The Chase, and a Battle

250 yards ?

To the left over the railroad crossing stood a water tower where the famed "General", of "The Great Locomotive Chase" stopped for water while being chased by the "Texas", April 12, 1862. A brief stop was made at ...

Battle of Fort Dearborn

August 15 ,1812

From roughly 1620 to 1820 the territory of the Potawatomi extended from what is now Green Bay Wisconsin, to Detroit Michigan, and included the Chicago area. In 1803 the United States Government built Fort Dearborn at what today ...

McLaws's and Pickett's Divisions

Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps

McLaws's and Pickett's Divisions

July 1 McLaws's Division arrived late in the day and camped in this vicinity.

July 2 In the morning McLaws's Division moved on the road towards Gettysburg but turning to the right half ...

The Sunset Point Rest Area

Dedicated to the Engineering Achievement of

A colorful administrator, he is credited with establishing the basic location of Arizona's billion-dollar Interstate Highway System. He served as State Engineer twice, from 1924 to 1928 and from 1945 to 1951.

He devoted much of ...

Stanley Rural High School

1919 - 1965

While S.R.H.S. was being built, classes were held in the Christian and Methodist churches - Grange Hall.

Charter Roll

SCHOOL BOARD TEACHERS

J.L. Chaney, R.H. Holmes, P.L. Kellogg - J.L. Stark, Principal; Amy Kincaid

Students

Lawrence Chaney - Wesley Chaney - ...

Fort Crailo

2000 Feet

Fort Crailo

"Yankee Doodle"

Written there 1758

Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and 3rd Avenue (New York Route 151), on the right when traveling south on Broadway.

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Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet

The Fleet

Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet is part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), owned and operated by U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration (MARAD). Established by the Merchant Ship Act of 1946, NDRF serves as a reserve which could ...

113 Ashley Avenue Bennett - Hayne House

Circa 1800

This two-and-one-half-story Adam Style house was

built circa 1800 by Thomas Bennett, Jr., (1781-1865).

Bennett served as intendent of Charleston (1812-1813)

and governor of South Carolina (1820-1822). The frame

structure rests on a raised basement with a gable

Battle of Scary

First Confederate victory in Kanawha Valley fought here July 17, 1861. Charge of the Rangers under Captain (later General) Jenkins won the day. Whitelaw Reid described the event as a war correspondent with Gen. Cox's Union forces.

Marker is on Winfield ...

Fredericksburg City Dock

Union Artillery on Stafford Heights

Directly ahead of you, across the river, stood George Washington’s boyhood home, Ferry Farm. According to legend, the future president cut down his father’s cherry tree there and threw a coin across the river. The property ...