Harvesting Ice

Among the ruins of New Towne was a seven-foot pit, dug in colonial times. Not deep enough for a well, the hole tapered from 14 feet wide at the rim to 6 feet wide at the sandy bottom.

In Britain in ...

Manuel Torres

1764–1822

In Memory of

Manuel Torres, 1764–1822.

As minister of the Republic of Columbia

He was the first Latin American Diplomatic representative in the United States of America

Tribute from the Government of Colombia and from Philadelphia descendants of his ...

Peace Arch

The Signing of the Columbia River Treaty

Upper marker:

This unfortified boundary line between the

Dominion of Canada

and the

United States of America

should quicken the remembrance of the more than century old friendship between these countries

A lesson of peace to all nations.

Lower marker:

In commemoration ...

Springfield

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Springfield

Identified with the Springfield Baptist Church and School that existed in the late nineteenth century. Springfield has roots in the African American community which ...

Public Market Place

The first public market was established in this Plaza by Governor Mendez de Canzo in 1598. Here, for the first time a standard system of weights and measures was introduced in this country for the protection of the consumer. On ...

On Roads of Water

Within three days of reaching the New World, the first Jamestown colonists had assembled a small boat to go exploring in the roadless wilderness.

Once settled, they gathered raw materials of boat building for export as well as for their own ...

Old St. Mary's

1763

Old St. Mary's church was the most important Catholic church during the American Revolution and the early years of the nation. Built in 1763, when St. Joseph's became too small to accommodate the Catholic population of the city, the ...

Oelschlager's Dry Goods Store

The only brick commercial structure in the

business district built in 1913 by Karl Oelschlager.

It housed a dry goods store, gift shop & ice

cream parlor. The interior has the original

floral-design pressed-tin ceiling.

Marker is on Delaware Avenue west of Loraine Avenue, on ...

Iron for Corn

For the first years at Jamestown, the English needed food from the natives in order to survive. The Powhatans for their part sought the colonists’ commercial goods: iron tools and pots, hatchets and knives, bells and glass beads.

Exchanges could be ...

Grand Junction

Crossroads of Conflict

Grand Junction is named for its location, where the Memphis and Charleston and Mississippi Central Railroads intersect, and was strategically important to both Confederate and Union forces. After defeats at Shiloh and Corinth, Confederates tore up the tracks, ...