Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad

Ohio Historical Marker

This rail line was the original route of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, the first railroad to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. The train made its initial run on October 3, 1836 from Toledo to Adrian, a ...

Riverside Park

Land for this park was donated to the city in 1893. The park formerly included the site of the bridge approached to your right and an area extending along the river bank upstream. Then, there were extensive walkways, benches, flowerbeds, ...

Elk Antler Arches

Antler arches have been gates to the Jackson Town Square since 1960. The antlers are from elk that winter on the National Elk Refuge. About 7,500 elk spend each winter on the refuge. The bulls shed their antlers each spring. ...

Dismounted Texas Cavalry

The 95,000 men of military age in Civil War Texas, unaccustomed to walking, preferred the daring and mobility of the cavalry used to scout the enemy, screen troop movements and make lightning attacks. 58,533 Texans joined it, riding their own ...

Hodge's Bend Cemetery

A veteran of "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion's South Carolina brigade during the American Revolution,

Alexander Hodge (b. 1760) brought his family to Texas in 1825. Hodge was prominent among

the "Old Three Hundred" settlers; his sons fought in the Texas ...

In The Early Days

the Town Square was a scrubby area strewn with rocks and sage-brush. Often, one would see elk bunched up with the town cows grazing in the square.In 1932, as part of a nation-wide movement to honor his 200th birthday, the ...

Fond du Lac County Veterans Memorial

Fond du Lac County

Rolling Meadows

Golf Course

Dedicated to All

War Veterans of

Fond du Lac County

This

Bicentennial Year

1976

A Time Capsule

Containing Historical

Information Sealed

Herein – To Be

Opened in the Year

2076

Marker can be reached from West Rolling Meadows Drive 0.1 miles east of South Military Road.

Courtesy ...

Panfilo de Narvaez

April 15, 1528

Here Landed

Panfilo de Narvaez

April 15, 1528

From the site of this ancient Indian village was launched the first exploration by the white man of the North American Continent.

Marker is at the intersection of Park ...

The West Side Milling District

Minneapolis on the west bank of the river quickly overtook St. Anthony on the east side. A major reason was more efficient use of water power. In 1857 the Minneapolis Mill Company started to build a canal along South First ...

Fanning Springs Bridge

The Fanning Springs Bridge was built by the State of Florida.

In 1934 it was officially named the Benjamin Chaires Bridge in honor of a prominent pioneer settler of Dixie County.

Located 29 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico, ...