Historic Byrd Tavern

On this spot stood the historic Byrd Tavern, a famous hostelry in stage coach days.

Marker is at the intersection of Division Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Division Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Norway House & the Birthplace of Alexander Wiley

Built in 1871 by Alexander Wiley Sr. and Nels Elikson, the rooming house over the years was home for hundreds of immigrants, lumber jacks, mill workers, farm hands and log drivers (known as river pigs). In 1887 Wiley Sr. became ...

Pemberton Hall

Built in 1741 by Col. Isaac Handy, planter, lawyer, founder of Salisbury and officer of the local militia during the Revolution. He had operated a lumber business at Handy's Landing at the head of the Wicomico River where in 1732, ...

100 - Pounder Battery - Heaviest and Highest

During an inspection in late April 1863, Brig. Gen. John G. Barnard recommended that a gun be placed at a high point on this crest, "surrounded by a wall of sandbags, and arranged to fire not only on Loudoun Heights ...

Robert Service's Cabin / La cabane de Robert Service

English:

Within 5 years of Robert Service's departure in 1912, the local press referred to his rented cabin as a “shrine”. It became Yukon’s foremost tourist attraction virtually from the day it was abandoned. Maintained, altered and embellished by local service ...

Bow String Arch Truss

Oldest metal bridge in Virginia

This structure was built in 1878 by King Iron and Bridge Co. in Bedford County. It remained in use until 1971. It is the oldest metal bridge in Virginia.

Marker is on Northbound Rest Area (U.S. 81 ...

Jonathan Trumbull

Jonathan Trumbull

Where You Are Standing

From 1768 to 1784

Jonathan Trumbull guides the people of Connecticut

to independence as the colony's Royal Governor.

Governor Trumbull is the only colonial governor

to stand with the patriots during

the American Revolution.

He organizes the energy and ingenuity of her ...

Original Port Columbus Airport Terminal

1929-1958

[Marker Front]:

The original Port Columbus Airport terminal was founded by the people of Columbus and was one of the first airport facilities in the United States. Dedicated on July 8, 1929, Port Columbus was the first transfer point in the ...

U.S. Army of the West — Mormon Battalion

Longest Sustained March in U.S. Military History, 1846-1847.

Between 1846 and 1848, the United States and Mexico went to war. One of the major directives of the United States during this war was to secure its western border and to occupy ...

Blackstone Hotel

The first Art Deco skyscraper in Fort Worth, the Blackstone Hotel was erected in 1929 for wealthy cattleman C. A. “Gus” O'Keefe, who named it after a visit to the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. The St. Louis architectural firm of ...