Stone Valley
STONE VALLEY SQUIRE SILAS STONE EMIGRATED WITH HIS FAMILY FROM IOWA IN 1853 AND SETTLED HALF MILE EAST OF THIS MARKER. THE PIONEER'S HOME STOOD NEARBY UNTIL 1952. HIS SON...
- alamo
- california
- bay area
- stone valley
- ecv
- iowa
- 1853
The Forgotten War
REMEMBER "THE FORGOTTEN WAR" KOREA JUNE 25, 1950 - JULY 27, 1953 TO HONOR THOSE BRAVE AMERICANS WHO UNDER TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES FOUGHT AND GAVE THEIR LIVES TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AND...
- carmel
- california
- korea
- korean war
Glen Hall Playground
THE RIVER PARK MOTHERS CLUB THANKS THE CITY OF SACRAMENTO DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE RIVER PARK COMMUNITY, AND THESE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTORS FOR HELPING US MAKE OUR PLAYGROUND...
- sacramento
- california
- playground
- river park
Spanish Expedition Claims Monterey
1770 SPANISH EXPEDITION CLAIMS MONTEREY Captain Don Gasper de Portola reaches Monterey on his second land expedition. Father Junipero Serra arrives by ship. Together, they claim Monterey...
- monterey
- california
- portola
- serra
- san carlos borromeo
- 1770
Special Thanks to Merv Griffin
Replica of the White House South Lawn Special Thanks to Merv Griffin Submitted by Nate DiMeo of @thememorypalace.
- simi valley
- california
- reagan
- merv griffin
- white house
- lawn
Mississippi River Bank at Memphis
The River Bank The plants and wildlife found along the riverbanks at Memphis are a product of the climate and the rise and fall of the river. Most visitors are surprised to learn of the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Old Fisherman's Wharf
Old Fisherman's Wharf MOnterey's earliest pier of stone built in 1846 gave way to a commercial fishing wharf in the early 1900's when Monterey's multi-million dollar fishing industry...
- monterey
- california
- fisherman's wharf
- 1846
- fishing
September 11, 2001
The Great Seal of the State
- monterey
- california
- seal
- eureka
Blackwell House
Bartlett Historic Landmark Blackwell House C. 1869 Bartlett Historic Preservation Commission Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.
- shelby county
- tennessee
Cavalry Engagement Near Hunter's Mill
Anywhere you travel around our area of Virginia is likely to have had Union and Confederate troops passing through during the American Civil War. This sign commemorates a cavalry skirmish...
- virginia
- hunter's mill
- lawyers road
- bell
- ransom
- j.e.b. stuart
- civil war
Winchcombe Abbey's 12th Century Mill
WINCHCOMBE ABBEY'S 12TH CENTURY CORN MILL BY THE RIVER ISBOURNE GAVE ITS NAME TO THIS STREET. SEVERAL MILLS WERE POWERED BY THE RIVER ISBOURNE Submitted by @caddickbrown
- birmingham
- england
- corn
- isbourne
- abbey
- winchcombe
- mill
The Bakehouse
The Olde Bakehouse Submitted by @caddickbrown
- bakehouse
- olde
- birmingham
- england
Calvary Yellow Fever Memorial
In Memoriam The Outbreak Of Yellow Fever Which Scourged Memphis In 1878 Has Been Termed "The Most Severe Epidemic Ever To Afflict An American City Relative To Its Size." More Than Half The...
- shelby county
- tennessee
- yellow fever
- memphis
- 1867
- 1873
- 1879
First Recorded Sighting
1542 FIRST RECORDED SIGHTING OF MONTEREY BAY Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, a Portuguese navigator sailing for Spain, sights Monterey and names it "Baia de los Pinos," Bay of the Pines.
- monterey
- california
- portugal
- spain
- 1542
Spanish Capital Moves to Monterey
1775 SPANISH CAPITAL MOVES TO MONTEREY The provincial capital moves from Loreto, Mexico to Monterey
- monterey
- california
- mexico
- loreto
- spanish
- 1775
Caribbean town of Cahuita, Costa Rica
This plaque is located in the small village of Cahuita, Costa Rica. It reads: "Cahuita was created in the 19th century with the arrival to our coasts of English-speaking turtle hunters who sailed...
- afro-caribbean
- caribbean
- costa rica
- limon
The Birthplace of Spiritualism
This monument dedicated to the birthplace of spiritualism is in Rochester, N.Y. Stone inscription: The home of the Fox sisters at Hydesville N.Y. The Birthplace of modern Spiritualism March 31,...
Winston Churchill
This statue of Sir Winston Churchill stands outside of Toronto City Hall. According to The Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy, the statue of the prime minister of the...
- winston
- churchill
- winston churchill
- toronto
- ontario
- toronto ontario
- history
- british history
- britain
- england
- london
- sir winston ...
- canada
Tortilla Flat
GRAND PROCRASTINATIONTHIS SIMPLE BRONZE PLAQUEHONORING THE WORK OF JOHNSTEINBECK WAS SCULPTURED IN 1938 BY WILLIAM GORDONHUFF. IT WAS DEDICATED THAT SAME YEAR BY NOTED WESTERNHISTORIAN DR. CHARLES...
- monterey
- california
- steinbeck
- torilla
- beans
- ecv
- 47 years