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Redlands Liberty Pole

THE REDLANDS LIBERTY POLE IN 1895 THE JUNIOR ORDER OF AMERICAN MECHANICS ERECTED THE FIRST REDLANDS "LIBERTY POLE" A TERM DERIVED FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MADE FROM A CENTURY OLD, DOUGLAS FIR,...

THE REDLANDS LIBERTY POLE IN 1895 THE JUNIOR ORDER OF AMERICAN MECHANICS ERECTED THE FIRST REDLANDS "LIBERTY POLE" A TERM DERIVED FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MADE FROM A CENTURY OLD, DOUGLAS...

    Larkin Locke House

    LARKIN LOCKE HOUSE FIRST CONSTABLE OF PLEASANTON THIS HOUSE IS ONE OF PLEASANTON'S EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF CRAFTSMAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE. BUILT 1911

    LARKIN LOCKE HOUSE FIRST CONSTABLE OF PLEASANTON THIS HOUSE IS ONE OF PLEASANTON'S EARLIEST EXAMPLES OF CRAFTSMAN STYLE ARCHITECTURE. BUILT 1911

      Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden

      Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden April 7, 1961 August 11, 2019

      Denise Renee Lemos Memorial Garden April 7, 1961 August 11, 2019

        Bryant Park Place - The Engineer's Club

        Bryant Park Place A COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE ENGINEERS CLUB" IN 1903, ANDREW CARNEGIE PRESENTED THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS WITH A DONATION TO FUND THE...

        Bryant Park Place A COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONORIGINALLY KNOWN AS "THE ENGINEERS CLUB" IN 1903, ANDREW CARNEGIE PRESENTED THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF ENGINEERS WITH A DONATION TO FUND THE...

        • new york
        • manhattan
        • midtown
        • bryant park
        • engineering
        • 1903
        • 1907

        Coffee Siding

        Note that the marker appears to have been sponsored by descendants of the rancher, Charles Franklin Coffee, who built the railroad siding commemorated here. As usual when you start looking for...

        Note that the marker appears to have been sponsored by descendants of the rancher, Charles Franklin Coffee, who built the railroad siding commemorated here. As usual when you start looking for...

        • nebraska
        • sioux county
        • ranching
        • railroads
        • great plains

        The Cheyenne Outbreak

        The Cheyenne Outbreak   On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife’s bank of 149...

        The Cheyenne Outbreak   On September 9, 1878, after a year of suffering on an Oklahoma reservation, some 300 Northern Cheyenne Indians began a trek back to their homeland. Dull Knife’s bank of 149...

        • indian wars
        • nebraska
        • fort robinson
        • cheyenne

        Ralph Carr Memorial Highway

        Location on U.S. 285 at Kenosha Pass. More on Governor Ralph L. Carr here. Plaque text: In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl...

        Location on U.S. 285 at Kenosha Pass. More on Governor Ralph L. Carr here. Plaque text: In Commemoration of Ralph L. Carr Governor of Colorado (1939-1943) Following the Japanese attack on Pearl...

        • colorado
        • world war ii
        • japanese americans
        • executive order 9066
        • internment
        • ralph carr

        Here Stood the Mission Hospice

        "Here stood the Mission Hospice built around 1800 by the Spanish Padres on El Camino Real to break the journey from Santa Clara and serve the Indians of Mission Dolores." California Historical...

        "Here stood the Mission Hospice built around 1800 by the Spanish Padres on El Camino Real to break the journey from Santa Clara and serve the Indians of Mission Dolores." California...

        • california missions
        • mission dolores
        • ohlone people

        Legend of the Turnips

          This Your Wishing Well

          IN THESE BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS BY THE COURTESY OF THE KINGS PARK BOARD OF PERTH THE ROTARY CLUB OF PERTH HAS PLACED THIS YOUR WISHING WELL HELP BY YOUR GIFTS THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE YOUR...

          IN THESE BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS BY THE COURTESY OF THE KINGS PARK BOARD OF PERTH THE ROTARY CLUB OF PERTH HAS PLACED THIS YOUR WISHING WELL HELP BY YOUR GIFTS THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE YOUR...

          • community projects
          • laden with good

          In Memory of the 4,000 Cherokees Who Died on the Trail of Tears

          PLANTED OCT. 29, 1988 IN MEMORY OF THE 4,000 CHEROKEES WHO DIED ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS 1838

          PLANTED OCT. 29, 1988 IN MEMORY OF THE 4,000 CHEROKEES WHO DIED ON THE TRAIL OF TEARS 1838

            Ottawa Bell Tower

            Submitted by mamileham

            Submitted by mamileham

              Governor's Alley Stairs

              The historic steps were reopened in June 2009. Submitted by @ferryfaerie

              The historic steps were reopened in June 2009. Submitted by @ferryfaerie

                Boundary Marker 9

                Submitted by @stuherrm

                Submitted by @stuherrm

                  Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN

                  Submitted by pompeygeorge

                  Submitted by pompeygeorge

                  • antarctic explorer
                  • fareham
                  • stubbington

                  Smith County Jamboree

                    The Fallen 21

                    Submitted by SBCGlobalDotNet

                    Submitted by SBCGlobalDotNet

                      Sarah Cunliffe

                      Submitted by @UnionChapelUK

                      Submitted by @UnionChapelUK

                        Freedom Form II

                        Submitted by @gkatz

                        Submitted by @gkatz

                          U.S.S. Maine

                          Submitted by @Ritterton

                          Submitted by @Ritterton