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El Dia de 4 de Agosto de 1802

    Allenoke Manor

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University of...

    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University...

      Lake Orion Methodist Church

      Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a union...

      Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a...

      • michigan
      • michigan his...

      William (Billy) Henry Foreman

      [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

      [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

        The Urns at Bow Bridge

          The Shadetree

          • peralta
          • ohlone
          • 1842
          • first mayor ...
          • schulz
          • ecv

          Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

          Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

          Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

          • michigan
          • michigan his...

          Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

          • ecv
          • civil war

          Marrowboneslip

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

          • marrow
          • bone
          • slip

          Plebiscito

            Pioneer Mother Monument -- Benjamin Ide Wheeler

              Lake Merritt

              LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

              LAKE MERRITT  WAS ACQUIRED FOR OAKLAND IN 1891  THROUGH THE PERSONAL EFFORTS  OF  MELVIN C CHAPMAN MAYOR

                Royal Naval Hospital

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

                  442nd Regimental Combat Team

                  DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT...

                  DEDICATED ON AUGUST 17, 1992. BY E COMPANY VETERANS  OF THE 442ND REGIMENTAL COMBAT TEAM, THE MOST DECORATED  UNITED STATES ARMY UNIT OF WORLD WAR II. THE ALL VOLUNTEER  442ND REGIMENTAL...

                  • wwii
                  • internment
                  • japanese-american
                  • 442nd
                  • concentration camps

                  Treaty of Painted Post

                  JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

                  JULY 1791COL. TIMOTHY PICKERING, COMMISSIONERAPPOINTED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON,NEGOTIATED THE TREATY OF PAINTED POSTWITH THE IROQUOIS INDIANS, WHICH ENDEDWARFARE BETWEEN THE SIX NATIONS ANDTHE...

                  • painted post
                  • corning
                  • iroquois
                  • six nations
                  • 1791

                  Paramount Theatre

                    Paramount Theatre

                      Antonio Bras Columns

                      • howe
                      • 4460 howe
                      • 1898
                      • mountain vie...
                      • mcisaac
                      • cemetery

                      The Landmark Trees

                        Charles S. Greene Library / African- American Museum and Library

                        • library
                        • carnegie
                        • oakland
                        • greene
                        • free to all