Fort Bayard

Civil War Defenses of Washington 1861-1865. No visible evidence remains of Fort Bayard, which stood at the top of this hill. Named for Brig. Gen. George Bayard, mortally wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 13, 1862.

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Reno County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Lest We Forget

In Memory

of All Soldiers and Sailors

Loyal to Our Flag

Marker is at the intersection of East 1st Avenue and Walnut Street, in the median on East 1st Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Chimney Tops Trail

The View Is Worth the Climb

This popular trail climbs to the unique summit formations the Cherokees called "Duniskwalguni," meaning forked antlers.

Mountain people thought the twin pinnacles of quartzite and slate resembled the tops of chimneys breaking through the ...

The Robbins Hunter Museum Avery-Downer House

Built in 1842 in the Greek Revival Architectural Style for Alfred Avery from designs by Minard Lefever, the house subsequently served as a home for the Spelman (1845-1873), Downer and Cole families (1873-1902). The Phi Gamma Delta (1902-1930) and Kappa ...

Big Water / Stairway of Water

Big Water

The Mississippi River, paramount among North American rivers, along with its tributaries, forms the world's fifth largest drainage system in area – 1,244,000 square miles. The Indians called this river "Father of Waters", literally Misi 'big' and Sipi ...

The Thomas Viaduct

Commenced, July 4th, 1833. Finished July 4th, 1835.

Johnathan Knight, Chief Engineer, Caspar W. Wever, Superintendent of Construction. Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe. Built by John McCartney of Ohio.

(Other two sides of the monument list company directors.)

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Siegrist Claim House, 1876

The question of how to encourage further settlement of its western territories and the State of Kansas prompted the Federal Government to create the Homestead Act in 1862. Among the basic requirements of the Homestead Act, a settler had ...

Myeerah Trail

Logan County, On Top of Ohio

A former Indian trail connected Blue Jacket's Town (site of Bellefontaine) and Zanestown (now Zanesfield). The highway was named by the County Commissioners in honor of Princess Myreerah, daughter of Chief Tarhe and wife ...

Newland House

Built 1898

Wm. Taylor Newland and Mary Juanita Newland settled in Huntington Beach in 1898. An early civic leader and agricultural developer. Newland was a pioneer in clearing the Santa Ana River lowlands for productive farming. Restored by Huntington Beach ...

Creating a National Park

“It is a refuge, a place of retreat, a long stretch of quiet and peace at the Capital's back door . . .” —William O. Douglas

Look around you. The park you stand in exists because people cared. In January ...