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Eliza Fowler Hall

ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

ELIZA FOWLER (1817 - 1902) BY WHOM FUNDS WERE PROVIDED TO ERECT THE UNIVERSITY'S  FIRST AUDITORIUM KNOWN AS ELIZA FOWLER HALL (1902 - 1954) REPLACED HEREIN AND DEDICATED TO THE GREATER USEFULNESS...

  • eliza fowler
  • purdue university
  • west lafayette
  • indiana
  • auditorium

Home of Silas Wright

Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

Home of Silas Wright Statesman U.S. Senator 1833-43 Gov. of New York 1844-46  Built circa 1830, the home of Wright (1795-1847) is now owned by the St. Lawrence County Historical Association. A...

  • canton
  • alan reno
  • wright
  • new york
  • politican

Seven Sisters Country Park and Interpretive Centre

SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

SEVEN SISTERS COUNTRY PARK AND INTREPRETIVE CENTRE Opened 17th July 1974 by [illegible] [illegible]

  • sussex
  • park
  • nature

Talleyrand stayed here

TALLEYRAND FRENCH STATESMAN AND AMBASSADOR STAYED HERE 1831

TALLEYRAND FRENCH STATESMAN AND AMBASSADOR STAYED HERE 1831

  • france
  • statesman
  • ambassador
  • brighton

Constitution Oak

Constitution Oak Planted By The Tippecanoe County Bar Association To Commemorate The Bicentennial  Of The Constitution of the United States Of America September 17, 1987   Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

Constitution Oak Planted By The Tippecanoe County Bar Association To Commemorate The Bicentennial  Of The Constitution of the United States Of America September 17, 1987   Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

  • oak tree
  • lafayette
  • indiana
  • tippecanoe c...
  • constitution
  • bicentennial

The Memory of the Revolution Soldiers Buried in Clinton County

THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTION SOLDIERS BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY CAPTAIN HARMON AUGHE JOHN APPLEGATE WILLIAM CARTER THOMAS HARRIS JOHN REED FREDERICK SHAFFER ROBERT...

THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE REVOLUTION SOLDIERS BURIED IN CLINTON COUNTY CAPTAIN HARMON AUGHE JOHN APPLEGATE WILLIAM CARTER THOMAS HARRIS JOHN REED FREDERICK SHAFFER...

  • clinton county
  • indiana
  • frankfort
  • court house
  • american revolution
  • soldiers
  • daughters of...

Tree Donation

"Trees Donated by Dwight Lydell Chapter of Izaak Walton League of America" From the website of the Izaak Walton League of America: The Izaak Walton League was founded in 1922 to conserve outdoor...

"Trees Donated by Dwight Lydell Chapter of Izaak Walton League of America" From the website of the Izaak Walton League of America: The Izaak Walton League was founded in 1922 to conserve...

  • grand rapids
  • michigan
  • gerald r. fo...
  • ah-nab-awen park

Here lived from 1833 to 1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell geologist

Here lived from 1833 to 1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell geologist

Here lived from 1833 to 1838 Gideon Algernon Mantell geologist

  • geology
  • dinosaurs

The Mother of Modern Witchcraft

Doreen Valiente 1922 - 1999 Poet, Author and Mother of Modern Witchcraft Lived Here Donated by The Centre for Pagan Studies

Doreen Valiente 1922 - 1999 Poet, Author and Mother of Modern Witchcraft Lived Here Donated by The Centre for Pagan Studies

  • brighton
  • witchcraft
  • blueplaque
  • residence
  • witch
  • pagan

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Sisterhood between the cities of Sausalito and Vina del Mar, proclaimed on March 5th, 1960, celebrated in the year of...

On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Sisterhood between the cities of Sausalito and Vina del Mar, proclaimed on March 5th, 1960, celebrated in the year...

  • chile
  • sausalito
  • california
  • san francisco
  • bicentennial

Historic Landmark

HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THIS SITE IN THE YEAR 1915 WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN CULVER CITY, BUILT BY THOMAS H. INCE. IN 1919, SAMUEL GOLDWYN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE OF THIS AND...

HISTORIC LANDMARK ON THIS SITE IN THE YEAR 1915 WAS FOUNDED THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO IN CULVER CITY, BUILT BY THOMAS H. INCE. IN 1919, SAMUEL GOLDWYN SUCCEEDED TO THE TITLE OF THIS...

    But In Their Zeal to Maintain an Italian Presence

    We the members of the Jeannette Italian club    Present this plaque to two men who through Hard work and courage were able to achieve  Their goal in making this club a reality Without their...

