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School and Family Life on the Mountain

    Great Fire of 1861

    GREAT FIRE OF 1861 AN ARSON FIRE SET ON THIS SITE, JAN. 31. 1861, LEVELED MOST OF THE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS ON BOTH. SIDES BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS AND HALF OF THIS SIDE NORTH OF THIRD...

    GREAT FIRE OF 1861 AN ARSON FIRE SET ON THIS SITE, JAN. 31. 1861, LEVELED MOST OF THE MAIN STREET BUILDINGS ON BOTH. SIDES BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD STREETS AND HALF OF THIS SIDE NORTH OF...

      Hogback Covered Bridge

      2012 Donated By Madison County Antique Association HOGBACK COVERED BRIDGE BUILT: 1884 BY: BENTON JONES TYPE: COVERED TIMBER TOWN LATTICE TRUSS OVERLAID BY A QUEENPOST FRAME SIZE: 100 FEET (98 FT...

      2012 Donated By Madison County Antique Association HOGBACK COVERED BRIDGE BUILT: 1884 BY: BENTON JONES TYPE: COVERED TIMBER TOWN LATTICE TRUSS OVERLAID BY A QUEENPOST FRAME SIZE: 100 FEET (98 FT...

      • a hundred or so

      Jamestown WWI Memorial, Second Plaque

        Mount Victoria / Matairangi Development

          Jerry F. Glover

            Mount Hamilton Road: Halls Valley History Loop

              Heading South

                The Fifty-Fourth Through Fifty- Seventh Colorado General Assemblies

                MONUMENT AUTHORIZED BY THE FIFTY-FOURTH THROUGH FIFTY-SEVENTH COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES RICHARD D.LAN, GOVERNOR HOYR HOME GOVERNOR CARLBBEY BLEDDE, SPEAKER HOUSE OF DENTATIVES 198 TED L...

                MONUMENT AUTHORIZED BY THE FIFTY-FOURTH THROUGH FIFTY-SEVENTH COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES RICHARD D.LAN, GOVERNOR HOYR HOME GOVERNOR CARLBBEY BLEDDE, SPEAKER HOUSE OF DENTATIVES 198 TED...

                  The Rockfall

                  Submitted by @lowdudgeon

                  Submitted by @lowdudgeon

                    The Mills Brothers

                    [Location approximate] Submitted by @JillErickson.

                    [Location approximate] Submitted by @JillErickson.

                      The Story of a Lighthouse

                      You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

                      You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

                        The Little Red Lighthouse

                        You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

                        You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

                          The Light Still Shines

                          You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

                          You can find images of the lighthouse here. Fort Washington Park The Little Red Lighthouse This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park. The Little...

                            Herrick Memorial Chapel and Interfaith Center, Occidental College

                            ​Founded by Presbyterians in 1887, Occidental College has beer independent of formal religious ties since 1910. Throughout the years the College has benefited from the generosity f the...

                            ​Founded by Presbyterians in 1887, Occidental College has beer independent of formal religious ties since 1910. Throughout the years the College has benefited from the generosity f...

                              John Charles Darke

                              HERBABOUTS ON 12 AUGUST 1844 JOHN CHARLES DARKE SET FORTH ON HIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION TO THE GAWLER RANGES VIA PORT LINCOLN. SPEARED BY THE NATIVES AT WADDIKEE ROCKS ON 23 OCTOBER 1844. HE DIED...

                              HERBABOUTS ON 12 AUGUST 1844 JOHN CHARLES DARKE SET FORTH ON HIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION TO THE GAWLER RANGES VIA PORT LINCOLN. SPEARED BY THE NATIVES AT WADDIKEE ROCKS ON 23 OCTOBER 1844. HE DIED...

                                The Eldridge Street Synagogue

                                CONGREGATION KHAL ADATH JESHURUN IN 1886, ERECTED THE FIRST GREAT HOUSE OF WORSHIP BUILT BY EAST EUROPEAN JEWS IN THIS COUNTRY THE ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE NATIONAL...

                                CONGREGATION KHAL ADATH JESHURUN IN 1886, ERECTED THE FIRST GREAT HOUSE OF WORSHIP BUILT BY EAST EUROPEAN JEWS IN THIS COUNTRY THE ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE...

                                • new york
                                • manhattan
                                • synagogue
                                • eldridge street
                                • lower east side

                                Cloverdale Depot

                                  Jamestown World War Monument

                                    Larkspur Firehouse