West of This Point is the California Aqueduct

West of this point is the California Aqueduct which parallels Interstate Highway 5 for about 250 miles in the San Joaquin Valley. The aqueduct is a major part of the California State Water Project operated by the State Department of ...

West Point Monument

Norfolk's Civil War African American Heritage

The memorial before you, the West Point Monument, was built in 1909 as a tribute to African American veterans of the Civil War and Spanish-American War. James A. Fuller, a former slave and veteran of ...

Fortress West Point

Elevations in Feet

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West Point Monument at Elmwood Cemetery

In the Memory of Our Heroes, 1861 - 1865

Erected by the Norfolk Memorial Association in the memory of our heroes, 1861 - 1865

Marker can be reached from East Princess Anne Road.

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Battle of West Point

April 16, 1865

800 yds. Northwest is the site of Fort Tyler ~ last Confederate fort to fall in the War Between the States. A force of Union cavalry captured Fort Tyler after an 8 hour siege.

19 Confederate engines and ...

West Point Benches

These benches

are presented to

our Alma Mater with gratitude

for the past, and to the

United States Corps of Cadets

with high expectations for the future

The Class of 1934

1984

Marker is on Cullum Road near Thayer Road, on the right when traveling north.

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West Point Truce Line

Waiting, Looting, and Shooting

(Preface) The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the “March to the Sea.” Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...

West Point Bicentennial

1802 – 2002

In Commemoration of

the 200th anniversary of

the Founding of

the United States Military Academy

at

West Point

Presented by the

Association of Graduates

16 March 2002

Marker is on Thayer Road, on the right when traveling north.

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West Point

Named by famous scout Kit Carson while searching for pass over Sierras. One emigrant road forked at Big Meadows, and north branch came directly to West Point. A thriving trading post prior to gold discovery. Bret Harte, famous author, lived ...

Old West Point Gates

This gate, and the cemetery gate further along Washington Road, were the main gates to West Point during the last half of the nineteenth century. These intricately detailed cast iron gates and posts are rare survivors of early exterior decorative ...