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This Horse Block

Outside the Athenaeum Club there is an unassuming stone block installed in 1830 to help an ageing Duke of Wellington mount his horse.  THIS HORSE BLOCK WAS ERECTED BY DESIRE OF THE DUKE OF ...

Outside the Athenaeum Club there is an unassuming stone block installed in 1830 to help an ageing Duke of Wellington mount his horse.  THIS HORSE BLOCK WAS ERECTED BY DESIRE OF THE DUKE ...

  • london
  • england
  • horse block
  • duke of welling...

Johnny's Well

Plaque reads: 'Johnny's Well was not a well in the accepted sense, but a spring which provided clean water to passing ships from ports the world over, including American whalers. Water from Johnny's ...

Plaque reads: 'Johnny's Well was not a well in the accepted sense, but a spring which provided clean water to passing ships from ports the world over, including American whalers. Water from ...

  • water
  • spring
  • nsw
  • australia

Jackson, CA, Hangman’s Tree

Here stood in early days the hangman’s tree This marker placed by Ursula Parlor No. 1 N.D.G.W. July 24th, 1937 Submitted by @adeleseelke

Here stood in early days the hangman’s tree This marker placed by Ursula Parlor No. 1 N.D.G.W. July 24th, 1937 Submitted by @adeleseelke

    Lodwrick Monroe Cook Education Auditorium

    Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and ...

    Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and ...

    • louisiana

    General's Highway @ JHH

    This is a section of 

    This is a section of  "The General's Highway" Route of General Washington's triumphant journey, December 3-23, 1783, New York to Annapolis, to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the first "American ...

    • baltimore
    • maryland
    • washington
    • george washingt...
    • resign