Christopher Columbus

[ east side ]

The Newburgh

Chapter of UNICO

National

October 11, 1992

In celebration of a 500th Anniversary commemorating the vision, courage, determination and voyages of

Christopher

Columbus

And the crews of the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria whose gallantry resulted in the joining of ...

Columbus - A Town Transformed

The view from these 180-foot bluffs has changed significantly in the last several centuries. The Mississippi River has shifted course. Portions of the bluff has crumbled into the river. The bustling town of Columbus, which once lay just beneath these ...

The First Telephone Central Office in Columbus Ohio

Began service here January 1, 1879. It was located on the second floor of the Sessions Building which then stood on this site.

N. C. Kingsbury Chapter No. 2, Telephone Pioneers of America placed this tablet on the 70th anniversary of ...

The History of Columbus, Kentucky

Settlement and Early Growth

The French explorers Marquette and Joliet first explored the area around Columbus in 1673. The French gave Columbus the name "Iron Banks," believing the color of the banks indicated the presence of iron.

In 1783, the Virginia legislature ...

Christopher Columbus

To the memory of Christopher Columbus whose high faith and indominable courage gave to mankind a new world.

Born MCDXXXVI - Died MDIV

Marker is on Columbus Circle, NE.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Columbus

Originally, 1817-21, known as Possum Town. Became one of richest cities in old Black Prairie cotton belt. Home of state's first free school and M.S.C.W.

Marker is on Main Street (Mississippi Route 182) near Old Highway 82W.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Delaware Avenue & Columbus Circle, NE

Historical Information

Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, this was the world's largest train station when it opened - the station and terminal zone originally covered approximately 200 acres and included 75 miles of tracks. For over half a century its ...

Christopher Columbus

[Front of monument]

A

Cristoforo Colombo

ligure immortale

in questa terra

divinata

dal suo genio

gli italiani

eressero

Newark N.J. XII Ottobre

MDCCCCXXVII

[Lower front of monument]

To

Christopher Columbus

Immortal Genoese

Erected by the Italians

in this land

Perceived through his genius

in the year 1492

[Back of monument]

Erected under the auspices of the Guisippe Verdi Society and ...

To Christopher Columbus

The Italians resident in America,

scoffed at before,

during the voyage, menaced,

after it, chained,

as generous as oppressed,

to the world he gave a world.

Joy and Glory

Never utter a more thrilling call

Than that which resounded

From the conquered ocean

In sight of the first American island

Land! ...

Christopher Columbus

1451 – 1506

Dedicated in Honor of Christopher Columbus who had the courage to venture out into uncharted waters and discover America.

Presented to the Borough of North Arlington on October 12, 1992 by the North Arlington Chapter of Unico National on ...