The Madison Elk Herd

From an elk's perspective, this valley offers

everything needed for year-round survival.

Food is abundant. These meadows become

snow-free relatively early and stay lush longer

into summer. During May-June calving season,

nearby lodgepole pine forests shelter newborns

from coyotes and ...

USS Gambier Bay CVE 73 and Composite Squadron VC-10

United States Navy

[Panel 1]:

Eternal God who alone spreads out the heavens and rules the raging seas, may this memorial bring continued remembrance to the one hundred and thirty seven men who died defending their country in time of danger, and ...

Dyersburg Army Airfield

Halls, Tennessee

The airfield located one half mile east of here was in operation from 1942 to 1945. Thousands of airmen took their last statewide training here before going into combat overseas. Training received here in flying B-17 Flying Fortresses played ...

Fort Harrod

Begun in 1774 by James Harrod and Company, the Fort was crucial to the settlement of Harrodsburg and Kentucky. The present replica was erected in 1927 on Old Fort Hill also known as Seminary Hill. President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited ...

New Germantown

A German settlement in the 1740's. It's Lutheran church, 1751, served a large area. The village became Oldwick in 1918.

Marker is on Old Turnpike Road near Church Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Key Corner

About 4 miles west on Forked Deer River, Henry Rutherford, North Carolina surveyor, chose a spot as the point of origin for his surveys of the Western District in 1785. To identify the "key corner" he carved his initials and ...

Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri

“we Set out early… Passed the mouth of … Blue water river…[and later]… a bad Sand bar, where our two rope twice…. Came to and Camped in the Point above the Kansas River. I observed a great number of Parrot ...

Take a walk through history on the Yankee Jim Trail

Visit the interpretive trail across the river and take a pleasant walk on an improve trail or enjoy a picnic. A series of interpretive signs will take you on a journey through time to some fascinating eras of history.Past, present ...

Rib Mountain State Park

The summit of this rock is the

highest known point in the state

–1940 feet above sea level–

This land, forty acres in area,

was presented to the commonwealth

on January 26, 1923, by the estate of

Jacob Gensman

The park was enlarged to 160 ...

Rockaway Valley Railroad 1888

Ran from Central R.R. in Whitehouse Station, to Oldwick, and on to Morristown. By 1917 the twenty-five mile line was out of business.

Marker is on Main Street just south of Somerset Street, on the right when traveling south.

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