    We the members of the Jeannette Italian club    Present this plaque to two men who through Hard work and courage were able to achieve  Their goal in making this club a reality Without...

    • italians
    • pennsylvania
    • zeal
    • club
    • jennettee

    Sugar House Monument

    ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST EFFORT MADE TO MANUFACTURE BEET SUGAR IN WESTERN AMERICA. WITH DAUNTLESS PERSEVERANCE THROUGH SEVERE HARDSHIPS THE MACHINERY WAS BROUGHT FROM LIVERPOOL, ENG.,...

    ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE FIRST EFFORT MADE TO MANUFACTURE BEET SUGAR IN WESTERN AMERICA. WITH DAUNTLESS PERSEVERANCE THROUGH SEVERE HARDSHIPS THE MACHINERY WAS BROUGHT FROM LIVERPOOL, ENG.,...

    • salt lake city
    • utah
    • sugar

    Utah's First Pioneer Burial Site

    Utah's first pioneer burial site was located just thirty feet west and two hundred feet south of this point. Here, thirty-three Utah pioneers were buried beginning with three year-old Milton...

    Utah's first pioneer burial site was located just thirty feet west and two hundred feet south of this point. Here, thirty-three Utah pioneers were buried beginning with three year-old...

    • utah
    • salt lake city
    • pioneers
    • indian burial ground

    The Gasworks

    THE GASWORKS BUILT IN 1856 AS A GAS HOLDER AND GAS PROCESSING FACILITY FOR THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON. RESTORED IN 1986 BY ROBERT G. CURRAN, CIVIL ENGINEER AND NATIVE OF NORTHAMPTON. IT IS ONE...

    THE GASWORKS BUILT IN 1856 AS A GAS HOLDER AND GAS PROCESSING FACILITY FOR THE CITY OF NORTHAMPTON. RESTORED IN 1986 BY ROBERT G. CURRAN, CIVIL ENGINEER AND NATIVE OF NORTHAMPTON. IT IS ONE...

    • northampton
    • massachusetts
    • gasworks

    La Nacelle du Premier Grand Ballon a Hydrongene

    EN CES LIEUX, LE 1ER DECEMBRE 1783 SONT PARTIS LE PHYSICIEN A. C. CHARLES ET MARIE-NOEL ROBERT DANS LA NACELLE DU PREMIER GRAND BALLON A HYDRONGENE AERO-CLUB DE FRANCE   Submitted by Steve Gere...

    EN CES LIEUX, LE 1ER DECEMBRE 1783 SONT PARTIS LE PHYSICIEN A. C. CHARLES ET MARIE-NOEL ROBERT DANS LA NACELLE DU PREMIER GRAND BALLON A HYDRONGENE AERO-CLUB DE FRANCE   Submitted by Steve Gere...

    • 1783
    • balloon
    • hydrogen
    • nacelle
    • ballon
    • hydrongene
    • aero-club

    La Tour Magné

    Submitted by @lauxmyth.

    Submitted by @lauxmyth.

    • tower
    • nimes
    • france

    S. S. Virginia V.

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_V">Article about the Virginia V</a>. <a href="http://www.virginiav.org/">The Virginia V. site</a> Submitted by Peggy Allen Jackson. 

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_V" >Article about the Virginia V</a>. <a href="http://www.virginiav.org/">The Virginia V. site</a> Submitted by Peggy Allen Jackson. 

    • seattle
    • washington
    • virginia
    • mosquito fleet

    Grissom Hall

    GRISSOM HALL NAMED IN HONOR OF VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S.A.F., ENGINEER, PILOT, AND TRAILBLAZER OF SPACE. HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 27, 1967, WAS THE TRAGICALLY HIGH PRICE HIS NATION...

    GRISSOM HALL NAMED IN HONOR OF VIRGIL I. GRISSOM, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U.S.A.F., ENGINEER, PILOT, AND TRAILBLAZER OF SPACE. HIS DEATH ON JANUARY 27, 1967, WAS THE TRAGICALLY HIGH PRICE HIS NATION...

    • virgil gus grissom
    • purdue university
    • west lafayette
    • indiana
    • astronaut
    • space

    Herman Smith Memorial

    This tree planted in memory of Herman Smith Sept. 17, 1949 - Feb. 3,1965. A good friend and classmate. Washington School Class of 1965

    This tree planted in memory of Herman Smith Sept. 17, 1949 - Feb. 3,1965. A good friend and classmate. Washington School Class of 1965

    • herman
    • smith
    • high school
    • memorial
    • 1965