World War Memorial
California, Plumas County, QuincyThis tablet erected to honor those Citizens of Plumas County who served their county in time of War (War, World I) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
View ArticleOld Spanish Trail
California, Los Angeles County, San GabrielThe Old Spanish Trail was an historic pack trail connecting Santa Fe to the pueblo of Los Angeles. Travelers from Santa Fe aimed for the San Gabriel Mission...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Mission
California, Los Angeles County, San GabrielSan Gabriel Mission was founded by Fr. Pedro Benito Cambon (statue above right) and Fr. Angel Fernandez de la Somera (state above left) on Sept. 8, 1771 in...
View ArticleThe Lincoln Highway Bridge Rails
Nevada, Washoe, near Verdi These are the first Lincoln Highway bridge rails ever built on the nation's first transcontinental highway. The Abraham Lincoln Highway ran from Times Square, New York, to...
View ArticleTerminal Island Japanese Memorial
California, Los Angeles County, San PedroPanel 1: Terminal Island Memorial From the early 1900s until World War II, the fishing village of "Fish Harbor" on Terminal Island was athriving community of...
View ArticleFur Traders Rendezvous
Utah, Rich County, near Garden CityThe Rocky Mountain Fur Company, headed by Milton G. Sublette, David E. Jackson and Jedediah S. Smith, conducted a fur trading rendezvous in this vicinity in...
View ArticleTatzfuss
Switzerland, Zurich canton, Zurich district, ZurichEin kernbau aus dem 13. Jh. mit davorliegendem hof wurde un 1300 zur gasse hin vergrössert. Im 15. und 16. Jh. Wohnhaus von Zunft - meistern der...
View ArticleThe Baker House
Florida, Pasco County, ElfersSamuel and Elizabeth Pinder Baker built this "Cracker" house in 1882. A sponge hooker of mariner lineage who owned land at Baillie's Bluff, he gave it a nautical touch as...
View ArticlePfeife
Switzerland, Zurich canton, Zurich district, ZurichDer kernbau mit gemauertem, als weinkeller genutzten erdgeschoss und ehemals hölzernen obergeschossen aus dem 12./13. Jh. ist das älteste haus in der...
View ArticleGrosser Widder
Switzerland, Zurich canton, Zurich district, Zurich1357 im steuerrodel als > erwähnt. Dieser familienname Übertragt sich auf das haus und die zunft der metzger, die sich ab 1401 hier versammelt....
View ArticleMarshall County/Ohio County
West Virginia, Marshall County, near Bethlehem Marshall County Formed in 1835 from Ohio. Named for Chief Justice John Marshall. In Marshall County is Grave Creek Mound, first among remains left by the...
View ArticleSt. Marks Lighthouse
Florida, Wakulla County, St. MarksNoted lighthouse builder Winslow Lewis began work on the Saint Marks structure in 1829. Eroding shores forced relocation a short distance inland in 1842 to its present...
View ArticleWest Elfers Cemetery
Florida, Pasco County, near ElfersAs part of the Baillie Settlement, a congregation of Methodists and Baptists established a Union Church and cemetery on this site, ca. 1876. In March 1877, the church...
View ArticleHistoric Shockoe Valley
Virginia, RichmondRichmond is one of the most historic cities in the nation. Captain John Smith was among the first Europeans to visit in 1607, and William Byrd II, the founder of Richmond laid out the...
View ArticleSanta Fe 2546
Missouri, Linn County, Marceline This locomotive is of the "Consolidation" class, having a wheel arrangement 2-8-0. Santa Fe classified it as 2535 series. The wheels are of medium size, indicating that...
View ArticleWalt Disney Post Office
Missouri, Linn County, Marceline After Walt Disney's death in December of 1966, the citizens of Marceline lobbied the United States Postal Department to issue a commemorative stamp to his honor. The...
View ArticleAllen Hotel
Missouri, Linn County, Marceline Constructed in 1906, the building was brand new when Roy Disney remembered the entire family eating out at the Allen Hotel dining room. Roy didn't remember what he had...
View ArticleDisneyland's Midget Autopia
Missouri, Linn County, Marceline Relocated from the Magic Kingdom of Disneyland as a gift to the children of this community from Marceline's favorite sons Walt and Roy Disney Accepted in appreciation...
View ArticleCharleston Naval Hospital Historic District
South Carolina, Charleston County, North CharlestonThe Charleston Naval Hospital Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The 32 buildings and structures that...
View ArticleOld Sam
Michigan, Branch County, Coldwater Hero of the Civil War, a beautiful, powerfully built draft horse, was the only survivor of the two hundred horses assigned to the Loomis battery of Michigan, after...
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