Newmarket Street
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry You are standing on the city walls. Newmarket Street slopes up and over the wall. The street was created in the mid 19th century...
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United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry This gate was built in 1865 on the site of one of the four original entrances to the city. Like Bishop's Gate it had a...
View ArticleMarion County / Wetzel County
West Virginia, Marion County, near MetzMarion County Side A Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia. Named for hero of the Revolution, Gen. Francis Marion. County was home of Francis H. Pierpont,...
View ArticleGold Mountain
California, San Francisco City and County, San FranciscoAs dreams and the spirit of adventure lured “fortune-hunters” from many parts of the world to California during the mid 1800s, so the news spread...
View ArticleChief Little Crow
Minnesota, McLeod County, Hutchinson He fought for the Indian's right to live in peace in this land. Gift · Mr. & Mrs. Les Kouba · 1982 Erected 1937 The red of the sunset upon these waters reminds...
View ArticleThe Walled City
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry If 'stones could speak', what a story they would have to tell. Their voices still echo on the walls and in the city streets....
View ArticleWater Bastion
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Feabhail The river Foyle lapped against the Water Bastion until the late 18th century. The name Foyle probably arose because...
View ArticleShipquay Gate
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry 'A city fit for war and merchandise' In 1600 Elizabeth I of England instructed Sir Henry Docwra to establish and fortify a new...
View ArticleArthur Joyce Lunel Cary
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Novelist was born here (Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
View ArticleDemi-culverin Cannon
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Demi-culverin with Rose and Crown (C12) Bore 4.5", Length 120" Weight 3417lb Cast in 1590 by Thomas Johnston Founder of iron...
View ArticleDay Street Baptist Church
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryOrganized from Bethel Baptist Church, congregation founded 1882 with Rev. George Casby as first minister. Originally met in frame building; fund-raising began for...
View ArticleLoveless School/Henry Allen Loveless
Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery(side 1) Loveless School Montgomery's first junior and senior high schools for African American students began in Loveless School. Built in 1923 and enlarged in...
View ArticleA Minority in Their Homeland / U.S.-Dakota Conflict
Minnesota, Nicollet County, near FairfaxA Minority in Their Homeland For generations, the land stretching out around you was the homeland of the Dakota Indians. Through treaties in 1851, the Dakota...
View ArticleSherman W. White, Jr.
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomerySide 1: Sherman, Sr. and Nettie White lived at this address on W. Jeff Davis Ave. Both teachers, they taught their children Sherman Jr., Willa, James, and Samson...
View ArticleHolt Street Baptist Church
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryCongregation founded by former members of Bethel Baptist Church in 1909. Under leadership of Rev. I.S. Fountain, group met for four years in Labor's Hall, corner...
View ArticleDemi-culverin Cannon
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry John Browne No.1 Demi-culverin (C8) Bore 4.7", Length 98" Weight 3117lb Cast by John Browne possibly at Horsmonden, Kent...
View ArticlePercy Lavon Julian
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryBorn on the west side of Holt Street, April 11, 1899, Percy Lavon Julian entered Depauw University in 1916; graduated in chemistry with Phi Beta Kappa honors....
View ArticleLilly Baptist Church
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryLilly Baptist Church, established November, 1900 as a missionary church of Bethel Missionary Baptist. Originally located on St. Clair Street in a small frame...
View ArticleBethel Missionary Baptist Church
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryOrganized in 1967 as the Second Colored Baptist Church, congregation later changed named to Bethel Missionary Baptist. First building burned in 1908. Rev. E.W....
View ArticleCity of St. Jude/The Selma to Montgomery March
Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery(side 1) City of St. Jude Founded by Father Harold Purcell in the 1930s, the City of St. Jude included church, school, medical facilities, social center and...
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