In Memory of Juanita

The Spanish woman also known as Josefa, was hung off the Jersey Bridge July 5, 1851 a short distance down stream from this spot, for the murder of Frederick Alexander Agustus Cannon.

Cannon and his friends were celebrating Independence Day and ...

Battle of the Lacolle Mill

Here, on 30 March 1814, Major R.B. Handcock and a British garrison of 500 men of the 13th Regiment Royal Marines, Canadian Fencibles, Voltigeurs and Indians withstood an attack by 4,000 American soldiers on the fortified mill. Daunted by their ...

Cambria Iron Company Office

On May 31, 1889, the Cambria Iron Company suffered $3,000,000 in damages to its properties throughout the valley, including this building which housed the main office. Cambria Iron was Johnstown's main industry, so the city waited anxiously to hear if ...

Confederate Memorial Pyramid

[South side]:

Numini et Patri ae Asto

[West side]:

Erected by the Holly-Wood Memorial Association

A.D. 1869

[North side]:

Memoria in Aeterna

[East side]:

To the Confederate Dead

Marker is on Hollywood Cemetery Access Road near South Cherry Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Spirit of the American Doughboy

Belmar World War I Memorial

Dedicated

in honor of those who

entered the service

of their country

from

Belmar, New Jersey

and

in memory of those

who gave their lives

in

the World War.

Presented by

The citizens of Belmar, ...

Site of Home Field of First Pro Baseball Team

The first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, played their home games on this site in a ballpark called Union Grounds. The facility included a main grandstand (nicknamed the “Grand Duchess”), two wings of bleacher seats down ...

149th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Regiment Bucktail Brigade

(Front):149th Pennsylvania Infantry

(1st Reg. Bucktail Brigade)

2d Brig. 3rd Div. 1st Corps.

(Right Side): July 1st. The Regiment held this position from 11:30 a.m. until the Corps retired, resisting several assaults of the enemy, making two successful charges to ...

M. E. Fay House

Built in 1917 for local rancher M.E. Fay, the home was later owned by John and Norma Ellis. John, Norma and their son Darwin owned and operated the Minden Mercantile.

Marker is at the intersection of Esmeralda Avenue and 7th Street, ...

Sandstone Center of the World

The City of Amherst was founded in 1811. Beginning in 1847, Amherst developed and prospered around the sandstone industry and its associated quarries. This sandstone proved to be an important economic blessing to our early settlers and is the foundation ...

The Burning of Nevada

Missouri's Civil War

Nevada City was laid out as Vernon County's seat of government in 1855, and was named for a California town prominent during the Gold Rush. Founding spirit DeWitt C. Hunter had spent some years mining there before returning ...