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Denver Union Station Area

    The First Store

    UPON THIS CORNER FACING SOUTH STOOD THE FIRST STORE ERECTED IN JAMESTOWN. IT WAS BUILT IN 1813. BYJ EDIAH AND MARTIN PRENDERGAST, BROTHERS OF JAMES PRENDERGAST AS A BRANCH OF THEIR STORE IN...

    UPON THIS CORNER FACING SOUTH STOOD THE FIRST STORE ERECTED IN JAMESTOWN. IT WAS BUILT IN 1813. BYJ EDIAH AND MARTIN PRENDERGAST, BROTHERS OF JAMES PRENDERGAST AS A BRANCH OF THEIR STORE...

      Vietnam Veterans Memorial

        High Water January 1, 2006

          Logan's Memorial Day Order

            The Peace Flame

            THE PEACE FLAME WAS DEDICATED BY THE HONOURABLE FRAN WILDE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON AND THE VERY REVEREND SAGA SAN ABBOT OF THE TOSHOGU SHRINE UENO, TOKYO, JAPAN 25 June 1994

            THE PEACE FLAME WAS DEDICATED BY THE HONOURABLE FRAN WILDE MAYOR OF WELLINGTON AND THE VERY REVEREND SAGA SAN ABBOT OF THE TOSHOGU SHRINE UENO, TOKYO, JAPAN 25 June 1994

              The Wohler Ranch - 1856

              THE WOHLER RANCH-1856 IN 1856, 1500 ACRES OF THE 17,892 ACRE RANCHO EL MOLINO WERE A "GIFT OF LOVE" TO MARIANO VALLEJO'S NIECE ANNA WOHLER. IN THE 1880'S HOPS PIONEER RAFORD PETERSON PURCHASED THE...

              THE WOHLER RANCH-1856 IN 1856, 1500 ACRES OF THE 17,892 ACRE RANCHO EL MOLINO WERE A "GIFT OF LOVE" TO MARIANO VALLEJO'S NIECE ANNA WOHLER. IN THE 1880'S HOPS PIONEER RAFORD PETERSON PURCHASED...

                Jamestown Furniture Exposition Building

                  Denver International Airport

                    In Memory of Soldiers and Sailors in the War With Spain

                    IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN SHELL, FROM BATTLESHIP MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB. 15 1898, WAS PRESENTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CAMP SAMUEL M. PORTER NO. 45,...

                    IN MEMORY OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN SHELL, FROM BATTLESHIP MAINE DESTROYED IN HAVANA HARBOR FEB. 15 1898, WAS PRESENTED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CAMP SAMUEL M. PORTER NO....

                      Niagara Falls State Park

                      • 1885

                      You Are in a Watershed

                        Sheldon House

                          Rancho San Antonio

                          After contemplating a pair of Spanish land grant boundary markers erected in 1937 on the border of El Cerrito and Albany — here's one from a previous Read the Plaque post — I wondered if you'd...

                          After contemplating a pair of Spanish land grant boundary markers erected in 1937 on the border of El Cerrito and Albany — here's one from a previous Read the Plaque post — I wondered if you'd...

                          • san leandro
                          • rancho san antonio
                          • east bay
                          • land grants

                          Northern Boundary of Rancho San Antonio

                          There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

                          There's an earlier Read the Plaque entry that shows the reverse side of this marker, on San Pablo Avenue, right in front of the Wells Fargo Bank branch next to El Cerrito Plaza. To be honest, I...

                          • east bay
                          • albany
                          • berkeley
                          • oakland
                          • california
                          • land grants
                          • rancho san antonio

                          DePaul Academy

                          This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school for...

                          This is a plaque commemorating DePaul Academy, an all-boys high school that ran from 1898 until 1968 on the site of what's now Byrne Hall at DePaul University. The academy was a feeder school...

                          • catholic
                          • catholic history
                          • chicago
                          • depaul university
                          • vincentians

                          Father Thomas Munster

                          A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

                          A plaque accompanying a statue of Thomas Munster, a Vincentian priest.Transcription: Father Thomas Munster, 1922-2007, Vincentian PriestBorn, Raised and Lived in SheffieldA Founder and Past...

                          • catholic
                          • catholic history
                          • chicago
                          • depaul university
                          • vincentians

                          Father Peter John de Smet

                          This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland of...

                          This is within the Jesuit residence at the Cataldo Mission in Idaho!Transcription:Father Peter John De Smet, "Apostle to the Indians"Around 1821, Father Peter John de Smet left his homeland...

                          • spokane
                          • idaho
                          • coeur d'alene
                          • cataldo
                          • catholics
                          • jesuit
                          • westward expansion
                          • missionary

                          The Breakup Site

                          The Breakup Site Sacramento & Ward St. On this spot, April 7, 2009, Jerome Tyson broke the heart of Natalie Little. They were on a date; Jerome was quiet all evening. When asked by Natalie If...

                          The Breakup Site Sacramento & Ward St. On this spot, April 7, 2009, Jerome Tyson broke the heart of Natalie Little. They were on a date; Jerome was quiet all evening. When asked by Natalie...

                            Berkeley Copywriters Guild

                            Berkeley Copywriters Guild 1250 Addison St. On this spot, birthed in 1962, lays lain. layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild. A place where...

                            Berkeley Copywriters Guild 1250 Addison St. On this spot, birthed in 1962, lays lain. layed lies the location original whereabouts around here of the Berkeley Copywriter's Guild. A place...