British Columbia, Victoria, Esquimalt
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The long naval presence here has produced a unique legacy among defence sites in Canada. From its establishment in 1865 until Britain's Royal Navy withdrew in 1906, Esquimalt served as headquarters of the vast Pacific Station. In the Dockyard, the Admiralty built wooden storehouses and repair shops for the Pacific fleet. Well-crafted brick buildings, many still in use, replaced the original structures in the 1890s. A hospital complex was installed at nearby Pilgrim Cove. Sailors who succumbed to disease or to the hazards of life at sea were buried in the Royal Navy Cemetery. Cole Island, isolated at the northern tip of Esquimalt Harbour, housed gunpowder and high explosives. In 1910, the new Royal Canadian Navy took over the base, eventually expanding the Dockyard and hospital sites to provide training and administrative facilities, and the heavy industrial complexes needed to service the modern Canadian fleet. These sites embody more than a century's evolution of naval defence by British and Canadian forces.
La longue présence de la marine a laissé ici un ensemble unique d'une grande richesse patrimoniale. Après son établissement en 1865 et jusqu'au départ de la Marine royale britannique en 1906, la base d'Esquimalt servit de quartier général pour les opérations dans le Pacifique. Au chantier naval, l'Amirauté avait érigé des magasins et des ateliers en bois pour l'entretien de la flotte. Ils furent remplacés dans les années 1890 par des bâtiments élégants et bien construits en brique. L'hôpital fut installé tout près, à l'anse Pilgrim. Les marins qui y décédaient et ceux qui mouraient en mer étaient enterrés dans le cimetière de la base. L'île Cole, isolée à la pointe nord du port d'Esquimalt, abritait le dépôt de munitions. La nouvelle Marine royale du Canada, qui occupa les lieux dès 1910, ajouta au chantier naval et à l'hôpital des bâtiments destinés à la formation et à l'administration, ainsi que les complexes industriels nécessaires à l'entretien d'une flotte moderne. Tous ces sites illustrent l'évolution de la défense navale par les forces britanniques et canadiennes pendant plus d'un siècle.
(Military) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
The long naval presence here has produced a unique legacy among defence sites in Canada. From its establishment in 1865 until Britain's Royal Navy withdrew in 1906, Esquimalt served as headquarters of the vast Pacific Station. In the Dockyard, the Admiralty built wooden storehouses and repair shops for the Pacific fleet. Well-crafted brick buildings, many still in use, replaced the original structures in the 1890s. A hospital complex was installed at nearby Pilgrim Cove. Sailors who succumbed to disease or to the hazards of life at sea were buried in the Royal Navy Cemetery. Cole Island, isolated at the northern tip of Esquimalt Harbour, housed gunpowder and high explosives. In 1910, the new Royal Canadian Navy took over the base, eventually expanding the Dockyard and hospital sites to provide training and administrative facilities, and the heavy industrial complexes needed to service the modern Canadian fleet. These sites embody more than a century's evolution of naval defence by British and Canadian forces.La longue présence de la marine a laissé ici un ensemble unique d'une grande richesse patrimoniale. Après son établissement en 1865 et jusqu'au départ de la Marine royale britannique en 1906, la base d'Esquimalt servit de quartier général pour les opérations dans le Pacifique. Au chantier naval, l'Amirauté avait érigé des magasins et des ateliers en bois pour l'entretien de la flotte. Ils furent remplacés dans les années 1890 par des bâtiments élégants et bien construits en brique. L'hôpital fut installé tout près, à l'anse Pilgrim. Les marins qui y décédaient et ceux qui mouraient en mer étaient enterrés dans le cimetière de la base. L'île Cole, isolée à la pointe nord du port d'Esquimalt, abritait le dépôt de munitions. La nouvelle Marine royale du Canada, qui occupa les lieux dès 1910, ajouta au chantier naval et à l'hôpital des bâtiments destinés à la formation et à l'administration, ainsi que les complexes industriels nécessaires à l'entretien d'une flotte moderne. Tous ces sites illustrent l'évolution de la défense navale par les forces britanniques et canadiennes pendant plus d'un siècle.
(Military) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.
