Land of Hope

1893 • 1994

This statue, "Land of Hope," depicts the courageous pioneers who staked their land claim in the "Land Run of the Cherokee Outlet" in 1893. This was created by sculptor, Bernadette Hess Carman, a native daughter, who generously donated ...

McGill House

Built in 1802 by Patrick McGill, this log house one of the oldest surviving homes in the French Creek Valley. McGill was a farmer, organized the first school, and served in the War of 1812. Saegertown was originally known as ...

Oil-Producing Salt Well

Drilled here in 1815 by Samuel Magaw and William Clark to reach brine, a frontier source of salt. When it was deepened by Daniel Shryock to 300 feet in 1819, oil was struck. Because of this unwanted byproduct, the well ...

Garden Hills Historic District

The Garden Hills Historic District is an early 20th-century residential neighborhood located five miles north of the central business district of Atlanta. The roots of this planned community came from the growing use of private automobiles after WWI, allowing citizens ...

The Southwest Boulevard Fire

August 18, 1959

Firefighter Virgil Sams

Captain George Bartels

Firefighter Delbert Stone

Firefighter Neal Owen

Captain Peter Sirna

Civilian Francis J. Toomes

To each who come before this

memorial in remembrance of the final

fire for these six, we pray ...

Flags Flown Over Oklahoma

First Flag

Royal Standard of Spain

Coronado's Expedition

1541

Second Flag

Great Union of Great Britain

Carolina Land Grant

Included Oklahoma

1663

Third Flag

Royal Standard of France

LaSalle Claimed the Territory

Drained by the Mississippi

1682

Fourth Flag

Bourbon Standard

of the Spanish Empire

Ceded by France to Spain,

Treaty of Paris

1763

Fifth Flag

Standard of the

French Republic

Province of ...

Les jardins de la Berbie

Gardens of the Berbie Palace

Entre 1687 et 1703, Hyacinthe Serrori, premier archévêque d’Albi, aménage un lieu d’a rement dans l’ancienne basse cour de Berbie et transforme la muraille en promenoir. La Berbie perd ainsi son côté défensif et la ...

Les berges du Tarn

The Tarn riverbanks

La rive gauche du Tarn correspond à un quartier peuplé dès le Haut Moyen Âge: le secteur des «Combes» .

Ce nom évoque une topographie en forme de gouttière descendant vers le Tarn. Les Combes établissaient un ...

Hôtel de Fenasse

La maison romane ou Hôtel de Fenasse

(XIIe siècle)

Ce bel hôtel de la seconde moitié du XIIe siècle fait partie des quelques édifices civils romans de la région Midi-Pyrénées.

Il appartenait, à l’origine, à une riche famille albigeoise, les Fenasse. Vers 1300, ...

Layton, New Jersey

Layton, once known as Laytons, was originally named Centreville. This village was settled by John Layton in the early 1800's. The first business here was owned by blacksmith Simeon Fisher, followed by Abraham Bell who established a carpenter's shop and ...