view gallery |  FIRST Lutheran Church in Austin -- Austin TX
in First of its Kind Gethsemane Church is not only the first Lutheran Church in Austin, it is also the first Swedish Lutheran church in the United States. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 5/21/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Women's College Club in the United States - Boston, MA, USA
in First of its Kind Founded in 1890, The College Club, which is a private membership organization, was the first women's college club in the United States. It is located in the historic Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts. posted by: Chasing Blue Sky location: Massachusetts date approved: 5/21/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Hotel to Bear Conrad Hilton's Name - Dallas, TX
in First of its Kind Just inside the Harwood St entrance to the Hotel Indigo, Dallas, TX, this Texas Historical Marker commemorates this hotel as the very first to bear the Hilton name. This was also his first high-rise hotel. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/20/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Production of Dallas's FIRST Bottle of Coca-Cola - Dallas, TX
in First of its Kind A Texas Historical Marker at 2628 Elm Street, in Dallas's Deep Ellum, commemorates this as the site where the city's first bottle of Coca-Cola was produced in 1902. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/20/2013 last visited: 5/20/2013 |
view gallery |  FIRST - Chain Store in California - Denny Bar Company - Yreka, CA
in First of its Kind The historical marker is located in front of the Masonic Hall Building on historic Miner Street in downtown Yreka, CA and notes this building's FIRST-ever accomplishment. posted by: thebeav69 location: California date approved: 5/20/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Classes of the University of Texas Law School, Austin TX
in First of its Kind A historic marker at the spot where the first classes of the University of Texas Law School were held back in 1883. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 5/19/2013 last visited: 4/14/2013 |
view gallery |  FIRST - Round Trip Flight Across the English Channel - Marine Parade, Dover, Kent, UK
in First of its Kind The statue, at this location, is of Charles Stewart Rolls of Rolls Royce fame. The plaque, on the pedestal of the statue, tells about this "First". posted by: Master Mariner location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 5/17/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  John Keenan - FIRST Settler Child Born in Dallas County - Farmers Branch, TX
in First of its Kind A Texas Historical Marker at the grave of John Keenan indicates that he was the first settler child born in the area that is now Dallas County, TX. Unfortunately, he is also the first burial in Keenan Cemetery, Farmers Branch, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 5/15/2013 last visited: 5/15/2013 |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Lampasas TX
in First of its Kind One of 9 -- NINE -- historic markers on the lawn of the Lampasas County Courthouse describes the first meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT), the former custodians of the Alamo posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 5/15/2013 last visited: 4/14/2013 |
view gallery |  FIRST Vision Lampasas Community Mural -- Lampasas TX
in First of its Kind The first community mural project in Lampasas celebrates the city's connection to the cowboy boot-making tradition and boot-wearing tradition here. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 5/15/2013 last visited: 4/14/2013 |
view gallery |  First - Oil Well in Huntington Beach - Discovery Well
in First of its Kind A plaque commemorating the first oil well - the Discovery Well - where oil was found in Huntington Beach. posted by: senoritafish location: California date approved: 5/15/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Church in Cullman, AL - Cullman, AL
in First of its Kind St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church was the first church established at the town site of Cullman. posted by: hummerstation location: Alabama date approved: 5/11/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First-Ever First Minister of Scotland: Donald Dewar, Glasgow, UK
in First of its Kind Monument to Donald Dewar in front of Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. posted by: haggaeus location: Southern Scotland, United Kingdom date approved: 5/9/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - North American Christian Indian - St George's Church, Church Street, Gravesend, Kent, UK
in First of its Kind An information board, in Princess Pocahontas Gardens at St George's church in Gravesend, state that Princess Pocahontas was the first North American Indian. posted by: Master Mariner location: South East England, United Kingdom date approved: 5/6/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST School Teacher in OKC (Celene Gray Reed) - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
in First of its Kind Headstone for Oklahoma's first school teacher posted by: Max and 99 location: Oklahoma date approved: 5/5/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Woman Settler of Willow Bend
in First of its Kind Julia Everett Curtis was the first woman settler in the pioneer town of Willolw Bend (now Aurora), Utah. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 5/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Department Store in America
in First of its Kind The Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), founded by the Mormon Church in 1868, was America's first chain of department stores. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 5/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Department Store in America
in First of its Kind The Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI), founded by the Mormon Church in 1868, was America's first chain of department stores. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 5/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Protestant Church Building Constructed in Magna
in First of its Kind The Magna Community Baptist Church is the first and only Protestant church building constructed in Magna. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 5/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Langstrecken Segelflug
in First of its Kind DE: Hier startete der erste Langstrecken-Segelflug. | EN: Here the first long distances-sail flight started. posted by: 00M location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany date approved: 5/4/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Discovery of Quinine by Pelletier and Caventou - Paris, France
in First of its Kind A monument east of the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, France honors Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaimé Caventou for the first discovery (extraction, isolation, purification and naming) of quinine. posted by: neoc1 location: Île-de-France, France date approved: 5/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Flight of Prototype UH-1 Helicopter
in First of its Kind The prototype of the Bell UH-1 "Iroquois" helicopter first flew in October of 1956. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 5/2/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST demonstration of electric lights -- 400 Douglas St., Wichita KS
in First of its Kind A plaque installed by the Wichita Rotary Club commemorates some oddball history at corner of E Douglas St and S Topeka Ave in downtown Wichita. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Kansas date approved: 5/1/2013 last visited: 3/16/2013 |
view gallery |  First Flight of North American B-25J "Mitchell" Bomber
in First of its Kind The original B-25 for the U.S. Army made its maiden flight on August 19, 1940. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 4/30/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First Flight of Prototype Northrup T-38A "Talon"
in First of its Kind The T-38A prototype first flew on 10 April 1959. posted by: brwhiz location: Utah date approved: 4/30/2013 last visited: never |
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