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William Walker

WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

WILLIAM WALKER "Grey-eyed Man of Destiny"  Born May 8, 1824, Walker moved to this site from 6th Ave. N. in 1840. In early life he was a doctor, lawyer & journalist. He invaded Mexico in 1853 with...

  • nashville
  • destiny
  • republic of ...
  • hondouras
  • nicaragua
  • mexico

Ship's Bell From S. S. Cape May

SHIP'S BELL FROM S. S. CAPE MAY BUILT 1943    RETIRED 1969 LENGTH 417'9" BEAM 60 DRAFT 27'6" CREW 49 PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN 1974 SEVERED IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE IN...

SHIP'S BELL FROM S. S. CAPE MAY BUILT 1943    RETIRED 1969 LENGTH 417'9" BEAM 60 DRAFT 27'6" CREW 49 PRESENTED TO THE CITY BY U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION IN 1974 SEVERED IN EUROPEAN WAR ZONE IN...

  • bell
  • ship
  • wwii
  • 1943
  • commerce

Latham Square

  • oakland
  • latham
  • california
  • bay area

First Ship Into San Francisco Bay

First Ship Into San Francisco Bay On August 5 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A month...

First Ship Into San Francisco Bay On August 5 1775, the Spanish packet San Carlos, under the command of Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala, became the first ship to enter San Francisco Bay. A...

    Thomas Jefferson

    By François de Dijon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...

    By François de Dijon (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons...

    • thomas jefferson
    • france
    • dijon
    • 1785

    First Baptist Church (Collierville)

    By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church was...

    By August 1836, before Jesse Collier and Horace Barbee had advertised "Collier Town for sale" in the Memphis Enquirer, the Baptists had located in the Collierville area. Shiloh Church...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    First "Talkies"

    Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed in...

    Parking can be fun, but not as fun as a show at Loew's Palace, where "talking movies" debuted in Memphis in 1928. The theater, where Harry Houdini and others performed in the 1920s, was razed...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    First Methodist Church

    Organized 1826, the first building was of frame, with split log benches, built 1832. A new building was erected in 1845. During Federal occupation, a minister detailed by the Union commander...

    Organized 1826, the first building was of frame, with split log benches, built 1832. A new building was erected in 1845. During Federal occupation, a minister detailed by the Union commander...

    • shelby county
    • tennessee

    Howells

    HOWELLS ORIGINALLY HOWELL'S DEPOT, A STATION ON THE ERIE R.R. POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1846. HOWELL'S CHURCH BUILT 1850. HOWELLS FIRE CO. FORMED 1924 MEMORIALIZED 2008 BY TOWN OF WALLKILL Submitted...

    HOWELLS ORIGINALLY HOWELL'S DEPOT, A STATION ON THE ERIE R.R. POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED 1846. HOWELL'S CHURCH BUILT 1850. HOWELLS FIRE CO. FORMED 1924 MEMORIALIZED 2008 BY TOWN OF WALLKILL Submitted...

    • new york
    • erie
    • howells
    • post office
    • fire company

    Redwood Valley Railway

    REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY ERICH THOMSEN FOUNDER, DESIGNER, BUILDER & OPERATOR 1952 - 1995 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT

    REDWOOD VALLEY RAILWAY ERICH THOMSEN FOUNDER, DESIGNER, BUILDER & OPERATOR 1952 - 1995 EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT

    • berkeley
    • california
    • steam train
    • 1952

    Prime Minister's Office

    PRIME MINSTER'S OFFICE GOVERNMENT HOUSE  BUILT IN 1761-1771 SERVED AS A PRISON UNTIL 1813 ROYAL RESIDENCE AND GOVERNORS RESIDENCE UNTIL 1904 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE SINCE 1904 OFFICE OF THE...