Back in the 1920s, most people walked or rode a streetcar to go shopping. Then cars became affordable, and people drove everywhere. Soon the shopping center, with free parking, was born. In 1937 Brightwood's "Park and Shop" opened on Georgia Avenue across from this sign.
Palacio de los Capitanes Generales del Reyno de Goathemala
Durante 231 años esta ciudad fue la metropoli de Centro America
I am the Master of my fate / I am the Captain of my soul
You now stand in front of Gary Memorial United Methodist Church, one of the remaining structures built during an era when the mill towns not only produced the commerce of trade, but also developed communities that would shape the lives of generations. This marker is a testament to the history of a small town cradled be the Patapsco River Valley and the people who would come to know its banks as home.
From June to December 1917 members of the National Woman's Party were imprisoned for picketing the White House to publicize the struggle to win the vote for Women. Those incarcerated in the District of Columbia's workhouse in Occoquan, Virginia suffered horrible conditions and mistreatment, including being given rancid, insect-laden food; to protest some went on hunger strikes and were brutally force-fed. The 72 year campaign for women's suffrage ended in 1920 with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A Rutgers athlete and Columbia law graduate, Robeson won renown as a singer and actor. He was a noted interpreter of Negro spirituals. His career suffered because of his political activism, and he lived his last years here in retirement.
Foster M. Voorhees, born in Clinton in 1856, served as the 37th & 39th governor of NJ from 1898 to 1902. After his death in 1927, his farm here became Voorhees Park
Dedicated to the men and women of Lebanon Township who devotedly served their country in time of war.
This stone commemorates Wilson Harbor as a Port of Entry. The early growth of Wilson Harbor was spearheaded by Luther Wilson (first son of our founder Reuben Wilson). In the late 1800's this area contained many boathouses and storehouses, used to store small rowboats and, in later years, early powered launches used for fishing. These boats were also used to ferry people to and from Sunset Island. Summer resort guests, along with local people, would rent rowboats, canoes, fishing poles and bait, after which they would spend a day on the lake or in the harbor. The structure that is now the current Wilson Boat House was built in the early 1900's as a fresh fish market. A large motor launch was used for fishing and to provide ferry service to Sunset Island. It has been added to and remodeled many times over the years and has even survived a fire in the 1950's. - as told by C. F. Horton. Wilson Boathouse & Fish Market circa 1930's.
The original frame house that was constructed on this site appears to have been constructed around 1850. Since about 1885, the first floor of the building was used for a variety of Businesses, including a confectionary, a clothing store, a harness shop & cobbler. The building was used for first floor apartment uses until 1990 when the building was demolished to make way for the addition to the Grangers Mutual Insurance company. The building was later purchased by Burgess and commissioners of Middletown.
In the 1890's Mr. Ezra Minnick, a Well-known county magistrate, operated a little store at this location. In 1917 Mr. Ola E. Fink bought the property and built the present red brick structure where he owned and operated a general store. Sometime in the 1930's, the Gladhill furniture company used the commercial space as their retail showroom. Then in the 1950's the "American Store" (Acme) occupied this site. Later in 1978 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Arnett purchased the building and operated a grocery store for many years.
Looking south, there are several bunkers visible which were used to store the munitions used in training. Buildings to the right of the bunkers were used late in the wartime period for the development of the atomic bombs, Little Boy & Fat Man as well as practice bombs called 'Pumpkins'.
The Crew house and its outbuildings soon became one of the battlefield's most recognizable features. Little is known of the family that lived here during the war other than that they did not remain inside the home during the battle. However, Union soldiers, especially the wounded, sought out its protection. A nearby well proved especially popular, providing cool water to soothe those suffering from thirst. Sadly, many brought here did not survive.
The name "Itasca" was coined specifically from the Latin words "Veritas caput" -- literally meaning "true head" -- by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft in 1832. Led by Ozawindib, an Ojibwe guide who knew the upper reaches of the Mississippi River and its headwaters lakes. Schoolcraft was able to document the true source of America's greatest river, a feat that had eluded many previous explorers, including Zebulon Pike, Lewis Cass, and Giacomo Beltrami.
