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Valenzuela Adobe

SITE OF THE VALENZUELA ADOBE   Antonio Valenzuela, early ploneer of the town of San Juan Capistrano, built the adobe in the early 1840s, probably on the ruins of a mission Indian adobe dating to...

SITE OF THE VALENZUELA ADOBE   Antonio Valenzuela, early ploneer of the town of San Juan Capistrano, built the adobe in the early 1840s, probably on the ruins of a mission Indian adobe dating to...

    Algiers Dry Dock

    Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river, those...

    Andre Seguin built the first dry dock in Algiers in 1819 on land purchased from Barthelemy Duverjé. As the City did not want ship building and repair businesses on their side of the river,...

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    Algiers Courthouse

    Erected in 1896To replace the Duverjé Plantation House which served as the courthouse from 1866 until it burned in the great Algiers Fire of 1895. Barthelmy Duverjé acquired title to the...

    Erected in 1896To replace the Duverjé Plantation House which served as the courthouse from 1866 until it burned in the great Algiers Fire of 1895. Barthelmy Duverjé acquired title to the...

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    Valena C. Jones Elementary School

    Valena C. Jones School came largely through the efforts of Rev. Alfred Lawless, Beecher Congregational Church and the Seventh Ward Educational League. In 1904, they began a quest for an adequate...

    Valena C. Jones School came largely through the efforts of Rev. Alfred Lawless, Beecher Congregational Church and the Seventh Ward Educational League. In 1904, they began a quest for an adequate...

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    Fannie C Williams Pioneer in Public Education

    As one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active civic leader, she was...

    As one of New Orleans' premier educators in the first half of the twentieth century, Fannie C. Williams steered this school through decades of challenge and change. An active civic leader, she was...

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    Uncle Jim's Cabin

    UNCLE JIM'S CABIN IN 1853 JAMES OTTERSON BUILT A HOTEL NEAR THIS CORNER IT WAS THE FIRST BUILDING IN WHAT WAS TO BECOME MAYFIELD, LATER A PART OF PALO ALTO. TRAVELERS BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN...

    UNCLE JIM'S CABIN IN 1853 JAMES OTTERSON BUILT A HOTEL NEAR THIS CORNER IT WAS THE FIRST BUILDING IN WHAT WAS TO BECOME MAYFIELD, LATER A PART OF PALO ALTO. TRAVELERS BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND...

      SP Depot

      SP Depot Five years after the University Farm opened in 1908, this Mis- sion Revival station was built by Southern Pacific to replace the original Davisville depot, which had served passengers...

      SP Depot Five years after the University Farm opened in 1908, this Mis- sion Revival station was built by Southern Pacific to replace the original Davisville depot, which had served...

        Delfina Mariques de Olivares

          Mackinac Island

          In 1670 a Jesuit priest, Father Claude Dablon, wintered here. The British in 1781 made it a center of their military and fur-trade activity. The island was occupied by the Americans in 1796. Held...

          In 1670 a Jesuit priest, Father Claude Dablon, wintered here. The British in 1781 made it a center of their military and fur-trade activity. The island was occupied by the Americans in 1796. Held...

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          Pine Grove

          This was the home of Moses Wisner and his wife, Angeolina Hascall. From 1859 to 1861 Wisner served Michigan as governor. He was born in New York, came to Michigan in 1837, and shortly established...

          This was the home of Moses Wisner and his wife, Angeolina Hascall. From 1859 to 1861 Wisner served Michigan as governor. He was born in New York, came to Michigan in 1837, and shortly...

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          The Courthouse / Oakland County

          The first Oakland County courthouse, built about 1824, was located on the corner of Saginaw and Huron Streets on land given by the Pontiac Company. The log first story housed the jail, while the...

          The first Oakland County courthouse, built about 1824, was located on the corner of Saginaw and Huron Streets on land given by the Pontiac Company. The log first story housed the jail, while the...

