Pittsburg Kansas

Founded in 1876 on lands formerly held by the Cherokee Indian Nation. Pittsburg became an early center for railroads, lead and zinc smelting, coal mining, clay tile and mining machinery manufacturing. The Kansas State Teachers College was established here in ...

5th Special Basic Class

(obverse)

This monument is dedicated to the 5th Special Basic Class comprised entirely of Marines from the ranks and the first to be based at Camp Barrett

26 May 1951 – 8 September 1951

(reverse)

Buried under this monument are samples of soil representing ...

E Clampus Vitus Building

Constructed the year following the great 1875 conflagration, the building had deteriorated in latter-days until all that remained was the front brick façade in 1969. During this year the site was purchased by the Virginia City Chapter of E Clampus ...

St. Peter’s by the Sea

Episcopal Church

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Ocean Avenue and Lake Drive, on the right when traveling north on Ocean Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Battle of Helena

Bloody Fireworks on the Fourth of July

From where you are standing, you would have had a ringside seat for the battle of Helena.

On a brutally hot July 4, 1863, Confederate General Theophilus Holmes launched a three-pronged attack on the ...

First Special Basic Class

We honor the memory of our classmates

of the First Special Basic Class who trained here

October – December 1950 and who gave their lives

for Corps and Country.

Felix W. Goudelock Feb. 2, 1951

William P. Finch Mar. 2, 1951

Cary ...

13th Special Basic Course (1952)

The 13th Special Basic Course (1952) has erected this monument to honor its members who were killed in the Korean War and to remind those who follow us into the ranks of Marine Corps Officers of their awesome responsibility to ...

Reverend Peter Hobart

In grateful memory of Reverend Peter Hobart and that company of English men and women who founded the town of Hingham, landing near this spot in September, 1635

Marker is on North Street near Station Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Carbon County

Formed March 13, 1843 from Northampton and Monroe counties. Carbon is the basic element of this area's rich deposits of anthracite coal. The county seat, incorporated in 1850 as Mauch Chunk, was renamed in 1954 for Jim Thorpe, Indian athlete.

Marker ...

Casa de Tableta

This structure, built by Felix Buelna in the 1850s, served as a gambling retreat and meeting place for Mexican-Californios. It was strategically located on the earliest trail used both by rancheros and American settlers crossing the peninsula to the coast. ...