Miike Maru
HISTORICAL POINT OF INTEREST AT THIS SITE ON AUGUST 31, 1896, THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA STEAMER "MIIKE MARU" ARRIVED WITH HER CARGO OF TEA. THIS WAS THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED STEAMER...
- seattle
- washington
- 1896
- miike maru
- tea
- steamer service
- international port
Site of Ah Louis Store
Site of Ah Louis Store Here in 1874 was established Ah Louis' Store. The first Chinese store in the county, it sold general merchandise and herbs and served as a bank, counting house, and post...
- san luis obispo
- ah louis
- store
- chinese
- history
- california
Mokelumne Hill
Mokelumne Hill Mokelumne is an Indian word first applied to the nearby river. Earliest settlement at Happy Valley by French trappers. Gold discovered by discharged members of Stevenson's Regiment...
- california
- california history
- gold rush
- gold country
- gold
- calaveras
- calaveras county
- county seat
- gold mine
- placer mine
- wine country
- wine
- mokelumne
- mokelumne hill
- mother lode
- fire
General Store (Longest Continually Operating Store in CA)
General Store In continuous use since 1852. Built of Volcano brick and native limestone. Originally two stores: The Sacramento (Left) Owned by Mandelbaum & Klauber; Charles Burleson's...
- california
- history
- gold rush
- mother lode
- gold
- gold country
- 49ers
- 1852
- 1849
- general store
- store
- grocery
- longest cont...
- ca
- cali
- volcano
- amador county
- amador
- sutter creek
- hwy 49
- gold chain highway
- california
- history
Hoover Dam
HOOVER DAM NAMED IN HONOR OF HERBERT CLARK HOOVER 31ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- nevada
- mead
- hoover
- dam
- president
Gilbert Pump House
Submitted by @jqmcd
- gilbert
- arizona
- pump
- six-inch pipe
- 475 feet
- rowdy citizens
- 1925
Governor Winthrop House
1630 1930 GOVERNOR WINTHROP HOUSE SITE OF HOUSE ERECTED BY GOVERNOR WINTHROP ABOUT 1634 AND OCCUPIED FOR A TIME PREVIOUS TO 1647 BY HIS SON DEANE WHO ESTABLISHED ON THE NEARBY HILL A SHIP...
- winthrop
- massachusetts
- bush
- pole
- ship signaling
- governor
- 1634
- 1647
The Palace of Purification
Doors open at the Palace of Purification. Submitted by squideye
- toronto
- ontario
- water treatment
- purification
Oakland First Baptist Church
CORNER STONE LAID AUG 15 1903 RELAID NOV 27 1906 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED DEC 7, 1854
- oakland
- california
- bay area
- church
- baptist
Denver International Airport Dedication Capstone
THE TIME CAPSULE BENEATH THIS STONE CONTAINS MESSAGES AND MEMORABILIA TO THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO IN 2094 Submitted by t_roeschLearn more about DIA here
- denver
- colorado
- airport
- time capsule
- masons
Fort Mason Historic District
Submitted by mollyocr
- san francisco
- california
- bay area
- fort mason
Liberty Market
@readtheplaque Also at Page & Gilbert in historically-minded Gilbert, AZ https://t.co/wwi8dX7Dfr Tweet Submitted by @jqmcd
- gilbert
- arizona
- market
- chinese
- 1929
- liberty
- reo speedwagon
Tone Building
Submitted by @jqmcd
- gilbert
- arizona
- ford
- safeway
- bank failures
- cartoons
- archery range
- baby shoe factory
- peelin
Clare's Sheet Metal Shop
Submitted by @jqmcd
- gilbert
- arizona
- clare
- sheet metal
- gove phelps
- mesa
- 460
- coffee
Don CeSar Hotel
THE DON CE SAR HOTEL In the late 1920's and the 1930's , the Don Ce Sar hotel was a renowned luxury resort which counted many notables among its guests. Thomas J. Rowe, a land ...
- hotel
- florida
- st. pete beach
Farnsworth Building
Before 88 Union Center was renovated in the 1980's, it was known as the Three Sisters Building for the ladies apparel store that opened here in 1938. Before that, the 1927 building was called the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Remebrance to the Boys of the Burbank School
REMEMBRANCE TO THE BOYS OF THE BURBANK SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR HUMANITY DURING THE GREAT WAR CLAUDIUS VINTHER EDWARD VERNER JOHN GAZANAGCO JAMES GIMBEL ROLLIE RAMOS MARTIN DAHL ELMER...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- wwi
La Ida Cafe
LA IDA CAFE THE BUIDLING HISTIROICALLY CONTAINED EDITH'S RESTAURANT, THE MODEL FOR JOHN STEINBECK'S LA IDA CAFE AND THE CHARACTER OF WIDE IDA IN THE NOVELLAS CANNERY ROW AND SWEET THURSDAY. THE...
- monterey
- california
- steinbeck
- 1929
Barry Goldwater Memorial
Submitted by @jqmcd
- paradise valley
- arizona
- barry goldwater
Ralph Waldo Ellison Library
FRIENDS OF LIBRARIES U.S.A. LITERARY LANDMARKS REGISTER RALPH WALDO ELLISON BRANCH OF THE METROPOLITAN LIBRARY SYSTEM ON THIS LAND THE YOUNG RALPH ELLISON PLAYED. THIS SITE THAT REPRESENTS THE...
- ellison
- oklahoma city
- oklahoma
- library