Battleship Wisconsin: Berthed in Norfolk

the Homeport of Naval History

Redefining the skyline of downtown Norfolk, battleship Wisconsin stands stoically with dominating presence. After months of dredging and construction, Wisconsin majestically slipped into the seemingly tailored berth without a hitch on 7 December 2000—fifty-seven years after ...

Fremont Indiana

Settled in 1834 as Willow Prairie.

Village of Brockville - Platted in 1837.

Post Office and town changed to Fremont in 1848 in honor of John C. Fremont “the Great Pathfinder.” Located on the Vistula Trail, the meeting place for people ...

Communipaw and Lafayette

Henry Hudson’s “Half Moon” anchored off Communipaw in 1609. In 1633 the Dutch West India Company built the first house occupied by “John the Laugher.” A small colony of Dutch houses and farms developed along the shore where water extended ...

Birthplace of “Silicon Valley”

This garage is the birthplace of the world’s first high-technology region, “Silicon Valley.” The idea for such a region originated with Dr. Frederick Terman, a Stanford university professor who encouraged his students to start up their own electronics companies in ...

Henry Clay Frick

In memory of

Henry Clay Frick

1849 - 1919

Native of this District

Coal and Coke Magnate

Ironmaster Capitalist

and Philanthropist who

began his financial

career as a clerk in

a store located in this

building owned and

managed by his uncle

Martin Overholt

This tablet is erected in his honor

Marker is on ...

Farrier Memorial

to the

Volunteer Fireman

of

Jersey City

Erected through the

bequest of

Capt. Frederick T. Farrier

as a token of the friendship

and esteem in which he held

his former associates in the

Volunteer Fire Department.

Edwin M. Farrier

1931 Executor

Marker is on Lincoln Park Road, on the right when traveling west. ...

Trail of Death

About 850 Potawatomi Indians camped here near Williamsport September 14, 1838. Two deaths occurred in the evening. Three chiefs were transported in a jail wagon because they refused to leave their beloved homeland in Indiana.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Old Sites of Mission Santa Clara de Assis

and Old Spanish Bridge

Second Site 1799–1784

Mission

Santa Clara de Asis

Original Site

January 12, 1777

Founded by

the Franciscan Fathers

967 yards north, 334 yards

south of Bayshore Highway

Bridge No. 37–64

Marker is at the intersection of De La Cruz Boulevard and Martin Avemie, on the right when ...

Wyckoff Reformed Church

Built 1806

Once known as the Reformed Dutch Church of Wyckoff, this was the first church to be erected in the Township. It was established by members of Ponds Church at Oakland who lived in this area. They constructed the building ...

Private Tate, Buffalo Soldier

Walter Tate was born nearby in 1854. He

enlisted as a private on 6 May 1879 at Fort

Concho (present-day San Angelo), Texas, in

Company M, 10th Regiment, U. S. Cavalry.

Tate and those who served with him on the

western frontier defended settlements, livestock,

the ...