This fort, built about 1715, put French soldiers at the Straits for the first time since 1701. French authority ceased in 1761 when British troops entered the fort. On June 2, 1763,...
This is Battle Creek, where the leading producers of ready-to-eat cereals are located. Early attempts to process grains into appetizing new foods for Sanitarium guests revolutionized the eating...
ACS Chemistry for Life National Historic Chemical Landmark Flavor Chemistry Research United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Western Regional Research Center...
ROCK HILL STREET RAILWAY (Continued from other side) From 1891 to 1918 a street rallway connected Rallroad Ave.. the depots, Main St., and Winthrop College. Nick- named "Rock Hill Electric...
PLEASE RESPECT AND HONOR THE FISHERMEN'S FAMILY SCULPTURE. MANY FAMILIES HAVE STOOD IN THIS VERY SPOT, IN GOOD TIMES AND IN BAD, TO WATCH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HEAD OUT AND RETURN FROM THE SEA EACH...
AN IMPORTANT MARINER'S LANDFALL FOR OVER 300 YEARS, CHRONICLED IN THE DIARIES OF PORTOLA, FR. CRESPI AND COSTANSO IN 1769 WHEN THEY CAMPED NEAR THIS AREA ON THEIR TREK TO FIND...
Lost Fishermen's Memorial is a 7000-lb anchor pulled from the Niagara River (?). THIS WONDERFUL MEMORIAL GIVES COMFORT TO THE LIVING AND HONOR TO THE DEAD A. Z Submitted by @jqmcd
Submitted by @jqmcd
MOTHER A.M.E. ZION CHURCH MOTHER AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH OCCUPIED THIS SITE FROM 1800 TO 1864. IT WAS THE FIRST CHURCH IN NEW YORK CITY BUILT AND LED BY AFRO-AMERICANS AND WAS THE...
ZUM GEDÄCHTNIS AN DEN DICHTER HEINRICH MANN, DER AM 22. FEBRUAR 1933 ÜBER DEN BAHNHOF KEHL DEN WEG INS RETTENDE EXIL GING KEIN UNTERTAN DES UNGEISTS UND DER GEWALT, SO BLIEB ER SICH UND SEINEM...
"SHE STRETCHETH OUT HER HANDS TO THE POOR" 1843 DR. MARTHA G.RIPLEY 1912 PIONEER WOMAN PHYSICIAN FOUNDER OF MATERNITY HOSPITAL IN MINNEAPOLIS WITH FARSIGHTED VISION AND SYMPATHY SHE SERVED...
Site of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963
Site of Elizabeth Blackwell's Infirmary for Women and Children In this building, the first female doctor in America, Elizabeth Blackwell, established the first hospital for, staffed, and run by...
ATLANTIC CABLE STATION and SUNKEN FOREST The receiving station for the first Atlantic cable, laid in 1874, is located on Old Beach Road opposite this location. The remains of the Sunken Forest...
DUNSMUIR CITY HALL AND FIRE HOUSE ERECTED 1925 TRUSTEES E J CORNISH. M.D PRE FL FOSTER L E GIBSON S J WILKINS A B. CRAVENS EG HAWKINS CLERK H YOUNG MARSHAL, TAX COLL J MICANDER RECORDER H...
SITE OF THE FIRST YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BRANCH CONTRIBUTIONS BY CITIZENS FINANCED THE LOT PURCHASE AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FOR THE DAVIS LIBRARY, WHICH SERVED DAVIS AT THIS LOCATION...
This marks the site of the southwest bastion of Fort Lernoult. It was here, on July 11, 1796, that the American flag was first flown over Detroit. The fort was built by the British in 1778-79...
PROVINCIAL BUILDING Built around 1920 for Mr and Mrs. Carl A. Romer The building represests the Italianate style common to the commercial buildings in the early twentieth century. The Romers...