RAILROAD BRIDGES OVER THE PECOS
RAILROAD BRIDGES OVER THE PECOS A MAJOR TRIBUTARY OF THE RIO GRANDE, THE PECOS RIVER WAS LONG A BARRIER TO TRANSPORTATION, PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE DEEP GORGE THAT ONCE MARKED ITS JOINING WITH...
Elisha Mitchell
Submitted by mia_partlow HERE LIES IN THE HOPE OF A BLESSED RESURRECTION THE BODY OF THE REV. ELISHA MITCHELL D.D. WHO AFTER BEING FOR THIRTY NINE YEARS A PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF...
Hope Square
Submitted by @lucindahawksley
First Medical Education Building
Submitted by JustineBot
Retro Woman Napa
Submitted by friscolex
Bill Clinton McDonald's
Both as governor and as a 1992 presidential candidate, Bill Clinton made regular stops at this downtown McDonald's during his morning runs from the Arkansas Governor's Mansion, These visits...
Peralta Adobe
Submitted by @Ritterton
Carmel WWII Soldiers
Geelong Keys
IN 1847 THERE WERE FOUND ON THIS SITE IN LIMEBURNER BOURCHIER'S KILN FIFTEEN FEET BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND THE GEELONG KEYS REPORTED BY SUPERINTENDENT, LATER GOVERNOR C. J. LA TROBE A SOME...
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Original Depot in Collierville
The first railroad depot in Collierville was located in this vicinity adjacent to the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. A letter was discovered in the Mississippi Library Department of Archives and...
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Cortona
Carleton Race Course
The first running of the Queen’s Plate was held in what is now the Junction. Submitted by @heritagetoronto
Congregation B'Nai Israel (Children of Israel)
First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Tennessee Jews have been part of Tennessee's economic, social and political life since the early 19th century. Congregation Children of Israel, chartered...
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Jefferson Davis
In a house which stood here, the only President of the Confederacy lived from 1875 to 1878, while president of a life insurance company. Born in Kentucky, 1808, educated at Transylvania and...
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Marble Lantern
Submitted by @Chinatown_YEG
Kent
The Cherokee-Phoenix
IN 1821, SEQUOYAH, A NATIVE CHEROKEE, INVENTED AN ALPHABET. THE FIRST NEWS- PAPER IN THE INDIAN LANGUAGE, "THE CHEROKEE-PHOENIX WAS PUBLISHED IN NEW ECHOTA BY ELIAS BOUDINOT, AN EDUCATED CHEROKEE,...
Grotski-Schuurmans Residence
1978 Grotski-Schuurmans Residence, Edmonton’s “youngest” designated Historic Resource. Up on Capilano Crescent, overlooking @YEGRiverValley . Douglas Cardinal Architect, David Murray Architect....
Ambrose O’Higgens, Viceroy of Peru, Liberator of Chile
Submitted by @SheilaPortobelo
Arch Street Meeting House
ARCH STREET MEETING HOUSE The meetinghouse was built in 1804 on a burial ground granted by William Penn in 1701. It has been continuously used as a place of worship and center for activities of...