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Rabb Plantation

Rabb PlantationToday, commonly referred to as the Rabb Plantation, this was originally known as Rancho San Tomas and, then, San Tomas Plantation  It encompassed 20,353 acres stretching north from...

Rabb PlantationToday, commonly referred to as the Rabb Plantation, this was originally known as Rancho San Tomas and, then, San Tomas Plantation  It encompassed 20,353 acres stretching north...

  • texas
  • plantation
  • rancho

Nashville Sit-Ins

This plaque is on the sidewalk outside 233 5th Avenue North, a few blocks up the hill from Ryman Auditorium, the longtime home of the Grand Ol' Opry, and a few block down the hill from the state...

This plaque is on the sidewalk outside 233 5th Avenue North, a few blocks up the hill from Ryman Auditorium, the longtime home of the Grand Ol' Opry, and a few block down the hill from the...

  • nashville
  • tennessee
  • civil rights
  • segregation

Birthplace of a Great City

Perhaps the best and worst historical plaque in San Francisco. Best because it calls out a moment when the the place that was about to become San Francisco was wild, a windy dune overlooking an...

Perhaps the best and worst historical plaque in San Francisco. Best because it calls out a moment when the the place that was about to become San Francisco was wild, a windy dune overlooking...

  • san francisco
  • william richardson
  • chinatown
  • grant avenue
  • gold rush

The Last Yahi Indian

I was in Oroville, California, last month to cover the crisis at the dam nearby that forced evacuation of the city and other communities. I had arrived just as the evacuation order was lifted, and...

I was in Oroville, California, last month to cover the crisis at the dam nearby that forced evacuation of the city and other communities. I had arrived just as the evacuation order was lifted, and...

  • ishi
  • yahi
  • native americans
  • california
  • oroville
  • genocide

H.H.Jeffords Gun

Mounted in memory of the soldiers and sailors of 1861-1865   THIS GUN PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO COL. H.H. JEFFORDS POST NO. 330 DEPT. OF MICHIGAN G.A.R.   Submitted by Bryan...

Mounted in memory of the soldiers and sailors of 1861-1865   THIS GUN PRESENTED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO COL. H.H. JEFFORDS POST NO. 330 DEPT. OF MICHIGAN G.A.R.   Submitted by...

    Jonathan Odell

    JONATHAN ODELL CLERGYMAN, SURGEON, AND POET, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BENEDICT ARNOLD AND JOHN ANDRE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AFTER MOVING TO NEW BRUNSWICK, 1784, HE...

    JONATHAN ODELL CLERGYMAN, SURGEON, AND POET, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BENEDICT ARNOLD AND JOHN ANDRE DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. AFTER MOVING TO NEW BRUNSWICK, 1784, HE...

    • fredericton
    • new brunswick
    • benedict arnold
    • american revolution
    • revolutionary war

    Fort Germantown

    This was the site of a Civil War earth-work redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June...

    This was the site of a Civil War earth-work redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis & Charleston Railroad. The fort is thought to have been built in June...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Site of Early Gunsmith Shop (1836-1860)

    • gunsmith
    • baton rouge
    • searles
    • bowie knife

    The McQueen- Fergusson House

    THE McQUEEN-FERGUSSON HOUSE CIRCA 1790 LAND ORIGINALLY GRANTED TO BENEDICT ARNOLD. THE HOME, 1812-1858, OF COLONEL GEORGE SHORE, SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK. HOME OF SENATOR MURIEL...

    THE McQUEEN-FERGUSSON HOUSE CIRCA 1790 LAND ORIGINALLY GRANTED TO BENEDICT ARNOLD. THE HOME, 1812-1858, OF COLONEL GEORGE SHORE, SURVEYOR- GENERAL OF NEW BRUNSWICK. HOME OF SENATOR...

    • fredericton
    • new brunswick
    • benedict arnold
    • first woman speaker

    Unknown Date and Function

    Submitted by @EddieCStewart

    Submitted by @EddieCStewart

    • kingarth
    • scotland
    • buildings
    • cauldron
    • vague