Burholme World War I Memorial

To honor the

valiant sons of Burholme

and all others who served

their country in the

World War

1917 - 1918

J. George Herrmann

Emmett G. Laub

[Died in service]

Marker is at the intersection of Oxford Avenue (Pennsylvania ...

Rasmus Björn Anderson

Teacher • Author • Diplomat

Born of Norwegian parents in town of Albion, January 12, 1846

Member of the University faculty 1869-1883

United States Minister to Denmark 1885-1889

Died in Madison, Wisconsin, March 2, 1936

First Wisconsin-born professor on the University faculty

First professor of Norwegian ...

Francisco Solano Alviso Adobe

This building, erected in 1844-46 by Francisco Solano Alviso, was the first adobe house to be built in the Pleasanton Valley. It was originally called Alisal-The Sycamores. Following the Battle of Sunol Canyon, General John C. Frémont withdrew to this ...

Indian Quarters / Habitaciones de los Indios

In the early years, mission Indians lived in small detached houses called jacales. In 1755, eighty-four of these jacales lined "streets" in what is today the plaza. But after 1768, as conflicts with Apaches and Comanches increased, the mission was ...

The First African Baptist Church

of North America

The oldest Black Congregation in North America began in 1773. May 20, 1775 the church was born with Rev. George Leile as its pastor; and constituted January 20, 1788 with Rev. Andrew Bryan, Pastor.

( Plaque 2 )

To ...

Dublin Millenium Literary Parade

988 - 1988

One of Dublin's major contributions to European

civilisation has been in the area of

literature. It is remarkable that so many

writers of world renown were born here

including three winners of the Nobel Prize

for Literature. This Literary Parade honours

some of our ...

Scarsdale Bicentennial Time Capsule

Bicentennial Time Capsule

On 7 March, 1788, under enactment of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, that portion of the County of Westchester called the Manor of Scarsdale was erected into a town, by the name of ...

Northumberland County / Westmoreland County

Northumberland County. Area 205 square miles. Originally an Indian district called Chicacoan. In 1648 it became Northumberland County, named for an English county. The mouth of the Potomac River is here.

Westmoreland County. Area 252 square miles. Formed in 1653 from ...

Survey by Major Erskine of Morristown

By Order of General Washington 1779

Court St. is now Park Place

Bridge Street is now Speedwell Ave.

Basking Ridge Road is now Bank St.

Jockey Hollow Road is now Washington St.

Marker can be reached from N Park Place, on the left when traveling ...

Frostburg

The National Road, Coal and Fancy Hotels

The National Road has sustained Frostburg

for almost two centuries. As the road was

being surveyed in 1811, Josiah Frost began

laying out lots. Businesses, serving passing

stagecoaches and wagons, soon lined a