Alameda City Hall
California, Alameda County, AlamedaThis city hall is one of oldest operating city hall buildings in the State of California. It was constructed in 1895 in the Romanesque style and has been in continual...
View ArticleFirst Presbyterian Church
California, Alameda County, AlamedaOrganization of the First Presbyterian Church of Alameda began in 1864. By 1865, the church had 12 charter members. Traveling ministers delivered Sunday sermons until...
View ArticleNimocks Home
California, Orange County, Fountain ValleyMrs. Martha A. Nimocks built a large home here in 1984. She owned 184 acres south of the home. (Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3...
View ArticleJoint Outfall System
California, Orange County, Fountain ValleyCreated in 1923 to serve sanitation needs of Western Orange County. Reorganized into Sanitation Districts in 1954. (Environment • Industry & Commerce)...
View ArticleHorse Ranch
California, Orange County, Fountain ValleyThe property was purchased by Lena and George Titus from an unknown person in 1918. It was later sold in 1945 to people that raised horses. Thus the name...
View ArticleBainbridge House
New Jersey, Mercer County, Princeton1766Bainbridge House158 Nassau Street (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleThe Ringling Brothers of Baraboo
Wisconsin, Sauk County, BarabooThe Ringling family resided in Baraboo for many years. Being of German & French extraction, they literally went from rags to riches while operating their circus out...
View ArticleAmos Chapman
Oklahoma, Dewey County, SeilingFamous Civilian Indian Scout for the U.S. Army, was born in 1839 and died in 1925. He was one of the five survivors of the 1874 Buffalo Wallow Fight, and was awarded the...
View ArticleApache Prisoner-of-War Cemeteries
Oklahoma, Comanche County, Fort SillHere beneath Oklahoma skies far from their native haunts in Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico is the resting place for more than 300 Apaches of the Chiricahua,...
View ArticleApache Indian Cemeteries
Oklahoma, Comanche County, Fort SillThe roll call of chiefs, warriors, army scouts and families buried here include the most famous names in Apache history: Geronimo, whose daring band performed deeds...
View ArticleBranham and Hughes Military Academy
Tennessee, Maury County, Spring HillFounded 1892 as the Campus School, near Vanderbilt University, by William C. Branham and William Hughes. Moved to Spring Hill 1897, and operate as Spring Hill...
View ArticleRoyal Canadian Navy Memorial
France, Basse-Normandie, Calvados, Courseulles-sur-Mer(French) En hommage a tous les morts our disparus de la Marine Royale Canadienne lours du conflit 1939-1945 et de l’Operation Overlord de juin 1944...
View ArticleIn Memory of All Canadian Gunners
France, Basse-Normandie, Calvados, Courseulles-sur-Mer(Two plaques, in English and French) are mounted on the shield of a field gun.) In Memory of All Canadian Gunners who from this place on 6 June...
View ArticleJuno Beach
France, Basse-Normandie, Calvados, Courseulles-sur-Mer(This marker is composted of several pillars (vertical) with text inscribed upon them and several benches (horizontal) with photograph and...
View ArticleCaptain John O'Donnell
Maryland, BaltimoreCaptain John O’Donnell, the founder of the Canton Community, was a man of great vision and accomplishment. He initiated trade between Canton, China and Baltimore in 1785 operating...
View ArticleFort Duffy
Maryland, Cecil County, FrederickstownErected to honor the heroism of the men who so bravely defended Fort Duffy and Fredericktown against the British Fleet May 5, 1813 Colonel Thomas Ward Veazey,...
View ArticleElijah Nicholas "Uncle Nick" Wilson
Wyoming, Teton County, WilsonIn 1889, Uncle Nick joined his older brother Sylvester who brought the first Mormon settlers over Teton Pass into Jackson Hole. It took 14 days for the band to travel 90...
View ArticleGranite Hot Springs Swimming Pool
Wyoming, Teton County, near Hoback JunctionPool constructed in 1933 by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Average Yearly Snowfall 400" Elevation 6987 Water Temp. Summer 93, Winter 112 (Man-Made Features...
View ArticleDaring to Resist
Maryland, Kent County, GeorgetownFrom opposite sides of the Sassafras River local militia fired at British raiders advancing toward Fredericktown and Georgetown May 5-6 , 1813. The militia fought only...
View ArticleSamuel Winstead (1778-1851)
Tennessee, Williamson County, Franklin(side 1) Samuel Winstead, a native of Virginia, came here in 1799. At his death, his $34,000 estate included several tracts of land and 78 slaves. His will granted...
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