The Everett Massacre
The Everett Massacre At City Dock, just west of here, on November 5, 1916, a group of Everett citizens, deputized by Sheriff Donald McRae, exchanged gunfire with members of the Industrial Workers...
- unions
- everett
- washington
- wobblies
In Turn Succeeded By Their Children and Grandchidren
BEGINNING IN 1886 AND FOR NEARLY A CENTURY THEREAFTER, MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS AREA, JOINED BY THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND IN TURN SUCCEEDED BY THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, PASSED THIS WAY TO WORK IN...
- fort mill
- springs
- south carolina
- plant
Fun is good
Welcome ... If you NEVER did, you SHOULD These things are FUN, and FUN is good. Dr. Suess Submitted by @joepevans
- scotland
- fun
- seuss
Fred Marino Building
GEORGETOWN HISTORIC SITE FRED MARINO BUILDING BUILT IN 1903 Originally the home of the Palace Bar and Hotel, this apartment block capitalized on its proximity to the Seattle Brewing and Malting Co.
- seattle
- washington
- bar
- brewing
Heros of All Wars
DEDICATED TO AMERICAN HEROS OF ALL WARS BY OAKLAND DETACHMENT MARINE CORPS LEAGUE ARMISTICE DAY 1935
- oakland
- califorinia
- war
- marines
- armistice day
James Knox Polk
HERE STOOD THE HOUSE IN WHICH WAS BORN November 2, 1975 JAMES KNOX POLK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1845 - 1849 ERECTED BY MECKLENBURG CHAPTER DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONS 1904
- charlotte
- north carolina
- polk
- napoleon of ...
- mecklenburg
- knox
James K. Polk
JAMES K. POLK 1795 - 1849 U.S. President, 1845-49. Born nearby in house no longer standing. Land & reconstructed buildings now State Historic Site. Submitted by Linda Nutman
- charlotte
- north carolina
- polk
- napoleon of ...
- knox
General's Highway @ JHH
This is a section of "The General's Highway" Route of General Washington's triumphant journey, December 3-23, 1783, New York to Annapolis, to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the first "American...
- baltimore
- maryland
- washington
- george washington
- resign
Boston Post Road
BOSTON POST ROAD 67 Miles From Boston THIS ROAD IS THE FIRST MAIL ROUTE IN NORTH AMERICA, ESTABLISHED IN 1673 BY KING CHARLES II OF ENGLAND. IN 1767, WHICH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS POSTMASTER...
- brookfield
- ma
- ben franklin
- post
- 1767
First Construction in Metric Units in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON REGION PROVINCIAL CENTER FIRST CONSTRUCTION IN METRIC UNITS IN NEW BRUNSWICK Submitted by @ColliniusRex
- fredericton
- new brunswick
- metric units
- canada
Church Park Auditorium
Established in 1899 Church's Park and Auditorium was the only such facility in the United States owned entirely by a Black man and conducted in the interests of Black people. Standard admission...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Martian Landing Site
![The plaque was dedicated in 1988, for the 50th anniversary of the "War Of The Worlds" radio broadcast. MARTIAN LANDING SITE OCTOBER 30 1938 GROVER'S MILL, NJ [Location approximate]Submitted by @RobMerica](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XbN_2_7XpQ3rAkuJQaFlgBcSpBOSRFngHK3E12b5XvDz0LHTdfTIDx-liZbqMPhovpYEkiLhSxyS9QeQOi2qwWbyxHBx)
The plaque was dedicated in 1988, for the 50th anniversary of the "War Of The Worlds" radio broadcast. MARTIAN LANDING SITE OCTOBER 30 1938 GROVER'S MILL, NJ [Location approximate]Submitted by @RobMerica
- mars
- martians
- war of the worlds
- orson wells
- grover's mill
- new jersey
Annisquam Cotton Mill
1848 1883 MACHINE SHOP ANNISQUAM COTTON MILL THE SHOP SURVIVED THE FIRE WHICH LEFT THE MILL A RUIN FOR 18 YEARS WITH RENOVATION THE SHOP BECAME GEORGE J. TARR 1907 SCHOOL 1989
- school
- machine shop
- cottom mill
- tarr
- rockport
- massachusetts
Pioneer Cemetery
PIONEER CEMETERY Saskatoon's first cemetery was established in 1884, a year after the community was established. It remained in use until 1909 and thereafter only for those who had...
- nutana
- pioneer cemetery
- saskatchewan
- saskatoon
- meewasin
Fort Adair
1E 24FORT ADAIREstablished in 1788, this fort wasused as a depot of supplies forthe Cumberland Guard, the militiaorganization which supplied armedprotection for parties of emigrantsto...
- fort adair
- fountain city
- knoxville
- tennessee
- nashville
- nashborough
Ball Camp
1E 32BALL CAMPAbout 3 miles NW, on Plumb Creek,Nicholas Ball, trapper and LongHunter, established a camp which wasused by westbound emigrants.Several years after founding thiscamp he was killed by...
- nicholas ball
- plumb creek
- 1793
- wells station
- knoxville
- tennessee
Loveville
1E 37LOVEVILLERobertus Love, a companion of Gen.James White, who founded Knoxville,established the village in thisarea in 1797 where he had built afulling mill in 1792. Several ofthe...
- lovell
- knoxville
- tennessee
- 1797
- james white
David Glasgow Farragut
1E 97DAVID GLASGOWFARRAGUT1801-1870A native of Stony Point (Low's Ferry) DavidFarragut moved to New Orleans at the age ofthree. At the age of ten, he began a careerwith the U.S. Navy; ca....
- farragut
- admiral
- navy
- knoxville
- tennessee
- new orleans
- civil war
Fort Dickerson 1E 79
1E 79FORT DICKERSONThis Federal work was a majorfactor in the defense of Knoxvilleagainst Lt. Gen. Longstreet's assaultin November, 1863. The fort andneighboring hills were manned bythe...
- fort dickerson
- civil war
- 1863
- knoxville
- tennessee
- longstreet
Battle of Campbell's Station
1E 73BATTLE OF CAMPBELL'S STATIONThe Federal Gen. Ambrose Burnside,pursued by Gen. James Longstreetfrom Lenoir's Station via Concord,eluded an attempt by Gen. LafayetteMcLaws, C.S.A., coming from...
- civil war
- burnside
- campbell's station
- longstreet
- mclaws
- tennessee
- concord
- knoxville
- 1863