Brandt Badger House

Brandt Badger (1839-1920), a veteran of the Confederate Army, moved to Burnet from Gonzales in 1885, and in 1887, helped found Marble Falls. He built this house in 1888 of granite from nearby "Granite Mountain". The stones were cut from ...

Old Fort Sumner and “Billy the Kid’s” Grave

Fort Sumner was established in 1862 to guard the Navajo and Apaches on the Bosque Redondo reservation. It was discontinued as a military post in 1868 and the buildings and site sold to Lucien B. Maxwell. William "Billy the Kid" ...

Fire!

Up In Flames

Victor was founded in 1893 at the foot of Battle Mountain – a stone’s throw from where the richest gold mines in the Gold Camp were eventually located. Underground mining was very labor intensive so, like ...

Nancy Hart

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On Wahatche (War Woman) Creek, in Revolutionary times, lived Nancy Morgan Hart, her husband, Benjamin, and their children. Six feet tall, masculine in strength and courage, Nancy Hart was a staunch patriot, a deadly shot, ...

Old Military Road

Along this street ran the

old military road fortified

in 1759 by General Amherst

prior to the siege at

Fort Ticonderoga.

Marker is at the intersection of The Portage and Crown Heights, on the right on The Portage.

Courtesy ...

Dr. Peck House

The stone walls of this building date from before 1750 and were part of a house owned by the Royal Treasurer late in the First Spanish Period. During the British Period it served for a time as the home of ...

From this point south…

From this point south, this street follows the route of the Indian carry between the lakes and of Montcalm’s military road traversed by Washington and Franklin during the Revolution.

Erected by Ticonderoga Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

1925

Marker ...

127th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

(Front):

127th Regiment

Pennsylvania

Volunteer

Infantry

Col. W. W. Jennings

Commanding

3rd Brigade

2nd Division

2nd Corps

(Rear):127th Regiment

Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Col. W. W. Jennings Commanding

3rd Brigade 2nd Division 2nd Corps

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Battles Participated in

Fredericksburg, VA., December ...

Baltimore and Ohio Roundhouse and Shop Complex

National Civil Engineering Landmark. The re-construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse and Shop Complex commenced soon after the end of the American Civil War in 1865. This complex included two roundhouses and two significant shop buildings. The centerpiece ...

North 3rd Street

On this corner, an electric street car (the Low Line) turned off Victor Avenue onto N 3rd Street to continue its trip to the Independence Mine and around Battle Mountain. In the early 1900s, the miners commuted to work via ...