Easternmost Point in North America
Submitted by Helen Zaltzman
- canada
- north american
- easterly
First public school in California
THIS MARKS THE SITE OF THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA ERECTED IN 1847 OPENED APRIL 3, 1848 THIS COMMEMORATIVE MARKER WAS ERECTED IN 1957 BY THE GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASON...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- school
- 1847
Edmonton House
Submitted by @YuEuG .
- edmonton
- walter
- canada
Alley Pond Giant
The Alley Pond Giant. Measured in the year 2000 at a height of 133.8 feet with a girth of 18.6 feet, this tulip tree may be the tallest and oldest living organism in the city.
- alley pond giant
- new york
- nyc
- oldest living thing
Santa Barbara -- Puerto Vallarta
SANTA BARBARA - PUERTO VALLARTA SISTER CITIES IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL J. LEMUS M.D. 1918 - 1991 A RECOGNITION OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SHARED HUMANITY
- santa barbara
- california
- puerto vallarta
Boyle and Hooke
In a house on this site between 1655 and 1668 lived Robert Boyle. Here he discovered Boyle's Law and made experiments with an air pump designed by his assistant Robert Hooke, inventor,...
William Stewart Memorial Music Shell
William Stewart Memorial Music Shell This music shell is dedicated to the man who built an unparalleled instrumental music department for the Muskegon Public Schools from 1936 until his death in...
Millstone from the Bates Flour Mill
MILLSTONE FROM THE BATES FLOUR MILL This Limestone Millstone Was Donated To The Dexter Area Historical Society By Erwin and JoAnn Mast SEPTEMBER 14TH 1990 THE BATES MILL SITE: THE SOUTHWEST...
100 Years of Camping on this Site
100 Years of Camping on this Site 1910 – 2010 Beginning in 1910, Lawrence Hall, a Chicago orphanage for boys, operated a summer camp on this site, known as Camp Hardy. The program ended in 1963. ...
Montgomery's Slave Traders
MONTGOMERY'S SLAVE TRADERS Vast plantations with large populations emerged in Alabama's Black Belt beginning in 820. Montgomery's proximity to the Black Belt made the city a center for...
- montgomery
- slavery
- slave traders
- eji
- mississippi
- alabama
Ted Librero
In memory of Theodore "Ted" Librero For His Dedication to Emery Cove February 1938 - October 2002
- emeryville
- california
- bay area
- cove
- emery
Emeryville Peninsula Fire Station
Charles and Frankie Hromada Foyer
THIS GRAND FOYER IS NAMED IN HONOR OF CHARLES AND FRANKIE HROMADA AFTER COMPLETING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN FORESTRY IN 1953 AND MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENTOMOLOGY IN 1954, CHARLIE HROMADA BECAME A...
- charles and ...
- west lafayette
- indiana
- purdue university
- forestry
- entomology
- pest management
- terminix
Purdue University's Gratitude to Mrs. Alice Earl Stuart
THIS TABLET IS ENDURING EVIDENCE OF THE GRATITUDE OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO MRS. ALICE EARL STUART 1850 - 1937 WHOSE FAR-SEEING GENEROSITY MADE POSSIBLE THIS LABORATORY OF APPLIED PHYSICS IN TRIBUTE...
- alice earl stuart
- charles bene...
- purdue university
- west lafayette
- indiana
- laboratory o...
- board of trustees
Thomas Duncan Laboratory
THIS LABORATORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS DUNCAN GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. SCOTLAND. DECEMBER 26, 1865 LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. JANUARY 21, 1929 "MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS" Submitted...
- thomas duncan
- laboratory
- west lafayette
- indiana
- purdue university
Wayne State University
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY Here in the Central High building Completed in 1896 was founded in 1917 Detroit Junior College from which grew a College of Liberal Arts. It united with other...
- university
- central high
- detroit
- wayne
The Montgomery Slave Trade
THE MONTGOMERY SLAVE TRADE Montgomery had grown into one of the most prominent slave trading communities in Alabama by 1860. At the start of the Civil War, the city had a larger slave population...
- montgomery
- slavery
- slave traders
- eji
- mississippi
- alabama
Downieville
DOWNIEVILLE DOWNIEVILLE IS HISTORICALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT & COLORFUL TOWNS OF THE NORTHERN MINES. GOLD DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1848 - 1849. THE SPOT WHERE THE TOWN LATER DEVELOPED...
- downieville
- california
- gold
- ecv
Santa Fe de Toloca
A Spanish Mission was established near here within sight of the Santa Fe River about A.D. 1606 by Franciscan missionaries. The river took its name from the mission, as did the modern town...
- santa fe
- toloca
- la florida
Almost to Cape Horn
Continental DivideMilner Pass elev. 10,759 ft. The "Great Divide" separates drainage to the Atlantic from drainage to the Pacific. It traverses America from Alaska almost to Cape Horn.
- alaska
- cape horn
- miler
- drainage
- divide
- pacific
- atlantic