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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 american...
  • california
  • oroville
  • genocide

Spenger's Fish Grotto

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2001  SPENGER’S FISH GROTTO c. 1890 Clam chowder, baked beans and 10¢ beer—these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger’s. It all began in the 1860s ...

CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2001 SPENGER’S FISH GROTTO c. 1890 Clam chowder, baked beans and 10¢ beer—these and fish dinners drew crowds to fabled Spenger’s. It all began in the 1860s ...

  • berkeley
  • california
  • bay area
  • spenger
  • hemingway
  • fish
  • grotto
  • chowder

This Tree is Dedicated to the Memory of Robert "Shaggy" McCormick

This tree is dedicated to memory of Robert

This tree is dedicated to memory of Robert "shaggy" McCormick by his friends The Posse. Rob graduated in 2001 from the Computer Engineering program at the University of ottawa, where he met many of ...

  • tree
  • memorial
  • university
  • ottawa
  • student
  • death

Lima Bank Robbed

LIMA BANK ROBBED THIS VAULT WAS IN THE BANK OF LIMA AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FEB 6, 1915  Here's history with a small h, equivalent to a George-Washington-slept-here ...

LIMA BANK ROBBED THIS VAULT WAS IN THE BANK OF LIMA AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST BANK ROBBERY IN LIVINGSTON COUNTY FEB 6, 1915  Here's history with a small h, equivalent to a ...

  • robbery
  • lima
  • new york
  • crime
  • bank alan reno

Neath Volunteers

Dedicated to The Neath Volunteers for Liberty who died whilst defending democracy in the Spanish Civil War HAROLD DAVIES of NEATH ALWYN SKINNER of NEATH JAMES STRANGWARD of ONLLWYN Submitted by ...

Dedicated to The Neath Volunteers for Liberty who died whilst defending democracy in the Spanish Civil War HAROLD DAVIES of NEATH ALWYN SKINNER of NEATH JAMES STRANGWARD of ONLLWYN Submitted ...

  • neath
  • wales
  • uk
  • spanish civil w...
  • volunteers
  • whilst