The Port Arthur Refinery

The eruption of the Lucas Gusher at the Spindletop oil field in January 1901 established Texas as a major oil source and signaled the beginning of a significant economic boom to the state. The new town of Port Arthur benefited ...

The Funeral of Theodore Roosevelt

January 8, 1919

From this spot the cortege proceeded up the steps on your left to his final resting place on the hill overlooking the bay.

“In the long fight for righteousness the watchword for all of us is spend and ...

Parish Church of St. George, Dorchester

St. George's, an Anglican parish, was erected in 1717. A brick church 50 ft. long and 30 ft. wide with a chancel 15 by 5 feet, begun in August 1719, was enlarged in the 1730's. The tower was built before ...

Birthplace of Kermit the Frog

Leland, Mississippi

Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, grew up and played along Deer Creek during the years 1936-1948, exploring its flora and fauna from here to Stoneville. Sometimes he was joined by his friend, Kermit Scott. These experiences and fond ...

First Site of El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe

Within a year after the opening of the first overland route from Mexico to Alta California, Governor Filipe de Neve authorized the establishment of the first civil settlement in the state on lands including and surrounding the present Civic Center. ...

Licking Township Fallen Firemen

In Memory of

Fallen Firemen

Marker can be reached from Jacksontown Road (Ohio Route 13) 0.1 miles north of Ridgely Tract Road (Ohio Route 308).

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Commemorating the Treaty of Holston

signed by Gov. Wm. Blount and forty one Cherokee Chiefs and Warriors, on the site of the home of Gov. Blount, corner of Hill Ave. and State Street, Knoxville Tenn.

July 2, 1791

Marker can be reached from West Main Street west ...

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial

Tombstone, Arizona

Dedicated May 30, 1887

In Memory of

the Comrades of

Burnside Post

G.A.R.

Marker can be reached from West Allen Street.

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Piedmont Technical College, Edgefield Center

Originally Adams' Warehouse

W.W. Adams, a prosperous Edgefield merchant and longtime Edgefield mayor, built this building in 1907 as a warehouse to serve the needs of cotton founders. The Edgefield Chronicle noted in that year: "The great brick warehouse of Mr. ...

Affair at Cedar Bridge

1776-1783

After searching several days for the notorious Capt. John Bacon, Capt. Richard Shreve of the Burlington County light horse and Capt. Edward Thomas of the Mansfield militia stopped with their men to refresh themselves near here at the Cedar Bridge ...