A Rural Vacation Spot

Beginning in 1873, the picturesque Viaduct Station Hotel complimented the Thomas Viaduct. The Viaduct Hotel was built in the town of Relay as a rural vacation spot and a comfortable place for passangers to change trains. The hotel was a ...

Timucuan Preserve

Fort Caroline National Monument

Bound by the Nassau River, the Atlantic Ocean, and the St. Johns River, the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve seeks to protect much of the water and undeveloped land you see from here. Salt marsh, coastal hammock, ...

LaGrange College – 1831

LaGrange College is the oldest non-tax supported institution of higher education in Georgia. It was chartered in 1831 as LaGrange Female Academy. The charter has been changed three times as the trustees altered the name to LaGrange Female Institute in ...

Pilot Township (War) Memorial

Left Wing:

We stand in deep appreciation for the Liberty we enjoy.

Center:

Pilot Township Memorial

Left Column:

Lloyd Hilleary • Gene Kinney • Robert Keal • Elmer Grimes • Lloyde Coake • Carl Wise • William Bussard • Dale Strawser • Francis E. Reynolds ...

Elkridge Landing

Though now heavily silted, the Patapsco River was once navigable to this point, and Elkridge Landing, just downstream, was an important colonial port, rivaling old Annapolis. Here hogsheads of tobacco from nearby plantations were rolled to waiting ships by slaves ...

New France

Fort Caroline National Monument

"After... two months... Ribault made port in New France... [where] he discovered a very large and beautiful river ... Ribault erected a column of hard stone on the banks of this river ... The coat of arms ...

Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

[ south plaque ]

Dedicated To The Memory Of The Heroic Men Of Bridgeport, Who Fell In The Late War For The Preservation Of The Union. July, 1876

"It is for us the living to be here dedicated to the great task ...

The History of Columbus, Kentucky

Settlement and Early Growth

The French explorers Marquette and Joliet first explored the area around Columbus in 1673. The French gave Columbus the name "Iron Banks," believing the color of the banks indicated the presence of iron.

In 1783, the Virginia legislature ...

World War II War Memorial

Henning, Illinois

In loving memory of those who served their Country in World War II.

Marker is on North Main Street north of U.S. 136, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Korean War Veterans Memorial

[Inscription: Panel 1]:

Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.

1950 * Korea * 1953

[Panel 2]:

Freedom Is Not Free

[Panel 3]: