Fire Horses

This tablet is dedicated

to the horses that shared

in valor and devotion

and with mighty speed

bore on the rescue.

Subscribed

under the auspices of the

American Society

for the Prevention

of cruelty to

animals

May 1927

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Riverside Drive and W 100th Street, ...

Airlifter's Memorial

Base

In honor of airlifters past, present and future

Back

This memorial dedicated by members of Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 367 and Noncommissioned Officers Open Mess, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, 12 June 1981

Marker can be reached from Reilly Street 0.1 ...

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Established 1890

Situated on land purchased from Vincente Martinez-Ybor with a donation from Henry Flagler, Father Philippe de Carriere, S.J. purchased this land for the local diocese to minister to the influx of Spanish speaking immigrants. In September 1890 a small ...

24th Regiment Michigan Volunteer Infantry

Iron Brigade

24th Regiment

Michigan Volunteer Infantry

Iron Brigade

of the 496 men who went into

battle on July 1, 1863, 99 answered

roll call here on the morning

of July 2-3, 1863

Marker is at the intersection of Slocum ...

The Capture of Detroit

Confident of victory, General Hull had invaded Canada in July 1812, but failed to take advantage of his early success and the demoralization of the defenders. Fear of the Indians then rallying to the British cause and an inability to ...

Potawatomi Trail of Death

On Sept. 29, 1838, 800 Potawatomi Indians marched through Springfield on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. Although many had died and they faced severe hardship, they were encouraged by Judge Polke and Chief I-o-weh to exhibit pride, so ...

Site of Juana Briones de Miranda Home on Rancho La Purisima Conc

In 1844 Juana de Briones de Miranda, a pioneer Latina property owner, businesswoman and humanitarian, purchased the 4,439 acre Rancho La Purisima Concepcion from Indian grantee Jose Gorgornio. The grant extended two miles south, encompassing Foothill College and most of ...

Geology of Minnesota

Stillwater Region

The site of this tablet marks the northern limit of Lake St. Croix, impounded by the natural dam of sand and gravel, made by the Mississippi where it is joined by the St. Croix River, twenty miles below Stillwater. ...

Madison Farm Complex

1760s - 1840s

In the fields in front of you, archaeologists have found the extremely well-preserved remains of James Madison's plantation farm complex, which served as the hub of the working farm and the home for several generations of field slaves. ...

First Commercially Practicable Integrated Circuit

At this site in 1959, Dr. Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation invented the first integrated circuit that could be produced commercially. Based on “planar” technology, an earlier Fairchild breakthrough, Noyce’s invention consisted of a complete electronic circuit inside a ...