January 23, 2018, 9:18 am
, Mexico.Las Puertas de la Ciudad En este grupo de edificios destacan los muros de contención para modelar el cerro y dar cabida a las construcciones que determinan la circulación a la Plaza Principal. En este segmento nuevamente se . . .
(Anthropology • Architecture • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 9:18 am
, Mexico.Conjunto del Patio Hundido Parece que este conjunto de habitaciones funcionó como un vestibulo de la Plaza Principal ubicada en la parte superior del sitio, ya que cuenta con unas escalinatas monumentales para acceder a . . .
(Anthropology • Architecture • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 9:18 am
, Mexico.Edificios 16 y 16-b El templo 16 es la construcción más grandé e importante del sitio. Su exploración se efectuó en 1984-1985, y se observó en el interior que existieron al menos seis niveles de ocupación y que el edificio . . .
(Anthropology • Architecture • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 10:07 am
Newbern, Virginia.The original reservoir of the first Newbern water works 1870 Restored in 1965 by the Newbern community improvement club Above is a sample of the 1000 feet of original pipe line, which is still in use.
(Industry & Commerce • Landmarks) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 10:20 am
Newbern, Virginia.Erected 1964 On this corner stood the first courthouse of Pulaski County 1839-1893 To the back still stands the old county jail
(Landmarks) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 10:58 am
Indio, California.The Coachella Valley's developing agricultural industry created a need for electric services. Substation were located next to cold storage houses, providing power to preserve the Valley's bountiful produce. In 1943, the . . .
(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 11:45 am
, United Kingdom.Thomas Mellon was born in this cottage on February 3rd, 1813. It was built by his father and uncle a few years earlier "chiefly by the labour of their own hands" and stood on a Twenty-three acre farm cut out of his . . .
(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 12:09 pm
, Sweden.Arkitekt Sven Wallander föreslog 1915 att Kungsgatans östra del skulle få en enhetlig hushöjd med två "skyskrapare" i korsningen vid Malmskillnadsgatan. Denna idé fastställdes i stadsplan 1919. Norra Kungstornet stod efter . . .
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January 23, 2018, 12:15 pm
Sacramento, California.You are standing where the First Transcontinental Railroad in America had its western origin, at Front and K Streets in Sacramento. On January 8, 1863, prominent citizens and railroad founders gathers here for a . . .
(Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 12:43 pm
Indian Wells, California.Eisenhower Mountain towers 1,952 feet above Eldorado Country Club, the oldest residential country club in Indian Wells, and the desert home of President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower. "Ike" and Mamie spent many winters . . .
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January 23, 2018, 12:50 pm
Sacramento, California.Display 1 Sacramento property owners often adorned their buildings with cast-iron columns like these to embellish their structures and refine the city's overall appearance. If you look closely, a decorative column may . . .
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January 23, 2018, 12:58 pm
near Redding, California.A rich area for Native Americans... As far back as 14,000 years ago, the Wintu and other Native American Indians lived in the northern Sacramento Valley and surrounding mountains. The Wintu practiced a lifestyle of hunting, . . .
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January 23, 2018, 1:13 pm
Scranton, Pennsylvania.This monument is erected to honor the memory of the countless thousands of miners and laborers who toiled in the near-by coal mines of Park Place and Bull's Head. Their courage at work and their devotion to their families . . .
(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 1:14 pm
Etna, California.American Legion Perry Harris Post 260 dedicates this Veterans Memorial to the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America 2006 World War I plaque Presented by the Class of 1917 as a . . .
(War, World I • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 1:51 pm
Lodi, California.Sacramento Street from Oak to Elm Streets comprised the business and social center from 1869 - 1919. A C.P.R.R. Co. Depot in Central Mokelumne was built in 1868. S.P.R.R. located a new depot 1/2 block north in 1907. CENTRAL . . .
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January 23, 2018, 1:56 pm
near Beulah, Wyoming.The enormous task of butchering began immediately after the kill. Adult men and women worked in teams to rapidly skin carcasses and begin cutting them into pieces small enough to be carried out of the sinkhole, possibly by . . .
(Animals • Industry & Commerce • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 2:22 pm
near Beulah, Wyoming.Indians used a combination of drivelines, controlled harassment, and decoys to move the herd toward the intended trap. Here at the Vore site, drainages were probably used to keep the herd together and headed in the desired . . .
(Animals • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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January 23, 2018, 2:39 pm
Lodi, California.Designed by architect E.B. Brown and built in 1907 for the Lodi Tokay Carnival, the Arch served as an entrance into Lodi and a symbol of agricultural and commercial growth. Essentially unaltered since construction, the . . .
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January 23, 2018, 2:54 pm
Lodi, California.Built 1907 during the first Tokay Carnival by the public spirited people of Lodi. Rebuilt 1956 during the term of Mayor Willard J Robinson through the efforts of Tokay Arch Committee headed by Albert Nies, chairman. and . . .
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January 23, 2018, 3:04 pm
near Beulah, Wyoming.The Vore site was discovered during the construction of Interstate Highway 90. A crew of archaeologists from the University of Wyoming spent two summers (1970 and 1971) determining the horizontal and vertical extent of the . . .
(Animals • Anthropology • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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