • montmartre
      • cuvier

      Misión San Antonio de Padua

      Misión San Antonio de Padua(Turn off 5 miles north)Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the...

      Misión San Antonio de Padua(Turn off 5 miles north)Located in the valley of the San Antonio River within the Santa Lucia Range, Misión San Antonio de Padua, established on July 14, 1771, was the...

      • california
      • mission
      • junipero serra

      Seattle-Tacoma Airport Administration Building July 1949

      • seattle
      • tacoma
      • airport
      • washington
      • seatac
      • 1949
      • treadwell

      Cape Mendocino Lighthouse

      Lit Dec. 1, 1868, the light from its first order Fresnel lens swept 30 miles to sea. Decommissioned in 1951, the structure slowly began to inch toward the 422’ cliff. The light was dismantled in...

      Lit Dec. 1, 1868, the light from its first order Fresnel lens swept 30 miles to sea. Decommissioned in 1951, the structure slowly began to inch toward the 422’ cliff. The light was dismantled in...

      • cape mendocino
      • lighthouse
      • humboldt
      • e clampus vitus
      • ecv
      • lighthouse
      • lincoln
      • california

      ARPANET

      Includes additional plate, set at an angle, below the main plaque. This plate shows the following binary code:   0100000101010010010100000100 0001010011100100010101010100   Translated into ASCII...

      Includes additional plate, set at an angle, below the main plaque. This plate shows the following binary code:   0100000101010010010100000100 0001010011100100010101010100   Translated into ASCII...

      • arpanet
      • internet
      • darpa
      • department o...
      • world wide web

      The Rock

      YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994  THE ROCK  Yellowknifers are very inventive when it comes to building houses that suit the rock landscape. Flat real estate was not readily available in Yellowknife's...

      YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994  THE ROCK  Yellowknifers are very inventive when it comes to building houses that suit the rock landscape. Flat real estate was not readily available in Yellowknife's...

      • yellowknife
      • canada
      • northwest te...
      • the rock
      • rocky landscape

      Pilots' Monument

      This sign is dedicate to the "Pilots' Monument" to commemorate 100 years of powered flight in Canada  Donated by the members of 825 "Yellowknife Elks" Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron Summer...

      This sign is dedicate to the "Pilots' Monument" to commemorate 100 years of powered flight in Canada  Donated by the members of 825 "Yellowknife Elks" Royal Canadian Air...

      • yellowknife
      • canada
      • northwest te...
      • pilots

      Jolliffe Island

      YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994 JOLLIFFE ISLAND The City of Yellowknife is not confined to the mainland alone. In the 1940s, as much activity occurred on nearby islands as onshore. A two minute canoe...

      YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 1994 JOLLIFFE ISLAND The City of Yellowknife is not confined to the mainland alone. In the 1940s, as much activity occurred on nearby islands as onshore. A two minute canoe...

      • yellowknife
      • northwest te...
      • canada
      • mine
      • gold

      Bush Pilots of Canada

        In the 1920s and 1930s a small number of daring aviators broke the silence of the North. Often flying in extreme cold and facing dangerous take-off and landing conditions, these bush...

        In the 1920s and 1930s a small number of daring aviators broke the silence of the North. Often flying in extreme cold and facing dangerous take- off and landing conditions, these...

      • yellowknife
      • canada
      • northwest te...
      • barrenlands
      • extreme cold
      • canadian mainstream