    PRIME MINSTER'S OFFICE GOVERNMENT HOUSE  BUILT IN 1761-1771 SERVED AS A PRISON UNTIL 1813 ROYAL RESIDENCE AND GOVERNORS RESIDENCE UNTIL 1904 SEAT OF GOVERNMENT OFFICE SINCE 1904 OFFICE OF...

    • iceland
    • prison unit

    The Outlaw

    EINAR JONSSON: UTILEGUMADURINN THE OUTLAW Submitted by Erin Wilson. 

    EINAR JONSSON: UTILEGUMADURINN THE OUTLAW Submitted by Erin Wilson. 

      Thousand Oaks Schools

      CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993  SITE OF THOUSAND OAKS SCHOOL (Demolished in 1998) William C. Hays, Architect, 1919 Stone and de Sanno, Architects, 1928 The residential subdivision of...

      CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993  SITE OF THOUSAND OAKS SCHOOL (Demolished in 1998) William C. Hays, Architect, 1919 Stone and de Sanno, Architects, 1928 The residential subdivision of...

      • berkeley
      • california
      • thousand oaks
      • school
      • 1919

      Breed's Hill

      BREED'S HILL  SITE OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL FOUGHT JUNE 17, 1775  ALTHOUGH ORDERS WERE ISSUED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY TO SEIZE AND FORTIFY BUNKER HILL THE COLONIAL OFFICERS AFTER...

      BREED'S HILL  SITE OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL FOUGHT JUNE 17, 1775  ALTHOUGH ORDERS WERE ISSUED BY THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY TO SEIZE AND FORTIFY BUNKER HILL THE COLONIAL OFFICERS...

      • bunker hill
      • breed's hill
      • 1775
      • revolutionary war

      John Gray Historic House

      One of the oldest surviving brick residences in Shelby County, the John Gray House, built prior to 1851, is a rare example of a Federal Period, hall and parlor plan, middle-class farmhouse....

      One of the oldest surviving brick residences in Shelby County, the John Gray House, built prior to 1851, is a rare example of a Federal Period, hall and parlor plan, middle-class...

      • shelby county
      • tennessee

      Following the Opening of the Bypass

      MARKET HARBOROUGH  The repaving of the town centre was carried out in 1994-1995 as part of a project initiated by the Department of Transport following the opening in 1992 of the A6 Bypass.  ...

      MARKET HARBOROUGH  The repaving of the town centre was carried out in 1994-1995 as part of a project initiated by the Department of Transport following the opening in 1992 of the A6 Bypass.  ...

      • market harborough
      • england
      • repaving
      • bypass
      • department o...

      Wilt Chamberlain - Overbrook High School

      Commemorating Wilt Chamberlain's attendance at Overbrook High School. Submitted by Jeff F.   

      Commemorating Wilt Chamberlain's attendance at Overbrook High School. Submitted by Jeff F. 

      • wilt chamberlain
      • overbrook hi...
      • 76ers
      • globetrotters

      First Wireless Telephone Message in History

      From the top floor of this buildingwas sent on June 3, 1880over a beam of light to 1325 L Street, the first wireless telephone message in the history of the world.The apparatus used in sending the...

      From the top floor of this buildingwas sent on June 3, 1880over a beam of light to 1325 L Street, the first wireless telephone message in the history of the world.The apparatus used in sending the...

      • washington dc
      • telephone
      • first
      • photophone

      Enos A. Mills

      ENOS A. MILLS FATHER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NATURALIST, AUTHOR, LECTURER AND NATURE GUIDE HOMESTEADED ON THIS SITE 1885 Submitted by @changeup3

      ENOS A. MILLS FATHER OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN NATURALIST, AUTHOR, LECTURER AND NATURE GUIDE HOMESTEADED ON THIS SITE 1885 Submitted by @changeup3

      • rocky mountain
      • mills
      • homestead

      The Epic of American Civilization Fresco

      Submitted by @LostToHistory

      Submitted by @LostToHistory

      • dartmouth
      • vermont
      • orozco
      • 1932
      • violence of conquest
      • nationalist wars