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          Maine

          SPANISH BRONZE CANNON CAST AT SEVILLE, FEBRUARY 9, 1787 DISMOUNTED ROM FORT TORO, GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA, IN BOMBARDMENT BY U.S. NAVY, JUNE 1ST, 1898 RECOVERED JUNE 7TH 1899, BY LIEUT. COMMANDER...

          SPANISH BRONZE CANNON CAST AT SEVILLE, FEBRUARY 9, 1787 DISMOUNTED ROM FORT TORO, GUANTANAMO BAY CUBA, IN BOMBARDMENT BY U.S. NAVY, JUNE 1ST, 1898 RECOVERED JUNE 7TH 1899, BY LIEUT. COMMANDER...

            William Henry Stark

            A native of San Augustine County, William Henry Stark (1851-1936) lived in Burkeville and Newton before moving to Orange in 1870. Here he worked in the early area sawmills and became acquainted...

            A native of San Augustine County, William Henry Stark (1851-1936) lived in Burkeville and Newton before moving to Orange in 1870. Here he worked in the early area sawmills and became acquainted...

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            The Great Fire of Algiers, 1895

            In the early morning hours of October 20th, 1895, on the 300 block of Morgan St., near the corner of Bermuda St., a fire started that would eventually destroy about 200 homes and businesses in ten...

            In the early morning hours of October 20th, 1895, on the 300 block of Morgan St., near the corner of Bermuda St., a fire started that would eventually destroy about 200 homes and businesses in...

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            Duverjé Plantation

            Algiers Point evolved from the plantation of Barthelemy Duverjé. The Duverjé home was built c. 1812-16, and served as the Algiers Courthouse from 1866. It was destroyed by the Great Fire of...

            Algiers Point evolved from the plantation of Barthelemy Duverjé. The Duverjé home was built c. 1812-16, and served as the Algiers Courthouse from 1866. It was destroyed by the Great Fire...

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            Enslaved Africans

            In the 1720s, at a spot of land now eroded by the river, stood the barracks where enslaved Africans from the Senegal-Gambia region, were held before being ferried across the river to the slave...

            In the 1720s, at a spot of land now eroded by the river, stood the barracks where enslaved Africans from the Senegal-Gambia region, were held before being ferried across the river to the...

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            Riverside Addition: World War II Housing in Orange

            The second World War catapulted Orange into a period of unparalleled industrial growth. In 1940, as the nation prepared for possible entry into the war, the U.S. Navy Office of Shipbuilding placed...

            The second World War catapulted Orange into a period of unparalleled industrial growth. In 1940, as the nation prepared for possible entry into the war, the U.S. Navy Office of Shipbuilding...

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            U.S.S. Aulick

            On September 9, 1940, a federal contract worth $82 million was issued to the Consolidated Steel Company to construct 12 Fletcher class naval destroyers here in Orange, Texas. This and other...

            On September 9, 1940, a federal contract worth $82 million was issued to the Consolidated Steel Company to construct 12 Fletcher class naval destroyers here in Orange, Texas. This and...

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            Levingston Shipbuilding Company

            In 1859, three brothers, Samuel, David and John Levingston, arrived in Orange from Ireland and purchased an existing shipyard, where they built wooden ships for more than thirty years. The some of...

            In 1859, three brothers, Samuel, David and John Levingston, arrived in Orange from Ireland and purchased an existing shipyard, where they built wooden ships for more than thirty years. The some of...

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            Office of the Supervisor of Shipbuilding and Consolidated Steel Corporation

            Orange's location at a bend in the Sabine River, adjacent to the immense virgin pine forests of southeast Texas, made it an ideal site for shipbuilding. However, by 1930 all of the easily...

            Orange's location at a bend in the Sabine River, adjacent to the immense virgin pine forests of southeast Texas, made it an ideal site for shipbuilding. However, by 1930 all of the...

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