El Paso's First Newspaper

El Paso Del Norte where the Centuries Meet

El Paso's First Newspaper

Near this spot in 1860, grew a cottonwood tree on whose broad breast were posted many public and private notices. In one of these on August 6th, 1860, Anson Mills ...

First Court of Washington County

On Feb. 23, 1778, 0.6 mile NE at the house of Col. Charles Robertson, Trustee, on the east “east (Catbird) branch of Sinking Creek” was held the First Court of the newly formed County of Washington, North Carolina, with John ...

Robins’ Roost

William T. Graham built this house in 1890. Robert Love Taylor bought it in 1892 and named it. He went from here to his third term as Governor. His brother, Alfred Alexander Taylor, bought it in 1900, living here until ...

Death of Fletcher Webster

On the morning of the 30th, Col. Fletcher Webster wrote his wife:

"If a fight comes off, it will be to-day or to-morrow & will be a most dreadful & decisive one. This may be my last letter, dear love, for ...

Paul Revere House

Paul Revere House

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

this site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1961

Marker is on North ...

Yarborough House

Occupied since 1903 by Charles Richard and Nannie Jane Spear Yarborough and 3 generations of descendants. Birthplace in 1903 of United States Senator Ralph Webster Yarborough.

In this house Charles R. Yarborough, as Justice of the Peace, performed many marriage ...

The Col. Robert Sink Memorial Trail

In Memory of “Col. Bob” Sink, First Commanding Officer of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, July 1942 – December 1945.

Dedicated by the “Five-O-Sinks” The 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment Association, November 4, 2000, at Toccoa, Georgia.

Duty — Honor — Country

Robert F. ...

Signal Lanterns of Paul Revere

The Signal Lanterns of

Paul Revere

displayed in the steeple of this church

April 18, 1775

warned the country of the march

of the British troops to

Lexington and Concord.

Marker is at the intersection of Salem Street and Hull Street, on the right when traveling north ...

The First United States Soldiers to Be Stationed at the Pass of

1848 – 1948

By authority of War Department Orders of

November 7, 1848

The First United States Soldiers

to be stationed at the Pass of the North

Camped in this Area

Regimental Headquarters and Six Companies

of the Third Infantry

Major Jefferson Van Horne Commanding

arrived in El ...

Woodcrest

circa 1901 - 1903

has been placed

on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the

United States Department

of the Interior

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