Geology of Duluth Harbor

Lake Superior is situated over the Midcontinent Rift, which is a rupture in the North American continent that formed a great rift valley from the Lake Superior region southwest to Kansas about 1.1 billion years ago. For about 20 million ...

Fort Strong

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Strong

Nearby to the north stood Fort Strong, a lunette marking the north end of the Arlington Line constructed in August 1861. It had a perimeter of 318 yards and emplacements for 15 guns.

Marker is at the ...

Order of Daedalians / Fighter Aces Association

Order of Daedalians

The National Fraternity of Military Pilots

Established in 1934 by Army Air Corp pilots who flew in World War I, today the mission of the Order is being perpetuated by pilot officers of all the military services of the ...

Fort Haggerty

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Fort Haggerty

Here beside the Georgetown-Alexandria road stood Fort Haggerty, a small outwork of Fort Corcoran, constructed in May 1861. With a perimeter of 128 yards and emplacements for 4 guns, it was designed to bring under fire ...

Office of the Council of Proprietors and the Surveyor General

Western Division of New Jersey

Founded at London in 1675 by William Penn and Quaker trustees, the proprietors of West Jersey sold shares in land that resulted in rapid development of Burlington starting in 1677.

The council was formed in 1688 ...

Original Federal Boundary Stone North

Original Federal Boundary Stone

District of Columbia

Placed 1791-1792

Protected by Maryland Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1916

Marker can be reached from East-West Highway in Maryland (Route 410) 0.3 miles west of 16th Street (Route 390), on the ...

Battle of Kinston

Harriet's Chapel

The yellow sidebar in the upper left provides a brief background: Late in 1862, Union Gen. John G. Foster’s garrison was well entrenched in New Bern and made several incursions into the countryside. On December 11, Foster led a ...

Original Federal Boundary Stone NE 6

Original Federal Boundary Stone

District of Columbia

Placed 1791–1792

Protected by Livingston Manor Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1916

Marker is at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and 34th Street, on the right when traveling north on Eastern ...

First Baptist Church

1800 Sesquicentennial 1950

On November 26, 1800 the Reverend Henry Holcombe

and fifteen other Baptists organized the Savannah

Baptist Church. As early as 1795 a group of interested

Baptists had erected a house of worship on Franklin

Square where the congregation worshipped for

thirty-three years. The ...

City of Bridges

In the mid-19th century, the Chippewa and Eau Claire Rivers brought people to the confluence but also kept them apart. As settlers arrived, three villages developed where the rivers met. Newcomers had to choose the riverbank where they would live ...