1870-1901Goldsmith's
First established in 1870 on Beale Street, the Goldsmith's Department Store opened at the corner of Gayoso & Main in 1901. It was the 1st Memphis store to have air conditioning and an...
- shelby county
- tennessee
In Memory of Battles Fought at Collierville Tennessee
Louisa Bedford Chapter No. 642. United Daughters of Confederacy In Memory Of Battles Fought At Collierville Tennessee Oct. 11-25-Nov. 3, 1863 Dec 27-28, 1863 Confederate Park Submitted from...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Louis Henri Sullivan
The grave of Louis Sullivan, father of the skyscraper. Submitted by SBCGlobalDotNet
- chicago
- illinois
- sullivan
- skyscraper
David Douglass Park
Submitted by Sheila Paske
- woodland
- california
- park
- yolo
- sports
Home of Casey Jones
This is the house where John Luther Jones was living, at the time of his death at the throttle of hi engine, "Old 382," at Vaughn, Miss., April 30, 1900. A folk song has immortalized his name. ...
- jackson
- tennessee
- casey jones
- 382
Carl's Jr.
Submitted by Miriam and Julia Allen
- laguna woods
- los angeles
- california
- carl's jr
- $311
- super deluxe
- hot dog cart
- american dream
The Wildcat Cafe
THE WILDCAT CAFE The Wildcat Cafe is one of Yellowknife's earliest buildings. It was built in 1937 by Willie and Margaret Wylie and Smokey Stout. It was later owned by Carl and Dorthy Jensen, and...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- caribou
- oxford comma
- cafe
Building Links Between Capitals, Between Canadians
Building Links Between Capitals, Between Canadians Capital cities across Canada celebrate their heritage through important public sites like the City Hall Park, which commemorates the...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- oxford comma
- capital
Our Mining Heritage
YELLOWKNIFE HERITAGE 2015 OUR MINING LEGACY Since the early days of Yellow knife, mining has been a major part of the local economy. In 1934, Jonny Baker and Hugh Muir discovered gold on the...
- yellowknife
- canada
- northwest te...
- mining
- oxford comma
- jackleg
Cows Only Have Teeth in the Bottom of Their Mouths
Submitted by @ScootBenet
- cows
- teeth
Vestavia Hills Baptist Church
Vestavia Hills Baptist Church Vestavia Hills Baptist Church, constituted May 6, 1957, first met at Vestavia Hills City Hall. The church purchased the George Ward estate in 1958. On the...
- birmingham
- alabama
Battleground
Named after a Civil War battle fought April 30, 1863, between Confederate troops commanded by General Nathan Bradford Forrest and Union troops commanded by Colonel Abel D. Streight. Confederates...
- birmingham
- alabama
The "Katy-Did" Crash
Eight U.S. Army Air Corps officers and enlisted men were killed one-fourth mile east of here near the Roundtop Community on Sunday, April 9, 1944, at 2:20 p.m. when their B-26C Martin...
- birmingham
- alabama
LaGrange College
This is the site of LaGrange College Chartered in 1830 by act of the Legislature of Alabama An Institution of High Order for men attending chiefly by students from the southern states. The...
- birmingham
- alabama
Red Mountain Iron Ore
TOP OF SEAM THIS RED MOUNTAIN IRON ORE IS BASIS OF BIRMINGHAM'S IRON-STEEL INDUSTRY Submitted by @LostToHistory
- birmingham
- alabama
- iron
- steel
- red mountain
- ore
Lover's Leap
LOVER'S LEAP 1827 -- 1973 The poetic lines inscribed on the boulder below is a replica of those carved in 1827 by Thomas W. Farrar. Thomas W. Farrar was the Founder and first Grand Master of the...
- birmingham
- alabama
- farrar
- masons
- schwab
- 1827
Delivered to General George Washington
AT THIS PLACE GENERAL HENRY KNOX DELIVERED TO GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON IN JANUARY 1776 THE TRAIN OF ARTILLERY BROUGHT FROM FORT TICONDEROGA TO FORCE THE ENEMY TO EVACUATE BOSTON ERECTED BY THE...
- knox
- washington
- fort ticonderoga
- artillery train
- train of artillery
- revolution
- cambridge
- massachusetts
Bluff Park Elementary School / Hoover Community Education
Summit/Hale Sps., a one-room school, opened on the mountain in 1898. It moved to this site and was named Bluff Park Elementary School with 50 students and funded with community support in 1923....
- birmingham
- alabama
- hoover
- bluff park
- school
- community support
National Pony Express Centennial
A plaque commemorating the short-lived Pony Express national mail delivery service. NATIONAL PONY EXPRESS CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION 1860-61 - 1960 SACRAMENTO -- ST. JOSEPH RUSSELL ...
- gothenberg
- nebraska
- pony
- express
- park
- pony express
Overseer's House
OVERSEER'S HOUSE Built in 1889 This house was provided for the overseer of the 560-acre A. B. Howell Peach Orchard. William Morgan and William and Evan Hale were over-seers. The house has...
- birmingham
- alabama
- overseer
- 1889