Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812

In 1795 a cannon battery constructed on the Point Peter peninsula became the southernmost fortification in the First System of U.S. coastal defenses. Vacated in 1802, it was reoccupied and strengthened in 1808 to provide support for the enforcement of ...

The Stone Point

As early as 1704 this area of the Tappan Patent was called the “steen” or “Stone” point, later Stony Point. It was commonly known by that name for over 150 years. A grist mill was built here in 1725, fifty ...

Starting Point of the First Traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras P

From this corner on February 24, 1857, the Mistick Krewe of Comus began its first parade, heading up Julia Street toward St. Charles Avenue. With that parade, Mardi Gras was solidified as a New Orleans tradition that ultimately influnced Carnival ...

Easternmost Point in the U.S.A.

West Quoddy Head

44°48"9'N 66°57"1'W

Erected by the WQHLKA Inc.

Spring 2005

with permission of the

Maine Department

of Conservation

Courtesy hmdb.org

Beginning Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey

This stone marks the base established Nov.10,1815

from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by the United States Engineers. The first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the war of ...

The Point of Beginning

No survey of the western lands of the United States could be made as required under the land ordinance of 1785 until the surveyors for Pennsylvania and Virginia set a marker on the north shore of the Ohio River. On ...

The Fort at Horn Point

Near here, at the end of Eastern Avenue, is the site of one of three forts built to defend Annapolis Harbor from British raids during the Revolutionary War.

Built in 1776, the fort had major defenses of trenches, earthen ramparts and ...

The Sexton Point

Location, from 1768 to 1774, of wigwams of Chief Pucksinwah and Methatosa, parents of Tecumtha.

Draper Mss.

Marker is on U.S. 68, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Wind Point Lighthouse

To assist navigation around the point into Racine harbor, the Wind Point Lighthouse began functioning in 1880 with a kerosene lamp, focused and magnified by a third order Fresnel lens. Its light could be seen for 19 miles.

At 108 feet, ...

"At the Point of Rock"

“At the point of rock,” the translation of the American Indian word Neabsco, describes clearly the high bluff of land in front of you known as Freestone Point. The location of Freestone Point is indicated on maps from the 18th ...