The First Campaign

Civil War Begins in the Mountains of (West) Virginia

West Virginia, born of a nation divided, was the setting for the first campaign of America’s Civil War. Although still part of Virginia in1861, many citizens of the west remained loyal ...

The First Police Station

1863 marked the beginning of the first organized Police Force in the city. The council named a captain and three patrolmen to serve from twilight to daybreak. On this site was located the first city Police Station. It contained three ...

First Train Robbery in The West

Jesse James Robberies

Site of the first train robbery in the west. Committed by the notorious Jesse James and his gang of outlaws July 21, 1873

Marker is on County Road G30, on the left when traveling west.

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Site of the First Public School in California

This marks the site of the first

public school in California

Erected in 1847 — Opened April 3, 1848

This commemorative marker was erected

in 1957 by the Grand Lodge of Free

and Accepted Masons of the State of California

The First Soldier to Fall

When General Robert E. Lee’s invading army overran the Union garrison at Winchester, Virginia, on June 15, 1863, elements of the 1st New York “Lincoln” Cavalry covered the retreat. Company C, under Captain William Boyd, continued to harass the Confederates ...

The First Academy of Richmond County

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One block east on Bay Street was opened as a

boys' classicial school on April 12, 1785. Here

President George Washington attended

examinations in 1791. The buildings housed the

General Assembly of Georgia when Augusta

was the capital, the Federal ...

In Memory of the First Settlers of Hartford

In Memory of the First

Settlers of Hartford

Jeremy Adams • Matthew Allyn • Francis Andrews • William Andrews • John Arnold • Andrew Bacon • John Barnard • Thomas Barnes • Robert Bartlett • John Baysey • Thomas Beale • Nathaniel ...

The First Year of the War

"The people for the most part were tongue-tied with terror...overwhelmed with ruin..."

Porte Crayon, war correspondent

April 18, 1861

The armory and arsenal's destruction signaled the beginning of the war and the end of prosperity in Harpers Ferry. On April 18, 1861, the ...

First Battle of the Revolution

[ Rear of Monument ]

Here

was fought the

Battle of

Alamance

between the

British and the

Regulators

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[ Right of Monument ]

Liberty

[ Left of Monument ]

1880

Marker is on North Carolina Route 62 east of Clapp Mill Road, on the left when traveling west.

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The First National Bank No. 2

Erected - 1922

The First National Bank opened for business in this building on October 4, 1923. Designed by the New York form of Mowbray and Uffinger and constructed by the George A. Fuller Co., this six story building was Sanford's ...