African Americans And The Boston Saloon

Between 1866 and 1875, a remarkable business thrived directly behind building. Free-born William C. Brown operated his Boston Saloon, serving Virginia City’s African Americans. Archeologists have revealed that Brown offered his customers finely prepared meals with the best cuts of ...

Site of the Home of the Poet Harold Hart Crane

1899 - 1932

[The marker is primarily pictorial in nature, with an image of the house Crane lived in carved into the stone]

1709 E. 115 St., Cleveland, O

Marker is on East 115th Street south of Bellflower Road, on ...

Point of Rocks

Point of Rocks is located two miles south on the Appomattox River. In 1608, Captain John Smith wrote abut this high rock cliff which projected out to the channel of the river. Known to all as Point of Rocks, it ...

Buena Vista Refinery

California Historical Landmark

Eight miles due west of this marker stood one of California's first commercial oil refineries. Between August 1864 and April 1867, approximately 4,000 gallons of illuminating oil produced there was shipped to San Francisco by the Buena Vista ...

Furley Hall

On hill to the north stood the Georgian mansion built c. 1775 by Daniel Bowley II (1745–1807), Baltimore merchant and patriot of the revolution. He was a town commissioner, 1771–1778, and three times a State Senator. In 1814, British soldiers ...

Fort Le Boeuf Memorial

The Judson House, built in 1820, stands on the site of the old French fort. This was the scene of Washington's first public mission.

Marker is on High Street (U.S. 19) south of East 1st Street, on the left when traveling ...

Leland Stanford House

The house originally designed in 1857 by Seth Babson and was purchased by Leland Stanford in 1861. It served as the State Executive Office from 1861 to 1867, before the completion of the State Capital. It was later extensively remodeled ...

Scion of the Charter Oak

In Memory Of

Lewis S. Gannett

Scion Of The

Charter Oak

Dedicated

April 23, 1966

Cornwall

Historical Society

Marker is at the intersection of Pine Street and Bolton Hill Road, on the right when traveling south on Pine Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Eutaw Springs

A Critical Loss of Discipline

" The rich prize within our grasp was lost "

~ Colonel Henry Lee

Late in the battle, American soldiers pushed forward and found themselves in the British camp. Victory was in sight, but the ...

1889 Johnstown Flood Unidentified Dead

In memory of

the unidentified dead

from the flood May 31, 1889

Courtesy hmdb.org