Bear Butte

Mountain of Plains Indians

This 4,422 foot high volcanic bubble rises 1,200 feet above the plains, a guide for centuries to Indians, fur traders, soldiers, cowboys, and travelers. It was visited or passed by Verendrye, 1743; Lt. G. K. Warren, 1855; ...

Bath County / Rockbridge County

(East Facing Side):Bath County

Area 545 Square MilesFormed in 1790 from Augusta, Greenbrier, and Botetourt, and probably named for the town of Bath in England. The warm springs and hot springs are in this county.

(West Facing Side):Rockbridge County

Area 616 Square MilesFormed ...

1st Lt Beryl R. Newman

Medal of Honor, W.W. II

Walking straight into the mouth of early death facing superior enemy fire power and while greatly outnumbered, this soldier displayed courage and valor, above and beyond the call of duty. His act of conspicuous gallantry and ...

The Francois Baby House

This house and adjacent farmland were the property of François Baby (1763-1856), first member for Kent in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada (1792-96), militia officer and Assistant Quarter Master General during the War of 1812. When the Americans invaded ...

Beaufort Arsenal

Erected in 1798 and rebuilt in 1852, the Beaufort Arsenal was the home of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, commissioned in 1802, which had its roots in an earlier company organized in 1776 and served valiantly in the Revolutionary War. The ...

Bergamini Building

Built by Maximillian Bergamini in 1905 to replace grocery and notions store that was leveled in block-wide fire of August, 1904.

Historic Marker XII

Martinez Historical Society

October 11, 1997

Marker is on Ferry Street north of Main Street, on the left when traveling ...

Bats on the Move

Bat Migration

From April to October, New Jersey’s bats feed almost exclusively on nocturnal insects, eliminating thousands of mosquitoes and flying pests each night. But when winter comes, most bats migrate to find alternative food sources or hibernation roosts.

New Jersey has ...

Charles Duncombe, M.D. (1787 – 1862)

Dr. Duncombe was the first physician on record to come to Sacramento. A Native of Stanford, Connecticut, he moved to Upper Canada (now Ontario) to become a landowner and member of Parliament. Ontario’s first medical school, the Talbot Dyspensary at ...

Historic Downtown Bristol

Bristol, Tennessee • Virginia

Bristol has long been known as a hub for traditional mountain music. In the summer of 1927, Ralph Peer, a record producer from Victor Talking Machine Company, traveled to Bristol and set up a portable recording studio ...

Burlingame Train Station

"The prettiest station on the line" - S. F. Chronicle, December 10, 1893.

First opened for service October 10, 1894.

Restored June 14, 1986.

Cal Trans - Save our Station Committee - City of Burlingame

100 years of continuous rail service celebrated September 17, ...