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JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK

JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK World Famous Tenor 1884-1945

JOHN COUNT MCCORMACK World Famous Tenor 1884-1945

    Detective Green B. Hamby

    Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across the...

    Salt Lake City Police Department Honoring Our Fallen Detective Green B. Hamby Killed in the Line of Duty February 8, 1921 Detective Hamby died after being shot by a burglary suspect across...

      Davis Library

      This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library Branch....

      This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library...

        William Henry Foreman

        [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

        [Location approximate] Submitted by @Ritterton

          Conical Mound

          Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

          Conical Mound0 - 400 A.D.This mound was constructed by people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.Madison Landmarks Commission

          • mound
          • burial
          • native
          • madison
          • yahara
          • cherokee

          Heritage Oak

          In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

          In Commemoration of our nation's 200th birthday this "HERITAGE OAK" planted for the pleasure of future generations by Girl Scouts of North Portage

          • heritage
          • oak
          • bicentennial
          • girl scouts
          • chicago
          • portage park

          Ralph Clark

          RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

          RALPH CLARK, MANAGER AMADOR COUNTY FAIR 1978 - 2004 FOR 26 YEARS THE AMADOR COUNTY FAIR ENJOYED RALPH CLARK'S LEADERSHIP AS ITS CEO. HIS COMMITMENT TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW...

            The Compassion Bench

            Submitted by @jqmcd

            Submitted by @jqmcd

              Eddie G. Robinson

              Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty-six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

              Beginning in 1941, Eddie G. Robinson spent fifty- six years as head football coach at Grambling State University. He sent more than 200 players into the pros -four of which have been inducted into...

              • louisiana
              • african american
              • football

              Charles P. Adams - "The Founder"

               In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

               In 1901, the North Louisiana Colored Farmers Relief Association asked the Tuskegee Institute's Booker T. Washington to find a man capable of setting up an agricultural and industrial school in...

              • louisiana
              • african american
              • education

              Conrad "Hutch" Hutchinson, Jr - (October 25, 1919 - March 5, 1996)

              Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

              Conrad Hutchinson Jr. arrived in Grambling in 1952 and had a plan to make the Grambling College Marching Band the "Best Band In the Land". It didn't happen overnight and it certainly wasn't easy,...

              • louisiana
              • african american
              • education
              • marching band
              • music

              Paul "Tank" Younger

              Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play professional...

              Paul "Tank" Younger, a Grambling, Louisiana native, played college football at Grambling State University and was the first player from a historically black university to play...

              • louisiana
              • african american
              • sports
              • football
              • hbcu

              Battle of Calcasieu Pass

              Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

              Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864....

              • louisiana
              • civil war
              • cameron parish
              • calcasieu

              Ellwood-Craig House (Pompeiian Villa)

              Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a classic...

              Built in 1900 as the winter home of Isaac L. Ellwood (1833-1910), principal developer of barbed wire. Architects G. C. Nimmons and W. K. Fellows, of Chicago, designed the house in a...

              • texas
              • landmark
              • historic home

              Sparks Settlement Cemetery

              John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...

              John and Melinda Sparks and their family came to southeast Texas from Tennessee in 1838. They settled on the Jeremiah Mixon headright on Lake Sabine and later set aside land for a family burial...

              • texas
              • cemetery

              In Memory Arthur Stilwell Smith

              In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948

              In MemoryArthur Stilwell SmithFirst BirthFirst DeathIn Port ArthurMay 1896.Sparks Settlement CemeteryErected by Port Arthur Teen Canteen1948

              • texas
              • cemetery

              John Delafose

              John Delafose    (1939-1994)   Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion.  He is best known for playing accordion...

              John Delafose    (1939-1994)   Born in rural Duralde, John Delafose began playing fiddle as a child, eventually learning harmonica and finally accordion.  He is best known for playing...

              • louisiana
              • music
              • zydeco
              • opelousas

              Amédé Ardoin (1898-1942)

              Amédé  Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...

              Amédé  Ardoin, a Creole accordion player, laid the foundation for modern Creole and Cajun style music. He was known for his high pitched and expressive vocals. Growing up around Eunice and Mamou,...

              • louisiana
              • zydeco
              • music
              • cajun
              • opelousas

              George Henry Hall 'The Pit-Boy Peer' 1881-1965

              English   1st Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley From Penrikyber Colliery to the House of Lords. Welsh     Yr Is-iarll Hall Cwm Cynon cyntaf O Bwll Glo Penrikyber i Dŷ'r Arglwyddi.

              English   1st Viscount Hall of Cynon Valley From Penrikyber Colliery to the House of Lords. Welsh   Yr Is-iarll Hall Cwm Cynon cyntaf O Bwll Glo Penrikyber i Dŷ'r Arglwyddi.

              • wales
              • government
              • viscount

              The Hartford Times

              The Hartford TimesFounded a weekly newspaper January 1, 1817, by Frederick Dunton Bolles and John Milton Niles. A champion of the party of the Constitution and reform in the state of Connecticut....

              The Hartford TimesFounded a weekly newspaper January 1, 1817, by Frederick Dunton Bolles and John Milton Niles. A champion of the party of the Constitution and reform in the state of Connecticut....

              • hartford
              • newspaper
              • connecticut
              • uconn