Benjamin Patterson Inn

1796 Painted Post Tavern

Built by Chas. Williamson,

Pulteney Land Ass'n Agent-

named in 1976 for the first

innkeeper, Benjamin Patterson.

Marker is at the intersection of West Pulteney Street (State Highway 415) and Wallace Street, on the right when traveling west on West Pulteney ...

First National Bank of El Campo

The First National Bank of El Campo traces its history to the Koch and Poole Mercantile Company. In 1890 El Campo was an exciting new railroad town. Customers left their money in the Koch and Poole safe for protection, and ...

Joe DiMaggio's Birthsite

Old Town Martinez - Site of Historic Interest

Joe DiMaggio was born here 11/25/1914. The 8th of 9 children to parents Giuseppe and Rosalia. Later moved to San Francisco, but returned often to this neighborhood to visit family. The home burned ...

George Washington’s Birthplace

On the ground before you once stood the plantation home of Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. Here, on February 22, 1732, George Washington—farmer, general of the Continental Army, and first president of the United States—was born.

George ...

A Neighborhood Reborn

Logan Circle

The Logan Circle Historic District has a rich history of change. A fashionable, exclusive neighborhood had evolved by the 1870s – home to members of Congress, such as Senator John Logan of Illinois. By the turn of the 20th ...

Fort Winnebago Surgeons' Quarters

Home of Army Surgeons 1834 - 1845

Occupied by Francis LeRoy before 1828

Restored by Wisconsin Society,

Daughters of the American Revolution

1954

Marker can be reached from East Cook Street (State Highway 33) 0.1 miles west of County Highway F, on the left when ...

Cathedral of the Nativity (B.V.M.)

Parent Catholic Parish on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, continuing missions dating back to French Colonial era. First church on this site dedicated 1844. Rebuilt after fire in 1900. Dedicated Cathedral for Diocese of Biloxi 1977. Restored in 1989 after damage ...

"this day being...the 4th of July"

The U.S. Army expedition led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark camped in this vicinity on July 4, 1804. In honor of the nation's 28th birthday, expedition members fired the swivel cannon on the bow of their keelboat once ...

Philip P. Bliss

The great singing evangelist and gospel song writer was born July 9, 1838, in a log house which stood a little distance from here. He lived and worked on the farm and in nearby lumber camps until the age of ...

Strawberry Chapel

Chapel of Ease to St. John's (Biggin's Church), built about 1725 on land bequeathed by James Child, founder at this place, of the Town of Childbury. Strawberry Ferry was established here by Act of Assembly in 1705.

Marker is at the ...