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Upper Quarry Amphitheater

    La Vida

    • roberto castro
    • merrill college

    Japanese Garden Dinner Bay Community Park

      Keokuk Armory Explosion Memorial

      In memory of the 21 persons who perished in an explosion of The National Guard Armory on this site on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965, while attending a square dance of The Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club.

      In memory of the 21 persons who perished in an explosion of The National Guard Armory on this site on Thanksgiving eve Nov. 24, 1965, while attending a square dance of The Swing-Ezy Square Dance Club.

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • disaster
      • square dance

      Conrad Nagel

      Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous silent and sound movie star....

      Conrad Nagel was born in Keokuk, Iowa on March 16, 1897. The son of Frank, a musician, and Frances, a talented singer, it is no surprise Nagel grew up to be a famous silent and sound movie star....

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • entertainment

      Elsa Maxwell

      Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a theater during the opera Mignon. She was raised in San Francisco, California where her father sold insurance and...

      Elsa Maxwell was born May 24, 1883 in Keokuk, Iowa – it is said she was born in a theater during the opera Mignon. She was raised in San Francisco, California where her father sold insurance and...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • entertainment

      Calvary United Methodist Church

      This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's representatives...

      This church was established in 1867 with the help of the Freedman's Aid Society, an organization that provided for the spiritual needs of freed Black slaves. The Society's...

      • louisiana
      • church
      • religion
      • african american

      C.M. Washington High School

      C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named for...

      C.M. Washington High School, the first public high school for African- American students in Thibodaux, was dedicated on December 18, 1950. The school included grades 1-12. It was named...

      • louisiana
      • education
      • african american

      Leonidas Polk

      Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned his...

      Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended the University of North Carolina before receiving an appointment to West Point, from which he graduated in 1827. He soon resigned...

      • louisiana
      • civil war
      • religion

      St. John's Historic Cemetery

      Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block was...

      Once part of Ridgefield Plantation, the land for the Church and Cemetery fronted on the Terrebonne Road - now Jackson Street - connecting Bayous Lafourche and Terrebonne. An entire block...

      • louisiana
      • cemetery
      • thibodaux
      • lafourche parish

      J.C. Hubinger

      Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children. The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in Kentucky and Indiana before...

      Industrialist and philanthropist, John Carl Hubinger was born in New Orleans in 1851, the first of eight children. The family moved north when J.C. was four, living in Kentucky and Indiana before...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • industry

      The Heritage Monument

      This monument honors the brave service and sacrifices of all African-American Veterans and their families from Louisiana and nationwide. It begins with the 1863 Siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana,...

      This monument honors the brave service and sacrifices of all African-American Veterans and their families from Louisiana and nationwide. It begins with the 1863 Siege at Port Hudson, Louisiana,...

      • louisiana
      • african american
      • veteran memorial

      Louisiana Veterans Memorial Park 'Never Forget Garden'

      Dedicated November 11, 2021In commemoration of the centennial ofthe Tomb of the Unknown SoldierA Statewide Volunteer Project byLouisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc.Louisiana Members of American...

      Dedicated November 11, 2021In commemoration of the centennial ofthe Tomb of the Unknown SoldierA Statewide Volunteer Project byLouisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc.Louisiana Members of...

      • louisiana
      • veteran memorial

      Chief Keokuk

      Chief Keokuk was born in 1780 near the present location of Rock Island, Illinois. His tribe, the Sauk Indians, joined with the remnants of the Mesquakie tribe (or Fox Indians) to form a community...

      Chief Keokuk was born in 1780 near the present location of Rock Island, Illinois. His tribe, the Sauk Indians, joined with the remnants of the Mesquakie tribe (or Fox Indians) to form a community...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • native american

      The Hughes Family

      Felix and Jean Hughes moved with their three super achieving children to Keokuk in 1879. Felix served as Mayor, President of the Keokuk and Western Railroad and was a Supreme Court Justice. The...

      Felix and Jean Hughes moved with their three super achieving children to Keokuk in 1879. Felix served as Mayor, President of the Keokuk and Western Railroad and was a Supreme Court Justice....

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • industrialists

      Charlotta Gordon Pyles

      Former slave and celebrated abolitionist, Charlotta Pyles was an outspoken critic of slavery. She was born a slave in Kentucky in 1804. Her father was a mixture of German and African American...

      Former slave and celebrated abolitionist, Charlotta Pyles was an outspoken critic of slavery. She was born a slave in Kentucky in 1804. Her father was a mixture of German and African American...

      • iowa
      • native american
      • abolition

      Annie Wittenmter

      General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army said of Wittenmyer, “No soldier on the firing line gave more heroic service than she did.”Sarah Ann Turner (Annie) was born in Sandy Springs,...

      General Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union Army said of Wittenmyer, “No soldier on the firing line gave more heroic service than she did.”Sarah Ann Turner (Annie) was born in Sandy Springs,...

      • iowa
      • keokuk
      • civil war
      • women

      Brooklyn Heights Historic District / Brooklyn Historical Society

      BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1965...

      BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HISTORIC DISTRICT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • brooklyn heights
      • national par...
      • 1965
      • 1881
      • 1991

      Brooklyn Public Library Prospect Branch (Park Slope Branch)

      BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDED 1897 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROSPECT BRANCH GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK A.D. 1904 CARNEGIE FUND COMMITTEE DAVID A. BOODY DANIEL W....

      BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDED 1897 BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROSPECT BRANCH GIFT OF ANDREW CARNEGIE TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK A.D. 1904 CARNEGIE FUND COMMITTEE DAVID A. BOODY DANIEL...

      • new york
      • brooklyn
      • park slope
      • library
      • brooklyn pub...
      • 1897
      • 1904

      Thomas Demoss Wood

      • semper in an...