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Grabow Riot

At this site, on July 7, 1912, a violent confrontation occurred between the Galloway Lumber Company and the Brotherhood of Timber Workers. The riot left 4 men dead and an estimated 50 men wounded....

At this site, on July 7, 1912, a violent confrontation occurred between the Galloway Lumber Company and the Brotherhood of Timber Workers. The riot left 4 men dead and an estimated 50 men wounded....

  • louisiana

Rosepine, Louisiana

Incorporated December 24, 1902 by proclamation of Governor William Wright Heard. Town established on Sections 3 and 4 of Township 25, Range 9W. During the Vernon Parish lumber boom, Rosepine...

Incorporated December 24, 1902 by proclamation of Governor William Wright Heard. Town established on Sections 3 and 4 of Township 25, Range 9W. During the Vernon Parish lumber boom, Rosepine...

  • louisiana

Civilian Conservation Corps

 CCC planted these slash pine in 1939 in Kisatchie National Forest. CCC reforestation and construction of dams, roads, fire towers and recreation areas (1933-42) contributed to a rebirth in Vernon...

 CCC planted these slash pine in 1939 in Kisatchie National Forest. CCC reforestation and construction of dams, roads, fire towers and recreation areas (1933-42) contributed to a rebirth in Vernon...

  • louisiana

Old Confederate Military Road

In 1862, when Federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor established headquarters in central Louisiana...

In 1862, when Federal troops captured New Orleans and blockaded the mouth of the Mississippi River, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor established headquarters in central...

  • louisiana
  • civil war

SSG Timothy Bruce Cole, Jr. - Bronze Star with Valor

On March 5, 2007, three months prior to his death while conducting a dismounted patrol SSG Cole's element came under heavy enemy machine gun fire from the north and west. One of SSG Cole's section...

On March 5, 2007, three months prior to his death while conducting a dismounted patrol SSG Cole's element came under heavy enemy machine gun fire from the north and west. One of SSG Cole's...

  • louisiana
  • iraq war

To Commemorate the Destruction of Newtown, Cardif

This plaque contains part of a poem written by a former resident of the Newtown district of central Cardiff, reflecting on its demolition.  A working class neighbourhood close to the docks and...

This plaque contains part of a poem written by a former resident of the Newtown district of central Cardiff, reflecting on its demolition.  A working class neighbourhood close to the docks and...

  • urban renewal
  • homogenising...

A Gift of the Class of 1940

  • water fountain
  • drinking fountain

Morris "Mo" Bernstein

DEDICATED TO MORRIS "MO" BERNSTEIN PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSIONFOR THE LEADERSHIP HE PROVIDED TO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIS COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISHING SFO AS THE...

DEDICATED TO MORRIS "MO" BERNSTEIN PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT COMMISSIONFOR THE LEADERSHIP HE PROVIDED TO SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HIS COMMITMENT TO ESTABLISHING SFO AS THE...

  • sfo
  • airport commission
  • travelling public
  • humanizing t...

Arsenal Museum

This building, erected c. 1835 as a powder magazine for a U.S. Army Post and Arsenal which used this area from 1810-1885, except in 1861-1862 when held by the Confederacy. In 1962 this building...

This building, erected c. 1835 as a powder magazine for a U.S. Army Post and Arsenal which used this area from 1810-1885, except in 1861-1862 when held by the Confederacy. In 1962 this building...

  • louisiana
  • military

Pentagon Buildings

 Constructed 1819-1822 to house U.S. troops. Used as a garrison from 1822-1877 except from 1861-1862 when held by Confederates. From 1886-1925 these buildings and grounds were the site of...

 Constructed 1819-1822 to house U.S. troops. Used as a garrison from 1822-1877 except from 1861-1862 when held by Confederates. From 1886-1925 these buildings and grounds were the site of...

  • louisiana