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Seed the Future Tree 144,000

With this European hornbeam Carpinu betulus, planted on March 17, 2001, Friends of Trees reached the goal of planting 144,000 trees and seedlings during its historic five-year Seed the Future...

With this European hornbeam Carpinu betulus, planted on March 17, 2001, Friends of Trees reached the goal of planting 144,000 trees and seedlings during its historic five-year Seed the Future...

    Manship School of Mass Communication

    Memorial Hall, the home of the Manship School, is the oldest building on the campus. For many years known as Alumni Hall and later the Journalism Building, it was built on the old Baton Rouge...

    Memorial Hall, the home of the Manship School, is the oldest building on the campus. For many years known as Alumni Hall and later the Journalism Building, it was built on the old Baton...

    • louisiana
    • lsu
    • education

    Indian Mounds (LSU Campus Mounds)

    The two large earthen mounds, traditionally known as the Indian Mounds, are among the oldest man-made edifices in North America. These mounds were constructed approximately 6,000 years ago by the...

    The two large earthen mounds, traditionally known as the Indian Mounds, are among the oldest man- made edifices in North America. These mounds were constructed approximately 6,000 years ago by...

    • native american
    • louisiana

    Battle of the Neches

    (Site 15 miles Southeast)Main engagement of Cherokee War; fought July 15 and 16, 1839, between 800 Indians (including Delawares and Shawnees) and 500 troops of the Republic of Texas.     An...

    (Site 15 miles Southeast)Main engagement of Cherokee War; fought July 15 and 16, 1839, between 800 Indians (including Delawares and Shawnees) and 500 troops of the Republic of...

    • texas
    • native american

    Sinnot Building

      Genl. Philemon Thomas

      To the Memory ofGenl. Philemon Thomaswho was bornin Orange County, VA.Feb. 9th, 1763and diedIn Baton Rouge La.Nov. 18th, 1847. He was a soldier of the "76, and of "14, a member of the Convention...

      To the Memory ofGenl. Philemon Thomaswho was bornin Orange County, VA.Feb. 9th, 1763and diedIn Baton Rouge La.Nov. 18th, 1847. He was a soldier of the "76, and of "14, a member of the...

      • louisiana

      Capitol Mall Parking Structure

        Lake Joe

        Lake Joe   This six-acre lake is named after Joseph B. Fraser who with his brother Charles was an early developer of Sea Pines. In 1964 Sea Pines Company excavated a section of an airplane runway...

        Lake Joe   This six-acre lake is named after Joseph B. Fraser who with his brother Charles was an early developer of Sea Pines. In 1964 Sea Pines Company excavated a section of an airplane...

          Robert Enoch Withers

          Robert Enoch Withers   Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine...

          Robert Enoch Withers   Robert Enoch Withers was born in Campbell County on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduation from the medical department at the University of Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicine...

            Ohio University

            Ohio Historical Marker   Ohio University    “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be...

            Ohio Historical Marker   Ohio University    “Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and means of education shall forever be...

              Alumni Gateway

              ALUMNI GATEWAY    The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class. The...

              ALUMNI GATEWAY    The Ohio University Alumni Gate was built with funds contributed by many alumni, with the original intent of honoring the class of 1815, which was the first graduating class....

                Silpson Bros. Corporation Boston

                  El Dia de 4 de Agosto de 1802

                    Allenoke Manor

                    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University of...

                    CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 ALLENOKE MANOR Coxhead and Coxhead, Architects, 1903   Allenoke is the only large estate remaining near the northern edge of the University...

                      Lake Orion Methodist Church

                      Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a union...

                      Methodist missionaries preached here in the 1820s, and in 1833 a class was organized. Services were held in homes and schoolhouses, and in 1853 several denominations combined to build a...

                      • michigan
                      • michigan his...

                      William (Billy) Henry Foreman

                      [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

                      [Location approximate]Submitted by @Ritterton

                        The Urns at Bow Bridge

                          The Shadetree

                          • peralta
                          • ohlone
                          • 1842
                          • first mayor ...
                          • schulz
                          • ecv

                          Harriet Quimby Childhood Home / Harriet Quimby

                          Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook Quimby,...

                          Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, lived in this house as a child and attended the nearby school. Her parents, William and Ursula Cook...

                          • michigan
                          • michigan his...

                          Antonio de LaGuerra 1825-81

                          • ecv
                          • civil war