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William Stewart Memorial Music Shell

William Stewart Memorial Music Shell   This music shell is dedicated to the man who built an unparalleled instrumental music department for the Muskegon Public Schools from 1936 until his death in...

William Stewart Memorial Music Shell   This music shell is dedicated to the man who built an unparalleled instrumental music department for the Muskegon Public Schools from 1936 until his death in...

    Millstone from the Bates Flour Mill

    MILLSTONE FROM THE BATES FLOUR MILL This Limestone Millstone Was Donated To The Dexter Area Historical Society By Erwin and JoAnn Mast SEPTEMBER 14TH 1990   THE BATES MILL SITE: THE SOUTHWEST...

    MILLSTONE FROM THE BATES FLOUR MILL This Limestone Millstone Was Donated To The Dexter Area Historical Society By Erwin and JoAnn Mast SEPTEMBER 14TH 1990   THE BATES MILL SITE: THE SOUTHWEST...

      100 Years of Camping on this Site

      100 Years of Camping on this Site 1910 – 2010 Beginning in 1910, Lawrence Hall, a Chicago orphanage for boys, operated a summer camp on this site, known as Camp Hardy.  The program ended in 1963. ...

      100 Years of Camping on this Site 1910 – 2010 Beginning in 1910, Lawrence Hall, a Chicago orphanage for boys, operated a summer camp on this site, known as Camp Hardy.  The program ended in 1963. ...

        Montgomery's Slave Traders

        MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for slave...

        MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for...

        • montgomery
        • slavery
        • slave traders
        • eji
        • mississippi
        • alabama

        Ted Librero

        In memory of  Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002

        In memory of  Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002

        • emeryville
        • california
        • bay area
        • cove
        • emery

        Emeryville Peninsula Fire Station

          Charles and Frankie Hromada Foyer

          THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF   CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA   AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...

          THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF   CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA   AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...

          • charles and ...
          • west lafayette
          • indiana
          • purdue university
          • forestry
          • entomology
          • pest management
          • terminix

          Purdue University's Gratitude to Mrs. Alice Earl Stuart

          THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...

          THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...

          • alice earl stuart
          • charles bene...
          • purdue university
          • west lafayette
          • indiana
          • laboratory o...
          • board of trustees

          Thomas Duncan Laboratory

          THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"      Submitted by:...

          THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS"      Submitted...

          • thomas duncan
          • laboratory
          • west lafayette
          • indiana
          • purdue university

          Wayne State University

          WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other colleges,...

          WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other...

          • university
          • central high
          • detroit
          • wayne

          The Montgomery Slave Trade

          THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...

          THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...

          • montgomery
          • slavery
          • slave traders
          • eji
          • mississippi
          • alabama

          Downieville

          DOWNIEVILLE   DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...

          DOWNIEVILLE   DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...

          • downieville
          • california
          • gold
          • ecv

          Santa Fe de Toloca

            A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town of...

            A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town...

          • santa fe
          • toloca
          • la florida

          Almost to Cape Horn

          Continental DivideMilner Pass   elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.

          Continental DivideMilner Pass   elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.

          • alaska
          • cape horn
          • miler
          • drainage
          • divide
          • pacific
          • atlantic

          Eliza Fowler Hall

          ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

          ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

          • eliza fowler
          • purdue university
          • west lafayette
          • indiana
          • auditorium

          Home of Silas Wright

          Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

          Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

          • canton
          • alan reno
          • wright
          • new york
          • politican

          Seven Sisters Country Park and Interpretive Centre

          SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

          SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

          • sussex
          • park
          • nature

          Talleyrand stayed here

          TALLEYRAND FRENCH STATESMAN AND AMBASSADOR STAYED HERE 1831

          TALLEYRAND FRENCH STATESMAN AND AMBASSADOR STAYED HERE 1831

          • france
          • statesman
          • ambassador
          • brighton

          Constitution Oak

          Constitution Oak Planted By The Tippecanoe County Bar Association To Commemorate The Bicentennial  Of The Constitution of the United States Of America September 17, 1987   Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

          Constitution Oak Planted By The Tippecanoe County Bar Association To Commemorate The Bicentennial  Of The Constitution of the United States Of America September 17, 1987   Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

          • oak tree
          • lafayette
          • indiana
          • tippecanoe c...
          • constitution
          • bicentennial

          The Memory of the Revolution Soldiers Buried in Clinton County

          THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTION SOLDIERS BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY CAPTAIN HARMON AUGHE JOHN APPLEGATE WILLIAM CARTER THOMAS HARRIS JOHN REED FREDERICK SHAFFER ROBERT...

          THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTION SOLDIERS BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY CAPTAIN HARMON AUGHE JOHN APPLEGATE WILLIAM CARTER THOMAS HARRIS JOHN REED FREDERICK SHAFFER...

          • clinton county
          • indiana
          • frankfort
          • court house
          • american revolution
          • soldiers
          • daughters of...