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Ysabel Rita Bertolucci 1949 - 2012

Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The Medical...

Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The...

    Church of Santa Cruz

    Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33172803

    Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https ://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3317280 3

      Ronald D. Nelson

        Chief Crazy Horse

        The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for the...

        The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for...

        • fort robinson
        • nebraska
        • crazy horse
        • indian wars

        Yankton Sioux Treaty of 1858

        A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about 13...

        A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about...

        • yankton sioux
        • south dakota
        • charles mix county
        • treaty of 1858
        • native americans

        The Ranger Tower

        The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

        The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

        • forest ranger
        • fire tower
        • wanakea ny
        • alan r reno
        • forestry

        Lillian Litzsey

          Ice Center of San Jose

            George Shirakawa, Sr.

            GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

            GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

              Riverside Trail - The Unseen History of Riverside Park

              WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

              WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

              • wpa
              • parks
              • campsite
              • river
              • logjam
              • grand rapids
              • michigan
              • logging