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Taddle Creek History

Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as springtime...

Prior to colonization, Toronto was teeming with waterways that flowed through marshes & forests. Small rivers like Taddle Creek played a vital role in the lives of Indigenous peoples as...

    Big Horn Basin

    Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

    Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the...

    • wyoming
    • big horn mountains
    • u.s. 14a
    • big horn basin

    To the Officers and Soldiers Killed

    The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

    The granite memorial text (1881): To the officers and soldiers killed or who died of wounds received in action in the territory of Montana while clearing the District of the Yellowstone of Hostile...

    • custer natio...
    • little big h...
    • nez perce
    • montana
    • native americans
    • indian wars

    HOWARD HUGHES FLYING BOAT "THE SPRUCE GOOSE"

    HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE LARGEST...

    HISTORICAL MECHANICALENGINEERING LANDMARK HUGHES FLYING BOAT ("THE SPRUCE GOOSE")CONSTRUCTED: 1943-1946   ASSEMBLED: 1946-1947 DESIGNED AND BUILT BY HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO., THIS IS THE...

    • military
    • airplanes
    • aviation
    • oregon

    42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line

    MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G. Reuter...

    MTA New York City Transit 42nd Street Station/8th Avenue Line Opened 1932 Rehabilitated 2003 George E. Pataki Governor, State of New York Peter S. Katikow Chairman, MTA Lawrence G....

    • new york
    • manhattan
    • mta
    • subway
    • transit
    • 1932
    • 2003

    Ysabel Rita Bertolucci 1949 - 2012

    Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The Medical...

    Ysabel Rita Bertolucci, 1949 - 2012 Librarian, colleague, and friend, Ysabel Bertolucci served Kaiser Permanente and the wider medical care community for more than thirty years. The...

      Church of Santa Cruz

      Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33172803

      Photo by Fmgverzon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https ://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3317280 3

        Ronald D. Nelson

          Chief Crazy Horse

          The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for the...

          The text: Chief Crazy Horse Oglala War-Chief of the Sioux Nation Killed Near This Spot September 5, 1877 A great chief of heroic character. He fought to the last to hold his native land for...

          • fort robinson
          • nebraska
          • crazy horse
          • indian wars

          Yankton Sioux Treaty of 1858

          A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about 13...

          A 1907 Yankton Sioux monument commemorating the tribe's 1858 treaty by which it surrendered 11 million acres in southeastern South Dakota to the federal government for $1.6 million — about...

          • yankton sioux
          • south dakota
          • charles mix county
          • treaty of 1858
          • native americans

          The Ranger Tower

          The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

          The Ranger Tower "Dedicated to all Rangers Observers and Wardens who have watched over our forests" 2000 AD   Kermit E. Remele '43(Submitted by Alan R. Reno)

          • forest ranger
          • fire tower
          • wanakea ny
          • alan r reno
          • forestry

          Lillian Litzsey

            Ice Center of San Jose

              George Shirakawa, Sr.

              GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

              GEORGE SHIRAKAWA, Sr. "In recognition of his tireless efforts from 1990 to 1994 to provide community recreation and quality youth activities."

                Riverside Trail - The Unseen History of Riverside Park

                WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

                WPA CampsitesIn the 1930's the idea of creating campsites to accommodate the rising influx of tourisits [sic] was booming in parks across the State. Tourists taking advantage of these affordable...

                • wpa
                • parks
                • campsite
                • river
                • logjam
                • grand rapids
                • michigan
                • logging

                Wolf Point Bridge

                One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's <a href="https://ci.wolf-point.mt.us/community/page/history-wolf-point"...

                One naturally wonders how Wolf Point, the town just upriver from the bridge, got such an evocative name. The town's...

                • missouri river
                • wolf point
                • bridges
                • montana

                Thorn Creek Woods

                Thorn Creek Woods is dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Marzuki, 1926-1984, whose skill, enthusiasm and integrity made possible the preservation of these woods as a natural heritage for all...

                Thorn Creek Woods is dedicated to the memory of Mary Lou Marzuki, 1926-1984, whose skill, enthusiasm and integrity made possible the preservation of these woods as a natural heritage for all...

                • thorn creek woods
                • park forest
                • illinois
                • chicagoland
                • will county

                Nathan Louis Peck Memorial

                Nathan Louis Peck 12/10/1995 - 07/28/2006 Slid off a cliff near here during family hike. In his short time here he taught us all to love more deeply, openly. Dearly missed by family, friends,...

                Nathan Louis Peck 12/10/1995 - 07/28/2006 Slid off a cliff near here during family hike. In his short time here he taught us all to love more deeply, openly. Dearly missed by family,...

                • peck
                • wanakena ny
                • adirondacks
                • accidental death
                • hike
                • alan r. reno
                • 2006
                • cathedral rocks

                Massacre of Wounded Knne

                It's well known that this is a contested piece of ground and a contested piece of history. It's also an episode that remains an open wound, largely because Congress saw fit to bestow the nation's...

                It's well known that this is a contested piece of ground and a contested piece of history. It's also an episode that remains an open wound, largely because Congress saw fit to bestow the...

                • wounded knee
                • pine ridge r...
                • oglala sioux
                • native americans
                • american west
                • u.s. army
                • massacres

                Lusk Rest Area

                Although paved highways have existed in the U.S. since the 1920s, rest areas are a more recent feature of highway travel. In the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson...

                Although paved highways have existed in the U.S. since the 1920s, rest areas are a more recent feature of highway travel. In the 1960s, President Lyndon Johnson and First Lady, Lady Bird...

                • wyoming
                • lusk
                • rest areas
                • u.s. 20