view gallery |  FIRST - School - PREMIÈRE École - Ottawa, Ontario
in First of its Kind This stone building, erected in 1837, has the distinction of being New Edinburgh's first school. Ce bâtiment en pierre, érigé en 1837, à la particularité d'être la première école de New Edinburgh. posted by: Weathervane location: Ontario, Canada date approved: 7/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Site of the First County Free Library Branch in California - Elk Grove, CA
in First of its Kind A plaque marking the Site of the First County Free Library Branch in California. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 7/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Site of the FIRST President's House - Denton, TX
in First of its Kind A University of North Texas sign stands near the south entrance to Hickory Hall, providing some history of the first "President's House" on the campus, which occupied this site from 1909 to 1956. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Asunción González Vázquez - Ourence,SP
in First of its Kind Asunción González Vázquez was the first victim of gender violence that is documented in the city of Ourense. She was killed in the Praza Maior. posted by: razalas location: Galicia, Spain date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: 8/16/2020 |
view gallery |  FIRST - Military Experience & Arriving and Living before moving to Washington, MO
in First of its Kind Historic marker at the truss bridge over Busch Creek to the Brewery. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Governor of Wisconsin's Gravesite - Lancaster, Wisconsin
in First of its Kind This one-story, wood frame, Gothic Revival building is located at 310 South Jefferson Street in Lancaster, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Historic Marker is located next door in the adjacent cemetery. posted by: iconions location: Wisconsin date approved: 7/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  OLDEST Remaining Building on Campus - Denton, TX
in First of its Kind A 1994 Texas Historical Marker near the cornerstone of Curry Hall on the University of North Texas campus indicates that this 1912 building is the oldest remaining building here, constructed when this was still North Texas State Normal College. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/26/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Train to Arrive in Washington, MO
in First of its Kind Two markers, one for each depot, on this stand by the caboose. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/25/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Native Born Cattle King of Texas - Dallas, TX
in First of its Kind A 1988 Texas Historical Marker in front of the Slaughter mausoleum in Dallas's historic Greenwood Cemetery notes that Colonel C.C. Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/23/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  EARLIEST Dated Headstone in Calvary Cemetery - Dallas, TX
in First of its Kind An interpretive sign at the front of Calvary Cemetery in Uptown Dallas notes that while there might be earlier burials, the earliest dated headstone that survives belongs to P.T. Clark, who was buried here in 1877. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/23/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Dormitory on Campus - Denton, TX
in First of its Kind A sign at the eastern approach to Marquis Hall notes its construction in 1935 to be the first dormitory at North Texas State Teachers College, today's University of North Texas. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/23/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Board of Trustees - Washington, MO
in First of its Kind Next to new train depot in Railroad Heritage Park posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/22/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Experience with Camels - Lillooet, British Columbia
in First of its Kind The plaque on this cairn commemorates the first experience with having camels carry loaded packs of supplies from Lillooet to the upper Cariboo. The experiment failed, however, when horses, domestic animals and humans were afraid of the camels. posted by: Weathervane location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/16/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First - White Man to Explore Region of Wyoming - New Haven, MO
in First of its Kind Since he died near here, and had a farm near here, this town hold John Colter dear. He was a soldier with an enlistment, the enlistments for the "Corps" was "duration", also served in the Missouri Rangers during the War of 1812. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/15/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Of the Mountain men - Boeuf Creek, MO
in First of its Kind He left Lewis & Clark and fur trapped the mountains...founded "Colter's Hell" - today's Yellowstone Park posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Burial in New Haven Cemetery - Red River County, TX
in First of its Kind Both a 1984 Texas Historical Marker and George Rolston's own modern headstone indicate that his was the first burial in New Haven Cemetery, back in 1859. The cemetery is on FM 2120, a little west of Dimple in rural Red River County, TX. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/12/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Known Burial in Stone's Chapel Cemetery - Red River County, TX
in First of its Kind A 2002 Texas Historical Marker at Stone's Chapel Cemetery indicates that the first known burial here was that of minister Amos M. Stone back in 1862. This cemetery is a relic of the old Cherry community, northwest of Clarksville, TX on CR 2283. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/11/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Significant Combat in County, Occupation of Fulton, MO
in First of its Kind First Company of Callaway Guards, Tasting first combat, posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/9/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Hooters Restaurant
in First of its Kind The worlds first Hooters restaurant in Clearwater Florida. posted by: TheBrowns! location: Florida date approved: 7/7/2020 last visited: 7/24/2020 |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Greek Orthodox Church Built in the DC Metro Area - Washington, DC
in First of its Kind A dual sided District of Columbia historical marker in downtown DC, near Mount Vernon Square and the Washington Convention Center. posted by: bluesnote location: District of Columbia date approved: 7/7/2020 last visited: 7/7/2020 |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Greek Orthodox Church Service in DC - Washington, DC
in First of its Kind A dual sided District of Columbia historical marker in downtown DC, near Mount Vernon Square and the Washington Convention Center. posted by: bluesnote location: District of Columbia date approved: 7/7/2020 last visited: 7/7/2020 |
view gallery |  First - Lending Library in Fairfax County - Herndon, Virginia
in First of its Kind This building was originally built for the Fortnightly Club, but it is now used as a Quaker Meeting House. posted by: flyingmoose location: Virginia date approved: 7/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - President of the Confederate States - Fulton, MO
in First of its Kind Jefferson Davis, was, and is the only one... posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 7/7/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - American Military in Whitehorse - Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
in First of its Kind The information panel related to the arrival of the first American Military in Whitehorse for the construction of the Alaska Highway, is mounted on the front of the White Pass and Yukon Route building, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. posted by: Weathervane location: Yukon Territory, Canada date approved: 7/3/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Burials in Eureka Cemetery - Itasca, TX
in First of its Kind A 2009 Texas Historical Marker at Eureka Cemetery, on FM 3147 just a bit south of Itasca, provides some background about not only the first burial according to "oral tradition", but also for the first documented burial in the cemetery. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 7/3/2020 last visited: never |
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