Farming

Since 1859 Clear Creek has provided water through irrigation ditches to farmers east of Golden. Many such ditches were dug in the 1800s, including the Welch Ditch (originally Vasquez Ditch), Church Ditch (originally Golden City & Ralston Creek Ditch), Agricultural ...

Furnace Creek Ranch, Death Valley

Furnace Creek is a spring fed stream flowing into Death Valley. Native Americans lived here centuries prior to its discovery by lost Forty Niners. In 1881, Aaron Winters found borax nearby, and sold his claims and water rights to William ...

Army of Northern Virginia

General Robert E. Lee commanding

The Army consisted of Three Army Corps

First Corps Lieutenant General James Longstreet

Second Corps Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell

Third Corps Lieutenant General Ambrose P. Hill

Cavalry Division Major General J.E.B. Stuart

July 1. Heth's and Pender's Divisions Hill's Corps ...

Fort Boykin

True Southerners Do and Dare

True Southerners Do and Dare. The 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Directly in front of you is the entrance to Fort Boykin. Originally built in 1623 to protect the colonists against “Spaniards by sea and Indians by land” ...

KFFA 1360 Helena

Sound from the Soil & Soul

The music of the Arkansas Delta is the music of America. With roots in gospel or "church music,"

the blues, jazz, country, and rock n'roll flowed from the rich, fertile landscape bordering the lower Mississippi River ...

Organization of the Christian Church

At “Old Lebanon Church” here, the Christian Church was established under the leadership of James O’Kelly, August, 1794. O’Kelly had withdrawn from the Methodist Church, 1792.

Marker is on Colonial Trail West (Virginia Route 10) north of Rolfe Highway (Virginia Route ...

Polifly Road

Polifly Road, this park’s easterly line, was the first public road on Polifly Ridge, from Rutherford to Hackensack. It was projected in 1682 by Capt. John Berry, then Highway Commissioner, and was laid out in March, 1707.

Hasbrouck Heights was part ...

Fourth Ward School

1876 – 1936

Centennial monument to education and National treasure. Built in the second Empire Style Architecture with state of the art amenities to house 1000 students. Instructed using progressive curriculum and teaching practices. The building represents the importance of public ...

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

It is believed that parishioners of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church were worshiping in a private residence on North Street by 1859. The church eventually moved to a site on Church Street to accommodate the growing congregation. On March 2, ...

A Reflection of Hope

A Monument Established By The Citizens Of Iowa To Honor Iowans Who Served During the Vietnam War These Absent Friends Will Never Be Forgotten

Marker can be reached from E Walnut Street.

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