Hastings
Hastings, Pennsylvania.Named for D.H. Hastings, Former Governor of Pennsylvania Founded 1889 (Government & Politics) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleLibertyville Heritage Area
Libertyville, Illinois.This gazebo, designed in the David Adler tradition is a community project serving as a welcome to the Libertyville heritage area. (Architecture • Parks & Recreational Areas)...
View ArticleUnited States Air Force Civil Engineers
Riverside, Ohio. Dedicated to United States Air Force Civil Engineers Who plan, design, build, protect, recover, and sustain installations and facilities worldwide (Rear of front stone) Air Force Civil...
View ArticleMundy's Corner
Mundys Corner, Pennsylvania.Named for Mundy Family of Pioneers Founded 1921 (Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleSpangler
Spangler, Pennsylvania.Named for Colonel Jackson Spangler Founded 1893 (Military) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View Article"That Others May Live"
Riverside, Ohio. Dedicated to Air and Maintenance Crews who Flew and Maintained the HH-43 and the Ones What Made the Supreme Sacrifice "That Others May Live" And Let Us Never Take Lightly the Freedom...
View ArticleDonald F. Kennedy
Medina, New York.• Mayor/Deputy Mayor • Village Trustee • Local Business Owner Don was a devoted husband and father of six who spent his lifetime committed to improving the Village of Medina. He worked...
View ArticleConair NC-131H Total In-Flight Simulatot (TIFS)
Riverside, Ohio.This one-of-a kind aircraft was created for the US Air Force in the late 1960s by the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory of Buffalo, New York (later the Calspan Corporation). Engineers...
View ArticleBoeing EC-135E ARIA
Riverside, Ohio.During the early 1960s, NASA and the Department of Defense needed a mobile tracking and telemetry platform to support the Apollo space program and other unmanned space flight...
View ArticleBoeing KC-135R Stratotanker
Riverside, Ohio.The KC-135 ranks among the US Air Force's most iconic aircraft. First delivered to the USAF in June 1957, the KC-135 operated for over sixty years as the USAF's principal refueling...
View ArticleMcDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender
Riverside, Ohio.The KC-10A Extender is a US Air Force advanced tanker and cargo aircraft whose primary mission is aerial refueling. Within the same mission, the KC-10 can refuel US and coalition forces...
View ArticleA School for Flyers
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.As soon as the Wrights solved the riddles of how to build a practical flying machine, they stopped test flying here. For the next five years, the world's first...
View ArticleThose Daring Young Men
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.Danger was in the air when daring men began to compete for high-dollar prizes in these new machines. Before 1910, the Wright Brothers themselves had exhibited...
View ArticleA Tough Start after Kitty Hawk
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.The first year at Huffman Prairie Flying Field was filled with frustrations, short flights, and crashes, Fickle winds and the vexing puzzle of how to control the...
View ArticleCanada’s First Victoria Cross
Toronto, Ontario.Born in 1833 a short distance north of this site, Alexander Dunn was educated at Upper Canada College and at Harrow, England. In 1853 he was commissioned Lieutenant in the 11th...
View ArticleAfter the Flood
Dayton, Ohio.The Great Flood of 1913 devastated Dayton's infrastructure more than any of the other floods had done. It left roadways in a state of disrepair and washed away railroad bridges. The Miami...
View ArticleJames Beatty House c. 1870
Thorold, Ontario.Built around 1870, the property surrounding this stately Italianate house was owned by Irish-Born William Beatty Sr. and his eldest son James. One of Thorold's most celebrated...
View ArticleUintah Stake Tabernacle
Vernal, Utah.The Uintah Stake Tabernacle was built from 1898-1907 under the direction of Uintah Stake President Samuel R. Bennion and counselors Reuben S. Collett and James P. Hacking. The architect...
View ArticleSt. Paul's Episcopal Church
Vernal, Utah.Built in 1901, St. Paul's Episcopal Church was the first building constructed in Vernal by the Episcopal Church and the second to be built in the Uintah Basin; the first was the Indian...
View ArticleParks by the River
Dayton, Ohio.Championed by John Patterson, the founder of the National Cash Register Corporation, civic improvement had taken hold in Dayton during the late 19th century. By hiring Frederick Law...
View ArticleBridges Under the Water
Dayton, Ohio.Dayton's rivers have overflowed periodically throughout the city's history, often to devastating effect. Floods have been recorded to have occurred in 1805, 1814, 1828, 1832, 1847, 1866,...
View Article‘The Hiding Place’
, Netherlands.???? De familie Ten Boom bood in dit huis een schuilplaats aan joden en anderen die verdrukt en opgejaagd werden tijdens het nazi-regime. Na verraad werden zij op 28 februari 1944...
View ArticleGaylord Hall
Norman, Oklahoma.Gaylord Hall was completed in the fall of 2004 and became the home of the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Its construction was made possible by a generous gift of...
View ArticleA City Upon Rivers
Dayton, Ohio.Dayton's location at the confluence of the Great Miami, Mad, and Stillwater Rivers has driven the course of its history. Rich alluvial soil made the land near the river banks attractive to...
View ArticleBridges for a New Era
Dayton, Ohio.Between 1903 and 1931, twelve concrete arch bridges were constructed in Dayton. The construction of bridges itself was not new to Dayton, a city located at the confluence of the Great...
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