Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas
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Opened in 1937 at 5th Street (Las Vegas Boulevard) and Garces, the Nevada Motel was the first auto court in Las Vegas to identify itself as a "motel". In its last years in business it operated in conjunction with the Sweetheart Wedding Chapel next door. This sign, dating from around the 1950, was one of several neon signs downtown that immortalized the image of cowboy "Vegas Vic," a character created for the Chamber of Commerce publicity campaign in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Installed as part of the Neon Museum on November 15, 2000.
Owned by the Neon Museum
(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Opened in 1937 at 5th Street (Las Vegas Boulevard) and Garces, the Nevada Motel was the first auto court in Las Vegas to identify itself as a "motel". In its last years in business it operated in conjunction with the Sweetheart Wedding Chapel next door. This sign, dating from around the 1950, was one of several neon signs downtown that immortalized the image of cowboy "Vegas Vic," a character created for the Chamber of Commerce publicity campaign in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Installed as part of the Neon Museum on November 15, 2000.
Owned by the Neon Museum
(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The Flame Restaurant sign was originally installed in 1961 on the roof of the restaurant at #1 Desert Inn Road.
The Chief Hotel Court sign was originally installed around 1940 at the hotel located at 1201 E. Fremont Street. Hotel architect was A. Lacey Worshwick.
Aladdin's Lamp was originally installed in 1966 at the Aladdin Hotel, 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South.
"The settlement of Augusta is of great service
Both the Eastman School of Music and its magnificent Eastman Theater are vivid examples of the extraordinary vision of George Eastman. The school, founded in 1921 as the first professional school of the University of Rochester, is one of the world's best. The theater which opened in 1922 anchors the cultural life of Rochester.
With this marker,
the Town of Irondequoit honors the Seneca People, whose ancient trails cross this land.
We honor
The Keepers of the Western Door
who hunted and fished, lived and planted food here.
To the People of the Great Hill, we say
Nya-weh (thank you).
Second Erie Canal Aqueduct
Over Genesee River - Lower Level
completed in 1842
Outstanding example of Erie Canal Construction and engineering Built in conjunction with the first major improvement and enlargement of the canal
Nathan S. Roberts (1776-1852) Engineer
Dedicated October 26, 1975
(American Society of Civil Engineers)
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
The Erie Canal
Begun at Rome, N.Y., July 4, 1817 - Completed 1825
Benjamin Wright (1770-1842) Chief Engineer
ASCE 1967
Broad Street is built over the way of
The Erie Canal
Which was completed in1825
This section was last used in the season 1919
The canal was an artery carrying life to many communities
The steady flow of commerce from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic strengthened the union
Its persistent impulse enlarged the Village of Rochester into a city and made New York the Empire State
Nearby was the landing place of the packet boats used in transit by many of our New England Pioneers to whom this tablet is dedicated
November 11
The Last General Council of the United States
with the Iroquois Confederacy was held in Canandaigua, and the resultant treaty was signed November 11, 1794, by U.S. Agent Timothy Pickering
The first bridge across the St. Joseph River was built at this place in 1837 at a cost of $2499 and was paid for by popular subscription. The bridge replaced a ferry which had operated here from 1834. First bridge replaced by the red, covered bridge in 1846, an iron truss bridge in 1874, and the present concrete bridge in 1907.
At this site Alanson M. Hurd, a Detroit, Michigan, businessman, built the first successful iron blast furnace in Indiana. The town he platted in 1833 on the south bank of the river was called the St. Joseph Iron Company. On February 17, 1838, the General Assembly incorporated Indiana City on the north side of the river and the St. Joseph Iron Company, with all additions, into one town, Mishawaka.
Mishawaka's first public high school was opened in 1874 with an enrollment of sixty students. Accredited in 1876, the school graduated its first class in June, 1878. The original building was a three-story red brick structure at First and Hill streets. In 1911 a new building was erected one block further south on Hill and facing what is now Lincoln Way West. This present Mishawaka High School was dedicated in the fall of 1924.
Home of Jonathan M. Bennett built 1875 and used as family home until 1922. Given by Mrs. Louis Bennett to county as public library to honor her husband and son. J.M. Bennett (1816 ~ 87) was active in state political and local business affairs in Virginia and West Virginia as was his son Louis (1894 ~ 1918). Grandson Louis (1894 ~ 1918) was killed while serving as a World War I pilot.
British Troops
