George Washington

An authorized cast bronze by the Gorham Foundry from the original by Jean Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) which stands in the State Capitol at Richmond, Virginia. It was purchased by The George Washington University in 1932 on the occasion of ...

First State Capital

Corydon became the first state capital of Indiana in 1816. The first constitution was drawn up and the first sessions of the state legislature and supreme court convened here.

Marker is on Ohio River Scenic Byway (State Highway 62) 0.3 miles ...

Joaquin Murrieta and Murrieta's Well

The legend of Joaquin Murrieta is one of the most enduring and fascinating of chapters in California history. Facts, fiction and romantic tales entangle to create a legend of unique aura that had become part of California's folklore, especially in ...

Inscription Rock

Between three and four hundred years ago, Ohio pre-historic Indians, believed to be of the Erie tribe, pecked numerous inscriptions or pictographs on the top surface of this large native limestone rock. The figures, now nearly obliterated by the elements, ...

Gen. Henry Knox Trail

Through this place passed

General Henry Knox

in the winter of

1775 – 1776

to deliver to

General George Washington

at Cambridge

the train of artillery

from Fort Ticonderoga used

to force the British Army

to evacuate Boston.

Erected by the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts 1927

Marker is at the intersection of Edgell Road ...

Governor's Headquarters

Hendricks House

Home of Governor William Hendricks 1822-1825 while he was Governor of Indiana. Front room was Governor's Headquarters. Hendricks was also Secretary of Constitutional Convention. House wa built 1817 by Davis Floyd, Territorial Auditor and Treasurer and member of Constitutional ...

Hotel Cortez

Alzina DeGroff bought the Vendome Hotel at this site in 1899, renaming it Hotel Orndorff after her first husband. Noted architect Henry C. Trost designed a new building for her, which opened in 1926. Renamed Hotel Cortez in 1935, this ...

Rabun Gap – Nacoochee School

Andrew Jackson Ritchie, 1868 – 1948, Founder

One of Rabun County’s first college graduates, Andrew Jackson Ritchie received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University before returning to his native county to devote his life to the education of the ...

Gen. Henry Knox Trail

Through this place passed

General Henry Knox

in the winter of

1775 – 1776

to deliver to

General George Washington

at Cambridge

the train of artillery

from Fort Ticonderoga used

to force the British Army

to evacuate Boston.

Erected by the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts 1927

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street ...

Peter Caesar Alberti

First Italian settler

landed in N.Y. June 2, 1635

Through the efforts of

John N. LaCorte founder of

the Italian Historical Society

of America

June 2, has been proclaimed

“Alberti Day”

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