De Soto Winter Encampment Site

The site of the Hernando de Soto Winter Encampment is located at the B. Calvin Jones Center, home to the offices of the Florida Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Archaeological Research.

Archaeological investigations confirm that the Hernando de Soto ...

Site of Camp Pratt

From 1862-1863 Camp Pratt was official Confederate camp of conscription and instruction for South Louisiana. At one as many as 3,000 conscripts here. A small compound for Union Prisoners of war also located at the camp.

Marker is on Old Spanish ...

William M. Mendenhall 1823 – 1911 / DeAnza Expedition Campsite

[Located at the Livermore Civic Center is a two-sided monument. Side 1 is a marker dedicated to William M. Mendenhall, founder of the town of Livermore. Side 2 is a marker marking this site as a campsite of the Juan ...

Campsite of the U.S. Survey Team Sept. 10-21, 1825

Camping near this location Sept. 10, 1825, the survey team remained through September 21 waiting for a courier with information from the U.S. Government as to how to proceed further. West of the 100th meridian which surveyor Joseph Brown mistakingly ...

Camp Site

At Van Ambrose's house in

the Clove,occupied by part

of the right wing of the

American Army in the

summer of 1779

Marker is on Route 32 1 mile north of Roselawn Road when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of the Camp of Gen. Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma

Site of the Camp, March 20-26, 1836, of one division of General Santa Anna's Army under the command of General Joaquin Ramirez y Sesma. It crossed the Colorado at Atascosita Ford, eight miles below Columbus.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

CCC Camp Site

This is the site of the former camp of two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) companies and a Works Progress Administration (WPA) work force of 300 men who constructed the recreation area along Swift Creek from the spring of 1935 to ...

Historic Camp Site

Juan Bautista de Anza Expedition

Here on the banks of San Mateo Creek Captain J. B. de Anza camped. March 29,1776, after exploring the peninsula and selecting the sites for the Mission and Presidio of San Francisco. Here also the party ...

Waul's Texas Legion Campsite

In the spring of 1862 Thomas N. Waul (1813-1903) recruited men from Washington and the surrounding counties to form a legion for Confederate service. Composed of twelve infantry companies, six cavalry companies, and two artillery companies, the legion numbered some ...

Early Campsites and River Crossings

Native American hunters on the trail of bison and other game found a favorite river crossing and campsite here where the South Platte River and Lodgepole Creek come together. After burning the first Julesburg in 1865, Indian raiders camped here ...