North West Corner of Original Presidio

This Tablet Marks

the North West Corner

of the Original Presidio

of San Francisco

Founded

by the Spaniards

Under Lieutenant Moraga

September 17, 1767

Marker is on Graham Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Founding of the Dutch Church

In 1665, a small group of the first Dutch settlers to come to the shores of this island banded together for the worship of Almighty God. Through three centuries faithful men and women have continued this ministry to the community, ...

Battle Between Confederate Gunboats and Union Field Artillery

(December 12, 1864)

In December, 1864, was fought on the Savannah River near here one of the few battles in which Confederate gunboats and Union field artillery were engaged against each other.

Colerain Plantation, as these lands were then known, had been ...

The Centreville Confederate Military Railroad

These are the remains of the Centreville Confederate Military Railroad built in the fall and early winter of 1861 for the purpose of transporting supplies to the field armies of Generals Pierre G. T. Beauregard and Joseph Johnston. The railroad ...

The Freedom Tree

With the vision of universal freedom

for all mankind

this tree is dedicated to

Capt. Alan Trent

and all

Prisoners of War

and

Missing in Action

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street NW and Paige Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street NW. ...

The Old Fisk Building

One of the pioneer structures in Murphys, built after the great fire of 1859 by Freeman Dunbar and Company and called Union Saloon and Bowling Alley. It was operated in the 1870’s by W.C. Crispin, and in the 1880’s by ...

The Battle of Point Pleasant

The Chief Event of Lord Dunmore's War

[Front Plaque, Facing East]

This monument was erected in the year 1909 in commemoration of the Battle of Point Pleasant, fought at the mouth of the Great Kanawha River, now in West Virginia, October 10, ...

George P. Hoffman House

(Front text)

This house was built ca. 1855 for George P. Hoffman (1829-1902), a native of N.C. Hoffman ran a nearby sawmill and became the first postmaster of Doko (as Blythewood was first known) in 1856. This area was part ...

Josef Charvát

In Czech:

V tomto dom? žil a zem?el

Profesor

MuDr. Josef Charvát

1897-1984

Zakladatel ?eské Endocrinologie

Translated, the marker reads:

In this house lived and died

Professor

Dr. Josef Charvát

1897-1984

founder of Czech Endocrinology.

Marker is on Ostrovni west of Divadelní, on the right when traveling west.

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First Baptist Church of Texas City

On March 16, 1905, five Texas City residents met for worship and Bible study. The Rev. D.L. Griffith assisted them in founding Texas City's First Baptist Church. The Rev. W.C. Ponder served as pastor for the first decade, during which ...