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Site of Temporary Texas State Capitol of 1880’s

Built, 1882-1883, to replace the previous Capitol, which had burned in 1881. Until the building was completed, the orphaned Texas government conducted business in the county courthouse and jail across Congress avenue.

The three-story brick building – third Texas Capitol in ...

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Assistant Keepers’ Dwelling

Absecon Lighthouse

When Absecon Lighthouse was first lit in 1857, a principal keeper and assistant keeper lived on site with their families. The dwelling for an assistant keeper was built during the original Lighthouse construction. Interior alterations in 1887 converted the ...

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Cecil's Mill Historic District

The original water-powered textile mill. "Clifton factory," built in 1812,was rebuilt as a flour mill in 1900 by John Thomas Cecil. Historic district also includes Cecil's Country Store and post office built in 1906.

Marker is on Indian Bridge Road (Maryland ...

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Sailor from the Belle Shipwreck

Buried here are the remains of a 17th-century sailor who was a member of an ill-fated 1684-87 French expedition to the new world led by Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. Texas Historical Commission archaeologists discovered the skeleton on October ...

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Fort McClure

Early in 1781 the McClure house was stockaded by the noted Indian fighter, Moses Van Campen, to protect settlers in this region after destruction of Fort Jenkins in 1780. Site on the north bank of the Susquehanna in present Bloomsburg.

Marker ...

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Roberts-Teague Cemetery

In the 1860s, the Roberts and Teague families came to the Bee Cave area where, for generations, their skills as farmers, ranchers, cedar choppers, coal kiln burners, and homemakers helped to shape its development and culture. It is said that ...

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Mike McCormack

Counselor and Friend

President of Carolina Panthers 1994-1997

NFL Hall of Fame Inductee 1984

Cleveland Browns 1954-1962

Marker is on S Graham Street (North Carolina Route 49) near S. Mint Street (U.S. 29).

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Augusta County Confederates Plaque

This Bronze

Commemorates, To Generations

Which Knew Then Not,

The Virginia Volunteers

From Augusta In The Army

Of The Confederate States.

Twenty-Two Companies From

Here Followed By Jackson And

Stuart, With Many In Other Commands.

No Rebels They, But Worthy

Sons Of Patriotic Sites, Who

Took Arms In The Hour ...

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The Cauldron

The defense of the high ground around Middletown Cemetery by the 2nd Division, U. S. VI Corps, stopped the Confederate momentum. Confederate forces from the divisions of Generals Stephen D. Ramseur and Gabriel Wharton regrouped in the area between Meadow ...

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General Paul R. Younts Expressway

Honoring a distinguished

business, civic and

military leader. Member

of North Carolina

Highway Commission

1961-1965.

Marker is on Interstate 77 near Interstate 485.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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