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Urban Trails of Keokuk

  • keokuk
  • iowa
  • walking trails

Spring House

The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...

The Chautauqua Spring House located in the hollow due west of here off of the Tree Top Trail, was constructed to shelter the clear spring that supplied drinking water to the Chautauqua Hotel and...

  • mississippi
  • park
  • crystal springs
  • copiah county

Chautauqua Tabernacle

The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...

The original amphitheater constructed of terraced ground and covered with sawdust sloping downward to the covered tabernacle was originally constructed in 1872 when the Brookhaven District of the...

  • mississippi
  • park
  • crystal springs
  • copiah county

Kansas City City Market

    Lieut-Gen. Sir Manley Power K.C.B.K.T.S

    Submitted by @slashdotat

    Submitted by @slashdotat

    • intrepid discharge
    • sincere was his zeal

    New Echota

    NEW ECHOTA Cherokee National Capital The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the new Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825...

    NEW ECHOTA Cherokee National Capital The sprawling town of New Town which had stood here since 1819 was designated the seat of government for the new Cherokee Nation in a legislative act of 1825...

      Lincoln Memorial Shrine

      Submitted by @jqmcd.

      Submitted by @jqmcd.

        Plaza Theatre

        Submitted by @jqmcd.

        Submitted by @jqmcd.

          Triangle Park

          Submitted by @jqmcd.

          Submitted by @jqmcd.

            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