Southwest Washington, District of Columbia.
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During his United States Supreme Court tenure, Thurgood Marshall resided in Southwest near the waterfront. He was the court's first African American justice and the 96th person to hold this title.
(African Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
During his United States Supreme Court tenure, Thurgood Marshall resided in Southwest near the waterfront. He was the court's first African American justice and the 96th person to hold this title.(African Americans) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In 1848, in the largest recorded escape attempt by slaves in US history, 77 men, women, and children attempted to flee on the 65-foot schooner Pearl, but were recaptured due to opposing winds.
A local favorite, the signature roll was served before meals at Hogate's Seafood Restaurant, a dining landmark of Washington's Southwest Waterfront from 1938 until 2001.
One of a number of landmark businesses that imbued the Southwest Waterfront with industrial character, bustling with commerce, and a frenzy of activity in the 19th century.
Chesterfield Chesterfield established in 1879, is an early Mormon settlement on the Oregon Trail. The town features 23 historic brick buildings built between 1884 and 1904, including the old Chesterfield store. Chesterfield . . . 
Orofino is situated on the north and south banks of the Clearwater River. The area’s mild climate and convenient location made it a thriving Nez Perce village site long before Lewis and Clark stopped here in 1805. Lumberjack . . . 
Imagine this 125-ton carbon-steel turbine spinning at 81.8 revolutions per minute. Picture more than 99.491 gallons of water per second rushing through the intake to spin its heavy blades, which generate 36 megawatts of . . . 
Pickwick Landing Dam Construction: Completed 1938 Dam Height: 34 meters (113 feet) Dam Length: 2,352 meters (7,715 feet) Reservoir Length: 85 kilometers (53 miles) Flood Storage: 516 million cu. m. (675 million cu. yd.) . . . 
The present inlet was formed in 1929 and was widened and stabilized by the Corps of Engineers from 1938-1940. The first three bridges that spanned the inlet were plagued by a series of failures due to environmental and . . . 
Historic Meadows Valley The town of New Meadows is located in a small valley that is filled with memories when logging and ranching was a way of life in the mountains of Central Idaho. Payette Lake This glacial lake was . . . 
Shoshone Shoshone got its start as a mining supply town during Idaho’s silver boom. The town has been a railroad center for south central Idaho. Shoshone has architectural gems including exceptional historic buildings built . . . 
Milford Township Veterans Memorial The seventh township in order of creation, it was erected from St. Clair Township by the Butler County Commissioners on December 2, 1805
Millard Fillmore 1800 1874 13th President of the United States
On July 9, 1946 at 10:30 PM a B-17 "Flying-Fortress" bringing twenty-five servicemen home crashed at this site. No one survived.
Since 1859, The Dalles area Congregationalists have occupied four edifices, three of which were destroyed by fire. The present Tudor Gothic church has served since 1937. The church is distinguished by Tudor arches, Celtic . . . 
Built in 1899 for Alfred S. Bennett, this 2 1/2 story home is the largest, most elaborate and best preserved example of architecture showing the Queen Anne style in The Dalles. Designed by C.H Crandall and built by Hansen . . . 
This 1921 Mission-style building was part of St. Peters Catholic Church. It was the gymnasium and meeting hall of the former Catholic School and often used for dances and meetings of various organizations. A curvilinear . . . 
This Victorian house of Queen Anne and Eastlake motifs is located in the historic center of The Dalles. John L. Thompson, a blacksmith who arrived in The Dalles from Boston in 1869, built the house between 1889 and 1897. It . . . 
Common names for this building include “The Williams 1870 Building” and “The DesRochers Building.” The two-story rectangular brick building received extensive remodeling in 1938, covering or removing the earlier building . . . 
Incorporation of The Dalles under Territorial Government came in 1857, and in 1863 a Charter Amendment provided for a Mayor to replace the City President. The Dalles built this city hall in 1908 at a cost of about $30,000. . . . 
