The San Simon Rest Area - Percy Jones, Jr.

Dedicated to the

Engineering Achievements of

Percy Jones, Jr.

1888 –

Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler ...

The San Simon Rest Area - Percy Jones, Jr.

Dedicated to the

Engineering Achievements of

Percy Jones, Jr.

1888 –

Chief locating engineer who by sheer genius personally located more miles of Arizona highways than any other person. His college training in mining and geology combined with instincts as a pioneer desert traveler ...

John Adams

1735 – 1826

Second President

of the

United States in

whose honor this

Fort was named.

July 4th, 1799

Marker can be reached from Lincoln Drive, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Rio Grande Irrigation Project

To the southeast is the El Paso - Juarez Valley.

Here, and in the adjoining valley north of the pass, agricultural production of cotton and other crops is among the highest on the continent. This is a tribute to the stalwart ...

The Rio Grande Rectification Project

Ahead is the Rio Grande. This great river formed the valley in the vista before you. Its meandering course was established as the boundary between the United States and Mexico by treaty in 1848.

The straight channel in the foreground is ...

Death of Major William Montgomery

The death of

Major William Montgomery

while leading the British

attack on the Fort at

this point.

Sept. 6th 1781

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Park Avenue and Monument Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James M. Hinton House

(Front text)

This is the site of the home of James Miles Hinton (1891-1970), businessman, civil rights pioneer, and minister. Hinton moved to Columbia in 1939 and was elected president of the Columbia branch of the National Association for the ...

William J. Paugh House

The William J. Paugh House, also known as Rosewall, is a very pure example of a Gothic Revival House. The style was most popular during the 1840's and 1850's. It was built in the late 1850's by Charles L. Parish, ...

The Kapa‘a Japanese Stone Lantern (Ishidoro)

Preserving the History of Kapa‘a’s Issei Generation

The 15-foot cast concrete lantern was constructed in 1915 by Kaua‘i’s first generation Japanese immigrants. As a tribute to their homeland, the lantern commemorates the 1912 coronation of Emperor Taisho. An inscription reads: “Great ...

John Gray

Died

March 29, 1868

Aged

104 Y. 2 M. 23 D.

The last of Washington's companions.

The hoary head is a crown of glory.

Dedicated to the memory of

Private John Gray

Ohio's last surviving soldier

of the American Revolution.

He is symbolic of the sacrifices

of the veterans of all ...