301st Bombardment Group (H)

In Memoriam

To our brave and honored airmen

who made the supreme sacrifice

so this nation would remain free

32nd, 352nd, 353rd, 419th

Combat Squadrons and Support Units

1942 - 1945

Activated 3 Feb 42, Geiger Field, Washington

Deployed to England August, 1942.

Air Strikes in European, African,

Middle East ...

Biltmore House

Designed for George W. Vanderbilt by Richard M. Hunt. Constructed, 1890-1895. Opened to public, 1930. Three miles west.

Marker is at the intersection of McDowell St. (U.S. 25) and Biltmore Estate Drive on McDowell St..

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La Balme Massacre Site

In Memory of

Col. Augustin de La Balme and his

Soldiers who were killed in

Battle with the Miami Indians,

Under Little Turtle, at this place,

November 5th, 1780

Marker is on East de la Balme Road west of South Johnson Road, on the right when ...

Lake Bonneville

20,000 years ago, this land was under water. Not far to the north, you can see the old shore of Lake Bonneville.

Formed in a basin from which no river reached the ocean, this became the largest lake in North ...

“Sixty-Two” Building

1862

Old address 62 So. C Street, this building had two commercial spaces. Moses Wertheimer a German Jewish immigrant owner of a San Francisco cigar factory was in the south half of the building in 1868. It operated until the mid ...

Seabiscuit

1933-1947

Won 1940 Santa Anita Handicap

to become world's greatest

money winner at that time.

Owned by

Charles S. Howard

1877-1950

Marker can be reached from West Huntington Drive, on the left when traveling east.

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The Battle of Spokane Plains

was fought near this spot on

September 5, 1858

in which U.S. troops under command of

Col. George Wright

defeated the allied — Coeur d'Alene

Palouse, and Spokane Indians

Marker is on South Dover Road near U.S. 2, on the right when traveling south.

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Battle of Four Lakes

On this historic ground, Sept. 1, 1858, 700 soldiers under Col Geo. Wright, U.S.A. routed 5,000 allied indians.

Four days later, the rallied hostiles were decisively defeated in a running battle. They sued for mercy, and have ever since maintained lasting ...

Guns of Fort Brady

Union photographers Andrew J. Russell and T.C. Roche arrived south of Richmond in 1865 and recorded some of the most important images of Fort Brady. This view was taken from the parapet behind you and depicts the fort's fighting battery. ...

Choptank River Bridge

Oyster Wars...

The Choptank River Bridge

Prior to the Governor Emerson C. Harrington Bridge which was built over the Great Choptank River in 1935 (the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Kent Island did open until 1947) ferries were used to cross the river. ...