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Olivier Plantation

OLIVIER PLANTATION After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898,...

OLIVIER PLANTATION After starting business in 1898, Jules Olivier built this store in 1908 to serve his growing plantation. Mr. Olivier was commissioned the community's first postmaster in 1898,...

  • lousiana
  • plantation
  • postmaster
  • sugar

In Memory of Lindsay Rehm

    Carol I

    Ruler of the Romania Principalities and King of Romania 1866 - 1881 - 1914 He was enthroned on 10 May 1866. Gained country's independence from the Ottoman Empire on 9 May 1977 then proclaimed...

    Ruler of the Romania Principalities and King of Romania 1866 - 1881 - 1914 He was enthroned on 10 May 1866. Gained country's independence from the Ottoman Empire on 9 May 1977 then...

    • romania
    • ottoman empire
    • 1866
    • 1881
    • 1914

    Calloway County

    Submitted by @HerbertHistory.

    Submitted by @HerbertHistory.

      Spinoza birthplace

      This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...

      This plaque idicates the spot where the philosopher Bendedictus de Spinoza was born in 1632. His most important work was Ethica (Ethics). His ideas of freedom of speach, tolerance and democracy...

      • pliosopher
      • amsterdam
      • birthplace