Oak of the Golden Dream
If you head north and east out of Los Angeles toward Santa Clarita on Highway 14, you pass one of those historical marker signs that declares, "Oak of the Golden Dream, this exit." Or...
- los angeles county
- california
- gold rush
- wild onions
- gold
Radium Queen of the Desert: Josephine Stephens Bishop
Another find along Highway 14, which is the route from the Los Angeles basin up to the Mojave Desert, U.S. 395 and the Eastern Sierra. Northbound, there's a sign before you get to the Jawbone...
- california
- kern county
- radium
- mojave desert
20-Mule-Team Borax Terminus
This is on California Highway 14, the main drag through Mojave, a desert crossroads and would-be spaceport (Burt Rutan, the designer and builder of the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne and...
- kern county
- california
- mojave desert
- mining
Statehood
1850 STATEHOOD California is admitted to the United States as the 31st state. The constitutional convention of 1849 designated San Jose as the first state capital.
- monterey
- california
- 1850
Ardenwood Trains
AT&T & RCA Receiving Stations
- point reyes
- radion
- wireless
- ship-to-shore
- sky wave
Point Reyes Receiving Station
- point reyes
- radion
- wireless
- marconi
Eniac
ENIAC THE FIRST LARGE - SCALE, GENERAL - PURPOSE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER. ENIAC (ELECTRONIC NUMERICAL INTEGRATOR AND COMPUTER) WAS DELIVERED TO THE US ARMY'S BALLISTIC RESEARCH...
- maryland
- aberdeen
- eniac
- ballistic research
- 1947
- computers
The Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building
In loving memory of our Federal Highway Administration family members lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building Oklahoma City, Oklahoma April 19, 1995 LUCIO ALEMAN, JR.LARRY J....
- north dakota
- oklahoma
- murrah building
- bombing
Point Reyes Light Station
POINT REYES LIGHT STATION BUILT 1870 HAS BEEN PLACED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- light house
- light station
- point reyes
- california
GRUENE'S HALL
Pronounced "Green", this dance hall and bar is still a functioning concert venue. http://gruenehall.com BUILT IN 1878 AS A SALOON AND SOCIAL HALL FOR AREA COTTON FARMERS, THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE...
- gruene
- texas histor...
- music hall
- texas histor...
- country music
MOUNT BONNELL
Excellent views of the Texas Hill Country, the Colorado River/Lake Austin to the west and downtown Austin to the SE RISING 775 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THIS LIMESTONE HEIGHT WAS NAMED FOR GEORGE W....
- austin
- texas histor...
- hill
- mountain
- viewpoint
- overlook
Saint Anthony Falls Heritage Trail: The Barrel-Makers' Co- Ops
The red brick building at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street was one of many factories that supplied the barrels used for flour. Called coopers, the skilled workers who made...
Circus fire: 1
The first in a series of plaques about the Hartford Circus Fire. It reads: "2:40 PM...As the wild lion act ends, a small ball of flame breaks out high on the sidewall of the Ringling circus tent....
- hartford
- circus
- fire
- disaster
Dr. Gordon L. Chan
In memory of Dr. Gordon L. Chan 1930-1996 who, to preserve the tidepool resources of this area, was instrumental in the creation of the Duxbury Reef Marine Reserve Submitted by Darren Platt
- tidepool
- bolinas
- duxbury reef
- sea anemone
- 1930
The Coventry Theatre
The Coventry Theatre The New Hippodrome, as it was originally named, was opened on 1 November 1937. It was the third Hippodrome on this site, the first situated in Pool Meadow (1903) and...
- coventry
- england
- hippodrome
- theatre
Apple Tree Cove - Kingston
APPLE TREE COVE - KINGSTON Apple Tree Cover was named by Lieut. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N., commanding the U.S. Exploring Expedition, which first charted Puget Sound, on May 18, 1841.The first...
- kingston
- apple tree cove
- washington
- puget sound
- 1841
Fire, Police and Sheriffs Department Memorial
In Honored Memory Of Those Brave Members Of The Memphis & Shelby County Police, Fire & Sheriff's Departments Who Have, Since 1819, Died In Line Of Duty "Greater Love Hath No Man Than This That...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Louis Burchett McFarland Clock Tower
A Gift To The People Of Memphis By Judge Louis Burchette McFarland First Chairman Of Park Commission Founded In 1898. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.
- shelby county
- tennessee
Mexican Independence From Spain
1822 MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN California acknowledges Mexico's independence from Spain, which was declared in 1821. Monterey remains capital of Alta California under Mexican rule.
- montgomery
- mexico
- spain
- 1822
- alta california