Forty-Niners
The Forty-Niners Near this point ten Lafayette Freemasons, operating as traveling Sierra Nevada Lodge, embarked March 27, 1849 on six months' journey by boat to Mexico, then overland to Pacific,...
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- indiana
- freemasons
- forty-niners
- gold rush
Philadelphia Sketch Club
PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB America's oldest artists club was founded in 1860 to improve illustration skills. Artists found that social interaction enhanced the creation and appreciation of...
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- sketch club
- wyeth
U.S. Airmail Pioneers
Dedicated to U.S. AIRMAIL PIONEERS1918 - 1927 During the first decade of transcontinental airmail, pilots flew over the Alleghenies with a fueling stop in Bellefonte. Unpredictable...
- airmail
- philatelic
- hell's stretch
- bellefonte
- pennsylvania
Gino P. Fornicola Memorial Fountain
Gino P. Fornicola Memorial Fountain In memory of Gino P. Fornicola, family man, business owner and public servant. Gino was an ARMY Veteran of the Korean War who served on...
- fountain
- bellefonte
- pennsylvania
William Byron Rumford
WILLIAM BYRON RUMFORD 1908 - 1986 CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLYMAN 1948 - 1967 RUMFORD CALIFORNIA FAIR HOUSING ACT, 1963 PHARMACIST * COMMUNITY LEADER * POLITICIAN ENVIRONMENTALIST * PUBLIC...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- fair housing act
- sacramento street
- pharmacy
Camp Tippecanoe
Camp Tippecanoe 1861-1865 May, 1861, saw this high 30-acre bluff overlooking Lafayette quickly become an induction center for enlistees in the Civil War until its end in 1865. Ample water, good...
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- lafayette
- indiana
- civil war
- lightning brigade
Alcatraz Flank Defense Howizer
Mighty and far-reaching firepower
- alcatraz
- howitzer
- san francisco
- firepower
- bay area
- california
- cannonballs
- three miles
Memorial to Irish Students Who Died in Berkeley Balcony Collapse
A commemorative bench was unveiled in their memory last September in the Rose Garden of University College Dublin’s Belfield campus, where three of them had studied. In MemoryBerkeley,...
- ireland
- berkeley
- balcony
- joyce
City of Berkeley I-80 Bicycle / Pedestestrian Overcrossing
The Berkeley City Council began seeking funding for a bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the freeway in 1993 and approved the final design in 2000. This Overcrossing uses a graceful arch span to link...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- bridge
- overcrossing
- 1993
- 2000
Ghiradeli Square
- chocolate
- ghiradelli square
- san francisco
- california
- bay area
Sydney G. Walton
SYDNEY G. WALTON - 1901-1960 SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS AND CULTURAL LEADER WHOSE INSPIRATION AND LEADERSHIP AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY WAS...
- golden gateway
- san francisco
- california
- bay area
Of the First Library Building in Everett
- carnegie
- everett
- washington
- library
THE SHOOTING OF THADDEUS PURDY
THE SHOOTING OF THADDEUS PURDY IN THE FALL OF 1853 A MINER KNOWN AS "MUNTZ" KNIFED AND FATALLY WOUNDED "BALTIMORE JACK" OVER A GAME OF CARDS IN FOREST CITY. MUNTZ WAS...
- purdy
- thaddeus
- ecv
- sierra county
- california
- muntz
- craycroft
When It Burned For The Last Time In 1947
ST. CHARLES HOTEL THE ORIGINAL HOTEL WAS BUILT IN 1851. DESTROYED BY FIRE, FEBRUARY 19, 1852 AND REBUILT BY THOMAS H. CLAIR, PROPRIETOR. IT ALSO WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1864. F. A....
- ecv
- downie
- downieville
- california
- fire
The Cross of Magellan
THE CROSS OF MAGELLAN FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL THIS SPOT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE TO COMMEMORATE THE ERECTION OF A CROSS IN CEBU BY THE EXPEDITION OF MAGELLAN, WHEN KING HUMABON OF CEBU AND HIS QUEEN, SON...
- magellan
- cross
- humabon
- cebu
- philippines
The Words Don’t Fit The Picture
Public Art The Words Don’t Fit The Picture Ron Terada Learn more, call: 604.998.8038, press 3 (Please note that roaming charges may apply.) olympichostcity.vancouver.ca/cityhighlights [as at July...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- art
- sculpture
- olympics
William Farrell Building
William Farrell Building 555 Robson Street The head office for the BC Telephone Company was built in 1948 and was named for pioneer business leader William Farrell, founder and first President of...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- building
- telephone
Randall Building
City of Vancouver Heritage Building Randall Building Architect: Richard T. Perry Built in 1929 for the brokerage form S.W. Randall Company, this commercial building is a good example of the design...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- heritage building
Juanita
IN MEMORY OF JUANITA THE SPANISH WOMAN ALSO KNOWN AS JOSEFA. WAS HUNG OFF THE JERSEY BRIDGE JULY 5, 1851 A SHORT DISTANCE DOWNSTREAM FROM THIS SPOT, FOR THE MURDER OF...
- ecv
- downie
- juanita
- jersey bridge
- mob trial
Hydro Electric Turbine, St Paul Ford Plant
Submitted by @robblerouser.
- minnesota
- turbine
- hydro electric
- cast iron