Architectural History of the Maryland Agricultural College

The College Park Campus began on this hilltop. In 1856, Charles Benedict Calvert of Riversdale gave 420 acres for the founding of Maryland Agricultural College. The original College building was the Barracks, a beautiful six-story gothic structure completed in 1859 ...

Municipal Ferry Terminal

City of New York   Borough of Manhattan

Erected 1908-1909

by the

Department of Docks & Ferries

during the administration of

George B. McClellan

Mayor

Herman A. Metz   Comptroller

Allen N. Spooner

Commissioner

Denis A. Judge   Deputy Commissioner

Field for Flight

"Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so that we could discover them!!"

Orville Wright, June 7, 1903

Marker can be reached from Wright Brothers National Monument Road.

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Bunlahinch Clapperbridge

Clew Bay Archaeological Trail site 14

Bún na hInes - Bottom of the River Meadow

This clapperbridge is a very unusual feature in the West of Ireland. The word clapper originally meant plank in the Sussex area of England, where there are ...

Fourth Julesburg

In the 1880's, a fourth Julesburg developed at the junction of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Denver Branch of the Union Pacific. Originally known as Denver Junction, the town was soon renamed Julesburg, presumably the last of Jules Beni's namesakes.No ...

Rhoads School

1872 - 1946

Rhoads School completed 1872. Located on the west side of Sheldon Road, now called Sloughhouse Road two miles south of Jackson Road. Replaced first Rhoads School located north side, near levee of Cosumnes River next to Rhoads south ...

Tipton County (Indiana) Veterans Memorial

Tipton County Veterans Memorial

Marker is on East Jefferson Street east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Fort Sedgwick

Due South 1 ¼ Miles is the site of

Established in September, 1864,

as a United States Army Post.

Called Camp Rankin and Post Julesburg

Name changed in November 1865, to

honor General John Sedgwick, who was

killed at Spottsylvania May 9, 1864

The fort protected the ...

Bataan Memorial Trainway

With the arrival of the railroads to El Paso in 1881, the train tracks marked the northern boundary of the city. As El Paso grew, the tracks divided downtown and created a time-consuming barrier for pedestrians and motorists. In the ...

Rockdale Mill

William Murray Dennis entered the Valley of the Koshkonong in 1836 looking for a site to generate water power. The village he platted was called Clinton and later named Rockdale.

Thomas and Nathan G. Van Horn built the first mill dam ...