A Bountiful Place to Live

Recollections of Gardens Past

As a reminder of their homelands, people brought familiar plants to Columbia during the gold rush and in the years that followed. The plants were used to establish family gardens and orchards, providing seasonal vegetables and fruits, ...

WFD Volunteers 1934 - 2000

The value of one's life can be measured by how he or she has added value to the lives of others. In 2003 this statue was dedicated to those who gave freely of their time to serve Westminster Citizens through ...

In Case of Floods ...

Huffman Prairie Flying Field lies to the right of Huffman Dam, the long earthen barrier you see below. The dam is one of five 'retarding basins' built by the Miami Conservancy District after the catastrophic 1913 flood. This dam, along ...

Monitor of Knickerbocker Flat

This monitor used by Louis Dondero Yankee Hill Mining and Gravel 1873 produced one million dollars in gold annually. Largest monitor in Southern Mines. Hydraulic mining was prohibited by legislature in 1906.

Dedicated October 28, 1967

Re-dedicated May 28, 1989. 5994

Matuca Chapter ...

Cow Pasture to Flight School

Look two miles beyond this overlook to see a true cradle of aviation. The flags you see far below outline the pasture that became the first airport in history.

After their success at Kitty Hawk, the Wright brothers returned to Dayton, ...

Battle of Bull Run Bridge

“Let this not become another Bull Run”

In August 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson from the Rappahannock River to keep Gen. John Pope’s and Gen. George B. McClellan’s Union armies from uniting. Jackson marched ...

Lizard Effigy Mound

500-1000 A.D.

These mounds were constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lakeland Avenue and Hudson Avenue, on ...

Dedicated to the Memory of the Unknown Dead

Dedicated to the Memory of

The Unknown Dead

Who Fell During the War of

1861 – 1865

Presented to the Woman’s Relief Corps,

By the Associate Members of

Wadhams Post, No. 49, G.A.R. ...

Ash Fork, Arizona / The Coming of Route “66”

Ash Fork, Arizona

Founded 1882

The Coming of Route “66”

1926

Ash Fork was a junction point of the Old Trails (Route 66) and the Grand Canyon – Nogales Highways (US 89), leading to the southern sections of the state.

Pictured is Lewis Ave. “Route ...

Battle of Bull Run Bridge

Liberia

In Aug. 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson from the Rappahannock River to keep Gen. John Pope’s and Gen. George B. McClellan’s armies from uniting. Jackson marched on Aug. 25, and Lee followed ...