Birds by the Bay

Herons, ducks, and geese gather along the shores and on the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

A Great Blue Heron has caught a fish to eat.

Who is this?

Domesticated geese are not native to this area. They are from Europe and Asia. ...

St. Benedict the Moor School

Located on this site was the former St. Benedict the Moor School, a Catholic school for black children that was one of the most important buildings associated with black history in Tampa. The property was purchased for $600 on March ...

Lure of the Chesapeake

Canvasback ducks float quietly on the water

The hunter waits

Flocks of ducks appear in the sky, cup their wings and drop down to the waiting canvasbacks

The hunter's ploy has worked

For it was not real canvasbacks that lured the ducks but ...

East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Depot

Constructed in 1891 as a union depot for the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad (nicknamed “Tweetsie”) and the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad, the building served as a passenger railway terminal until 1940. From 1912 until 1930, ...

Luxury on the Bay

Listen, and you can almost hear the jazz music and smell the roasting duck.

Edward F. Piersol conceived the idea for the Bayou Hotel and was the first owner. The hotel, considered lavish for a small town was built with field ...

First National Sunday School Convention

This site marks the location of the first National Sunday School Convention October 1832 in the Chatham Street Chapel-Theatre.

This 150th anniversary honors the millions of children and youth whose lives have been nurtured by the educational ministry by the ...

The Alabama Tennessee River Railroad

The Alabama Tennessee River Railroad was chartered by the Alabama legislature in the session of 1836-1837. Work was begun at Selma in 1851 and the rails reached Blue Mountain in 1861. Work was terminated during the War Between the States.

In ...

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 on Main Street (Massachusetts Route 9), ...

General John Tipton

1766 - - 1839

Pioneer Leader

Hero of Tippecanoe

Indian Agent

Statesman

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Centennial Memorial

1816 - - 1916

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

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 W Main ...