The Early Birds

Early aviation history was made here when these pioneers flew powered aircraft to and from this site between 1909—1916.

Wilbur Wright •

Lincoln Beachy •

Glenn H. Curtiss •

Eugene Ely •

Charles K. Hamilton • Hugh A. Robinson • Harry ...

Earl of Clarendon

(1609-1674)

Born Edward Hyde

Lord High Chancellor for Charles II

Persecuted the Dissenters

Exiled for Private Life

Daughter Married James II

Marker can be reached from Richland Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Salute to Early Amador Miners

E Clampus Vitus

This plaque is dedicated on September 10, 1960 by the ancient and honorable society of E Clampus Vitus to honor the memory of the early miners, both placer and quartz, of Amador County on the Mother Lode in ...

John & Dennis Searles Wagon Routes

1875 - 1895

This monument commemorates two wagon routes used by the Searles brothers to haul borax from their plant on Borax Lake (now Searles Lake) to the railhead at Mojave. The southern route traveled west of the Trona Pinnacles ...

The Lukens Mill - Early 1900s

The Lukens National Historic District

In 1891 Lukens installed its first two open hearth furnaces which were then quickly upgraded and complemented by four new 35-tons for a total of six. Lukens poured its first heat of steel on February ...

Early’s Washington Campaign

Jubal A. Early passed over this road on his return to the Shenandoah Valley, July 16, 1864. After leaving Lee before Richmond, June 13, Early traveled 450 miles, defeating Hunter at Lynchburg and Wallace on the Monocacy River in Maryland, ...

Early Railroads

First public meeting to promote railroads in North Carolina, Aug. 1, 1828, was at Wm. Albright's home which stood 4 mi. S.E.

Marker is on North Carolina Highway 49, 1 mile south of East Greensboro-Chapel Hill Road, on the left when ...

Early Blacksmith Shop

Originally a blacksmith shop, this home was built in the middle of the eighteenth century. It stands on a tract once known as “Magruder’s Honesty.” Believed to have been built by Ninian Magruder, Senior (d. 1751), it is one of ...

Early Explorers in Llano County

By commission of the Governor of Spanish Texas, Bernardo de Miranda in 1756 examined Cerro del Almagre, a red ochre hill supposedly rich in silver. His party of 23 from San Antonio struck Honey Creek near here, then went to ...

Early Indian Tool Making Camps

On this site overlooking the North Anna River, archaeological investigations conducted in 2006 in cooperation with Virginia tribes identified toolmaking camps dating to 8000 B.C. Indians used these camps repeatedly, especially from about 1000 B.C. to 1 A.D. Using hammerstones ...