Lower Marsh Creek Church

Present building erected 1790 by a Presbyterian congregation dating from 1748. Later remodeled, its exterior preserves much of the old-style design.

Marker is at the intersection of Fairfield Road (State Highway 116) and Knoxlyn Road, on the right when traveling west ...

Westport World War II Honor Roll

[ small right-hand plaque ]

1941 – 1945

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

Dedicated ...

In Memory of Our Shipmates

In memory of our shipmates and friends. On July 12, 1994, Coast Guard Helicopter 6541 responded to a mayday from a sailing vessel in distress south of Shelter Cove, CA. While searching for the vessel in heavy fog, the helicopter ...

Iron Brigade

Memorial Highway

Highway 12 is dedicated to the brave soldiers of the Iron Brigade who fought in the Civil War of 1861-1865. Of the 672 infantry brigades in the Union Army, the Iron Brigade, composed of the 2nd, 6th and 7th ...

Swift & Company

A leading national meatpacking firm by the 1880’s, Swift & Co. adopted a practice of opening branch plants nearer the source of supply. Attracted to Texas by the state’s vast livestock herds. The company chose this site for a new ...

Capon Springs

Capon Springs bears Indian name meaning the "Medicine Waters." Discovered in 1765. Famous resort of early days. President Franklin Pierce, Daniel Webster, and his guest, Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Minister, were among guests.

Marker is on West Virginia Route 259 ...

The Shenandoah Lumber Company

Patterned after the old flumes built to transport lumber out of the west coast mountains at the turn of the century, this is a classic log flume designed and manufactured for family fun.

Water flows through the trough at 3,500 gallons ...

Van Horne’s Grist Mill

Approximately 100 yards to the west once stood

Van Horne’s Grist Mill

as located on

Robert Erskine’s Map

and mentioned in

Thomas Paine’s “Crisis” paper.

One detachment of the Patriot Garrison retreating from Fort Lee, left the main body and passed the grist mill on a ...

Built to Last

Withstanding the fury of the coast

The Mendocino presented a huge challenge to the designers of this lighthouse

The lighthouse’s assigned position was a storm-battered, 400-foot cliff prone to frequent earthquakes and landslides. The compact tower, with its lifesaving beacon, had to ...

Ohio Electric Railroad Bridge / Roche De Bout/Roche De Boeuf

[South Side of Marker]: "Ohio Electric Railroad Bridge"

The Lima and Toledo Traction Company Bridge was construted in 1907 by the National Bridge Company of Indianapolis, and it was considered to be a revolutionary type of bridge construction. The Old Electric ...