W. H. Abrams Well No. 1

In 1920, Texas & Pacific Railway official William H. Abrams (1843-1926) of Dallas owned this old plantation land, then considered fit only for pasture. He leased mineral rights to the Texas Company (now Texaco, Inc.), whose drilling reached a climax ...

Johns Street Bridge

Between 1927 and 1999 a 135-foot single-span concrete-encased riveted steel polygonal-chord Pratt pony truss bridge crossed the Little Conemaugh River at this location. First proposed in Henry Hornbostel's 1917 "Comprehensive Plan of Johnstown" the bridge was designed by J.E. Greiner ...

Pennsylvania Railroad Stone Bridge

On May 31, 1889, The main main [sic] thrust of the 30-foot wave from the broken South Fork Dam smashed into the hillside to your left, sparing the PRR stone bridge from its full impact. The bridge held, its arches ...

Mormon Battalion Mustering Grounds

One of the most remarkable infantry marches in American history began here in July 1846 with the mustering of the Mormon Battalion. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) responded to the request from President James ...

Battle of Limestone Station

At a bridge here on September 8, 1863, the 100th Regiment Ohio volunteer infantry engaged more than 1000 of General Alfred E. Jackson's men in a short skirmish. Out of ammunition and surrounded the 100th was forced to surrender. Union ...

Cook's Old Field Cemetery / Copahee Plantation and Hamlin Beach

Cook's Old Field Cemetery

This plantation cemetery predates the American Revolution. It was established by early members of the Hamlin, Hibben and Leland families. James Hibben (d. 1835), one of the founders of Mount Pleasant, is buried here. Generations of ...

Baltimore-Southern Maryland Trunk Line

Baltimore-Southern Maryland Trunk Line

Robert Crain Highway

At this point construction was started 1922.

Marker is at the intersection of Old Crain Highway and Main Street (Maryland Route 725), in the median on Old Crain Highway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Fredericksburg

This landscape, now changed by commercial and residential development, once swarmed with Union soldiers. Forty thousand Northern troops, led by General William B. Franklin, having crossed the Rappahannock River, massed here on the plain south of Fredericksburg. A like number ...

459th Bomb Group (H)

Group Headquarters and Squadrons -

756th, 757th, 758th, 759th.

304th Bombardment Wing (H)

15th Air Force

Cerignola, Italy 1944 - 1945

In memory of the former members

who lost their lives during World War II

and the deceased members of this

association

by the Members - 27 Sept 1986

Courtesy ...

Marlboro Academy

On this site the Marlboro Academy was established in 1835. This began 150 years of education as the Marlboro Academy, The Upper Marlboro High School, and the Upper Marlboro Elementary School.

Marker is at the intersection of Governor Oden Bowie Drive ...