Ethan Rarick
During his time at this residence from 1999 - 2007 Ethan Rarick wrote California Rising The life and times of Pat Brown and Desperate Passage The Doner Party's perilous journey west...
- rarick
- pat brown
- berkeley
- donner party
China Wall of the Sierra
China Wall of the Sierra Charles Crocker, construction chief of the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR), contracted for a workforce of approximately 12,000 Chinese laborers to push the CPRR tracks...
- sierra nevada
- donner pass
- chinese
- california
- transcontine...
- central paci...
Oldest Continuously Operating Passenger Railroad in the West
Plaque located at the Caltrain station at 4th and Townsend streets in San Francisco's far South of Market area (and not to far from Phone Company Park, where the Giants play). Here's the...
- san francisc...
- san francisco
- san jose
- railroads
- caltrain
- transit
Nebraska's Butte County
Butte Country Perhaps no spot in Nebraska is so surrounded by historical and geographical landmarks as this one. Numerous landmarks of the period of the Indian Wars are visible from here. The...
- nebraska
- great plains
Wilver Dornell Stargell
Depoe Bay Memorial Wall
At rest on land or at sea, you live on in memory.
Anti-German Hysteria
OHIO HISTORICAL MARKER ANTI-GERMAN HYSTERIA The United States' declaration of war on Germany in April 1917 resulted in a tragic display of hysteria directed against everything and anything German....
- wwi
- ohio
- german
Nike Site Summit
Nova Scotia Tree for Boston
This is the home of the Nova Scotia Tree for Boston. Each year, Nova Scotia gives a tree to thank the people of Boston for their help in the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion on December 6, 1917....
- boston
- halifax
- nova scotia
- explosion
- tree
- holidays
- christmas
In Memory of David McKean
IN MEMORY OF DAVID McKEAN 3RD AND YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE ROBERT McKEAN ESQ. OF KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND; WHO DIED IN THIS CITY, OF YELLOW FEVER, IN THE MIDST OF HIS USEFULNESS, ON THE 7TH DAY OF...
Birthplace of the "Star Spangled Banner"
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAS BORN HERE -•- The flag that flew from the ramparts at Fort McHenry - and inspired the famous poem by Francis Scott Key - was sewn at this site in 1813. ......
- baltimore
- inner harbor
- war of 1812
- star spangled banner
- francis scott key
Millennium Park
Mayor Richard M. Daley dedicated Millennium Park 16 July 2004as a gift to the people of Chicago. This park is an enduring tribute to Chicago's long history of architectural and artistic...
- chicago
- millennium park
- 2004
Depoe Bay
TO THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DEPOE BAY THE COURAGE TO SUCCEED The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...it is with...
- depoe bay
Hooks Brothers Photography Established in 1907
Covering much of the 20th century, the company chronicled and documented the history and lives of black Memphis and Memphians. Among the subjects and luminaries captured on film by the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Fowler Pear Tree
FOWLER PEAR TREE PLANTED AS PART OF AN ORCHARD CIRCA 1868 A. D. JACOB D. FOWLER, WHO WITH HIS PARTNER MORRIS H FROST, CLAIMED AS A HOMESTEAD THIS MAJOR PORTION OF THE AREA WHICH NOW, COMPRISES...
- mulilteo
- 1863
St. Anthony's Hall
ST. ANTHONY'S HALL The ancient hall of the guild of St. Anthony which was founded prior to 1418 and dissolved in 1627. From 1705 to 1946 it housed the York Blue Coat Boys' School. Submitted by @slashdotat
- york
- guild
- anthony
Temple Judea
École Polytechnique massacre
By Bobanny, Public Domain, Link
- montreal
- massacre
- 1989
- engineering
The Sydney-Emden Action
Submitted by Big M Tours.
Municipality of Mosman
Submitted by Big M Tours.