An Incident of the Mexican War

The Army sent from Santa Fe to occupy California was met and defeated by the Mexicans at San Pasquale. The American forces were driven upon a butte in the desert, on which there was no water and there surrounded by ...

Fort Omaha

A military post was first established here in 1868 and named Sherman Barracks after the famous Civil War general, William Tecumseh Sherman. The post's name was soon changed to Omaha Barracks and, in 1878, to Fort Omaha. In 1879, General ...

Miners Foundry – Allans Machine Shop

Founded 1856

This original brick building in continuous usage as a foundry for over 110 years. Famous Pelton Waterwheel developed and manufactured here in 1878. Ingenious double-cupped bucket designed by Lester A. Pelton of Camptonville and Nevada City. It became the ...

Richfield Hotel

Oldest tavern in Richfield; built

by Nathan Dow in 1816, who was

with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga.

First summer guests, 1821, when

board was $1.25 per week.

Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.

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Unicoi County / The Town of Erwin

Unicol County was formed during the Reconstruction era from parts of Washington and Carter counties on March 23, 1875. Representative Alfred A. Taylor introduced a bill in the Tennessee Legislature and insisted that the county's name come from a Cherokee ...

Woodville “The Lime Center of the World” / Maumee and Western Re

Woodville “The Lime Center of the World.” Woodville and the surrounding area is situated in the center of a huge deposit of some of the purest dolomitic limestone in the world. The absence of cracks in the rock stratum and ...

Fortified Hill

Occupied by

Colonel Simcoe’s

Queen Rangers 1779-81.

Marker is at the intersection of Orchard Street and Prospect Street, on the left when traveling east on Orchard Street.

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Flight Memorial

The hundreds of graduates honored here gave their lives in flight while serving the country. Such sacrifices were not imagined at West Point’s founding, yet they forged the spirit of Army Air Service, Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces, United ...

Railroad Shopmen's Strike of 1922

Over 300,000 skilled tradesmen went on strike against US railroads to defend gains by unions during WWI. The Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Altoona led the anti-union opposition. The bitter struggle led to the 1926 Railway Labor Act that upheld unions’ ...

A Midnight Conference

After being driven from the Chancellorsville crossroads by Lee on May 3, 1863, Hooker retreated to a new line of defenses covering U.S. Ford, 3.5 miles to your rear. For two days, Hooker strengthened his defenses and awaited attack. Lee ...