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Casa de Posada / Posada's house

The engraver José Guadalupe Posada, creator of the Catrina skull, was born in this house. 1st plaque:Seminario de Cultura MexicanaHOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE GRABADOR JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA EN EL...

    Serum against scorpion sting

    GOBIERNO DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO.EN ESTA CASA EL DR. ISAURO VENZOR INICIÓ SUS INVESTIGACIONES SOBRE EL SUERO ANTIALACRANICO.VICTORIA DE DURANGO, DGO. SEP 12 DE 1989.GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF...

      Macedonio Alcalá home

      En esta casa murió el 24 de agosto de 1869 DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ autor del (vals) "Dios nunca muere". Homenaje del H. ayuntamiento de Oaxaca de Juárez 1969. DON MACEDONIO ALCALÁ, author of...

        Tribute to the builders of Puebla

        Instituto de Geografía Nacional de Puebla.Homenaje de admiración y gratitud a los fundadores y contructores de la Puebla de los Ángeles en su cuarto centenario. MDXXXI - MCMXXXINational Geography...

          Execution and curse of the Ávila Brothers

          Plaque written in old Spanish:"Estas casas eran de Al° de Avila Alvarado, vezino desta civdad de Mexico, el qval fve condenado a mverte por traidor; fve secvtada en suvpersona la sentencia en la...

            ¿Una instantánea en el tiempo?

            El paisaje de Lobanillo albergó caravanas de personas y animales en El Camino Real de los Tejas mientras se trasladaban de un lado a otro entre las dos capitales de Presidio Los Adaes en la actual...

            • texas
            • lobanillo swales
            • el camino real
            • san augustine

            The Jefferson Highway

            The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was the first large step for the United States to complete its calling of Manifest Destiny to expand from sea to shining sea. Though national attention focused on...

            • louisiana
            • natchitoches parish
            • highway

            William Hodge Barnhill

            In memory of William Hodge Barnhill, his family and descendants. Here on his homeplace April 3, 1864 he and his sons buried a Confederate soldier killed by Union forces. This gravesite...

            • louisiana
            • civil war
            • state park

            Grave of Unknown Confederate Soldier

            Here lies an unknown Confederate, killed by Union troops, April 2, 1864, during the Red River Campaign. This soldier had been cut off from his unit following a skirmish at nearby Crump's Hill. He...

            • louisiana
            • civil war
            • gravesite
            • state park

            Williams Memorial Arch

              The "Snail in the Bottle" Case

              Submitted by @LynnieYankee.

                Coal Miners in Colorado

                DEDICATED JANUARY 1977 TO THE MEMORY OF THE COAL MINERS LOUISVILLE, COLORADO 1878 "TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE" submitted by John Bradley JEB

                • mining
                • coal mining
                • louisville
                • colorado
                • statue

                Prince Albert Red Deer Forks Trail

                Prince Albert Red Deer Forks TrailFirst Nations people would have used this trail for many years but documented use of this trail began in 1800 when the Hudson's Bay Company built...

                • saskatchewan
                • asquith
                • fur trade
                • hudson's bay company
                • northwest mo...
                • métis

                Sandstone Trough, Olvera Street, Los Angeles

                Sandstone Trough used for feeding crushed acorns to livestock, hewn in 1897, by the Schweikand Family on their San Fernando Valley Ranch. Presented, in 1930, by The Department of Water and Power...

                  Marcha del Rector

                  El 1° de agosto de 1968 la Universidad llegó hasta aquí encabezada por su rector JAVIER BARROS SIERRA.Brazo con brazo, estudiantes y maestros de todo México protagonizaron ese día la...