The Woolen Building was built with bricks made on- site in the 1840's. Federal troops later used its basement as a hospital during the Civil War. It is the oldest commercial building in...
In January of 1884, the Memphis District High School opened its doors on this site. Built by the Memphis Conference of the Methodist Church, the school was acquired by the Shelby County Schools in...
The Cobblestones that line the river landing once stretched all the way to Front Street, from Beale Street north to Court Avenue. The cobblestones were installed between 1859-1881 and are...
ENGLISH HERITAGE LORD REITH 1889-1971 First Director-General of the BBC lived here 1924 - 1930 Submitted by Mikepaws
CASA DE TABLETA THIS STRUCTURE, BUILT BY FELIX BUELNA IN THE 1850S, SERVED AS A GAMBLING RETREAT AND MEETING PLACE FOR MEXICAN-CALIFORNIOS. IT WAS STRATEGI-CALLY LOCATED ON THE EARLIEST TRAIL...
BEGINNING OF THE INTERNET AGE On August 27, 1976, scientists from SRI International celebrated the successful completion of tests by sending an electronic message from a computer set up at...
PAUL J. FINNEGAN 1923 - 2006 LOVE ALWAYS SHIRLEY AND PATRICK KUNA AND SNOOPY
THIS MONUMENT IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE ENSLAVED AFRICANS WHO SUFFERED AND WERE EXECUTED IN THE HISTORY OF DOMINICA. IT HONOURS THE MAROONS WHO RISKED...
THE LAWRENCE LOWELL TELESCOPE A GIFT TO THE OBSERVATORY FROM PRESIDENT A. LAWRENCE LOWELL THROUGH THIS INSTRUMENT THE NINTH PLANET PLUTO WAS FIRST FOUND IN 1930 "IT MEANS A PLANET OUT THERE AS...
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF CHINESE CANADIANS TO THE GROWTH, VITALITY AND PROSPERITY OF VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA AND CANADA. THE CHINATOWN MEMORIAL MONUMENT IS...
LEWISTON TRAIL Lewiston Trail ran form Springfield to Galena via Lewiston. From 1827 to 1837 it was one of the main routes to the Galena lead mines. In general the trail ran in a...
CONFINEMENT OF JEFFERSON DAVIS IN THIS CASEMATE JEFFERSON DAVIS, PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, WAS CONFINED, MAY 22 - OCTOBER 2, 1865. AS HIS HEALTH SUFFERED IN THE CASE-MATE, HE...
FIRST AFRICANS IN VIRGINIA The first documented Africans in Virginia arrived here in Aug. 1619 on the White Lion, and English privateer based in the Netherlands. Colonial officials traded food...
Near here a Civil War training camp was built in August 1861. Named Camp Holton, Camp Sigel and finally Camp Reno, its boundaries were Prospect and Bartlett Avenues and Lafayette and...