George Hill Building, 1897
California, San Diego County, San DiegoThis three-story structure was built to replace the landmark Horton’s Hall, which was partially destroyed by fire. The building was designed for five storerooms...
View ArticleNative American Site 36BV9
Pennsylvania, Beaver County, near IndustryArtifacts covering a span of 8000 to 9000 years were found here by members of the Amockwi Chapter 17 Society for Penna. Archaeology in the 1960s and 1970s....
View ArticlePresidio San Agustín del Tucson
Arizona, Pima County, TucsonFor about 80 years, the adobe walls of the Tucson Presidio protected the residents of the area from attacks by Apache groups, who opposed Spanish and Mexican peoples and...
View ArticleSite of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver County Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Beaver County, near HookstownThe congregation was served by supply ministers from 1784 until the coming of George M. Scott on Sept 14, 1799 he served Mill Creek Church for 40 years and...
View ArticleMansions of Main Avenue
Arizona, Pima County, TucsonFrom the 1860s to the early 1900s, many of the wealthiest families in Tucson built homes along Main Avenue (El Camino Real), from Alameda Street north to 6th Street. "La...
View ArticleSwearingen Cemetery
Pennsylvania, near Hanover TownshipVictims of the last Indian murder in Beaver County are buried here. Samuel Swearingen settled here in 1785 and in 1790 near this site his only daughter Mary, wife of...
View ArticleWhite's Mill
Pennsylvania, Beaver County, near Frankfort SpringsIn 1780 John White ran a grist mill on Raccoon Creek. Water power ran the mill until a 1912 flood destroyed the dam then steam power until 1920....
View ArticleGrandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village
California, Ventura County, Simi ValleyGrandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village This fantastic assemblage is one of California's remarkable Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments. In 1956, Tressa Prisbrey,...
View ArticleRancho Simi (1795)
California, Ventura County, Simi ValleyThis is the site of the headquarters of the Spanish Rancho San Jose de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi. The name derives from "Shimiji," the name of the...
View Article308th Fighter Squadron • 31st Fighter Group
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base In Memory of Those Who Served First U.S. Fighter Group in Combat in ETO 571 Aerial Victories in Group • 33 Aces Top Scoring Ace in Mediterranean...
View ArticleHome of Laura Ingersoll Secord
Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, Queenston[Text inscribed on stone monument]: Home of Laura Ingersoll Secord. [Text on lower plaque]: This stone marker was placed in 1901 by the Women's...
View Article54 Queen Street
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonThe Workshop of Thomas Elfe Erected circa 1760 in the old section of the city. A rare surviving example of its kind containing 4 finely paneled rooms and...
View Article368th Fighter Group
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base In tribute to those who served with the 368th Fighter Group 395th, 396th, 397th Squadrons Nulli Secondus • Second to None World War II European...
View Article405th Fighter Group
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base In Memory of Those Who Served World War II • 1943-1945 509th, 510th, 511th Squadrons Dedicated 28 July 1993 (Air & Space • Patriots &...
View Article410th Bombardment Group (L)
Ohio, Montgomery County, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Headquarters 644th, 645th, 646th, 647th Bombardment Squadrons Douglas A-20 Havoc and Support Units In Honor of the 410th Airmen who so bravely...
View ArticleUSAF Medal of Honor Recipients
California, Santa Barbara County, Vandenberg AFBIn memory of USAF Medal of Honor Recipients World War I 2d Lt. Erwin R. Bleckley - Oct. 6, 1918, Binarville, France • 2d Lt. Harold E. Goettler - Oct. 6,...
View ArticleI.O.O.F. Building, 1882
California, San Diego County, San DiegoA joint effort of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges, this Classical Revival-style building required nearly a decade to complete due to a lack of money and...
View ArticleLaura Secord (1775-1868)
Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, Queenston[English text]: The celebrated heroine of the war of 1812 is a renowned figure in Canadian History. Determined to warn the British of an...
View ArticleThe Founding of Queenston
Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, QueenstonFollowing the loss, after the American Revolution of the Niagara River's east bank, a new portage around Niagara Falls was established in the...
View ArticleThe Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, QueenstonQueenston Heights is part of the Niagara escarpment. A height of land which extends 725 kilometers across Ontario from Niagara Falls to...
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