"The Bean Pot"

On June 10, 1865 J.H. Thompson, former POW camp head surgeon, notified the public that Pt. Lookout had been “abandoned”. This notice was published in the St. Mary’s Gazette. The St. Mary’s Beacon newspaper had been seized during the war ...

Platting of Winfield, Kansas

823 Main

This corner marks the spot where in 1869 Colonel E. C. Manning placed the stake from which the City of Winfield was laid out. The first building in Winfield, Colonel Winfield's old log store, stood on this corner. In ...

Portsville United Methodist Church

The roots of local Methodism can be traced to the

late 18th century, when Bishop Francis Asbury and

others visited this area to spread the message of

their faith. By the 1820s there was a growing

movement within the Methodist ...

A Star Spangled Centennial

The Francis Scott Key Tablet above was dedicated as part of the National Star Spangled Banner Centennial celebration in 1914. Designed by Hans Schuler, the bronze shield depicts and American flag and myrtle (symbolic of love and immortality) surrounding a ...

La Temporalité

Le nom de cette rue rappelle l’emplacement du bâtiment de la Temporalité, tribunal des affairs civiles (vols, homicides, coups et blessures) qui permettait à l’évêque, seigneur de la ville, de rendre la justice au nom de son pouvoir temporel.

En ...

Perigord Noir

1943

Dans le bois de Turnac, face a ces rochers, des rèsistants de toutes origines décidèrent de se battre esemble contre l’occupant nazi et, avec l’appui de la population créèrent le premier maquis de Perigord Noir

Souvenons Nous

1943

In ...

Republica Argentina

Administracion de Parques Nacionales

Republica Argentina

Administracion de Parques Nacionales

1876 – 22 – Enero – 1976

1st Centenario del Izamiento del

pabellon nacional en El Lago

Nahuel Huapi por El Perito Doctor

Francisco Pascasio Moreno

English Translation:

Argentina National Parks Administration

1876 - 22 - January - 1976

1st Centennial ...

1996 Olympic Torch Relay

Arkansas City

May 18, 1996

Torch Bearers

Charles Dow, Local Community Hero

Emily Bergkamp • Michael Goff

Amanda Crouse • Shaunta Lolar

Greg Gann • Trisha Morgan

Jenny Graham • Brooke Snowden

Nick Gilliland • Chad Taylor

100th Anniversary of the Olympic Flame

26th Olympiad

Atlanta, Georgia

Gordon-Piatt Energy Group.

Designer and Manufacturer

of ...

Donner Camp Site

On October 28, 1846 the six covered wagons brought west by George and Jacob Donner and their families halted here for repairs. By March of 1847 one half of the party of 22 adults and children had died of starvation ...

Pollard's Station

On this site Joseph Delos Pollard constructed the first resort on the west end of Donner Lake. Between mid 1864 and early 1868 Pollard’s Station on the Dutch Flat and Donner Lake Wagon Road was office to the Pioneer Stage ...