Westernmost Naval Battle of the Revolution

On 25 February 1779 Col. George Rogers Clark captured Ft. Sackville at Vincennes from the British. About 6 miles west at Pointe Coupee on the Wabash River on 2 March 1779 Capt. Leonard Helm commanding 3 boats and 50 volunteers ...

Florida's First Atlantic to Gulf Railroad

The Florida Railroad Company was incorporated January 8, 1853, with David L. Yulee as president. The line received both federal and state land grants. Despite early financial difficulties, construction was begun from Fernandina, where the main office was located, in ...

Visionaries of the 1960s

George H. Phelps, Jr.

Growing up on South Street near the county courthouse, George Phelps' boyhood dream was to be a police officer. After WWII, Army 1st Lt. Phelps saw his dream come true when County Exective Joseph W. Alton appointed ...

Site of Fredonia

Believed built in 1786 by Thomas Moore, Revolutionary soldier, brigadier general in the War of 1812 and a member of Congress, Fredonia was later owned by Andrew B. Moore, earliest known doctor in this region, and Thomas J. Moore, Confederate ...

Minnie F. Corbitt Memorial Museum

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Here, about 1873, on Lot No. 1, S.J. Henderson built the first residence in Pearson, then the terminus of the Brunswick and Albany R. R. Successively the home of prominent families in early Pearson history, in 1905 it became ...

Camp Ford

stockade prison of Federal soldiers during the Civil War

Marker is on U.S. 271, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Village of Pineville

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Pineville, established in 1793-94, was one of the first planters' retreats in the South. James Sinkler built the first summer house here in 1793. Pineville, named for its "religiously preserved" pines and known for its "sweet and balmy air," ...

The Honolulu Memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the P

In these gardens are recorded

the names of Americans

who gave their lives

in the Service of their Country

and whose earthly resting place

is known only to God

*Indicates Medal Of Honor Award

Marker can be reached from Puowaina Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Fogarty Boat Works

In 1866, three brothers, John, Bartholomew, and Bill Fogarty, settled in Manatee County and established a ship building and coastal trading schooner base on the shore of the Manatee River. In the years before automobiles and railroads, Manatee County and ...

The Manasquan Floodplain

Floodplains – Coastal Habitats

Sediments deposited by the Manasquan River provide moist, fertile soils for plants. Ironwood, ash, and hickory trees flourish. Many of the wildflowers bloom before the tree leaves block the sunlight – producing a striking display of spring ...