Memorial United Methodist Church

Methodism first came to Amelia Island in 1822 when the south Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church appointed the Reverend Elijah Sinclair as the first minister to East Florida. Sinclair arrived within months of Florida being ceded to the ...

Lock 19

Double chamber lock for

raising-lowering boats.

Built 1842 during enlarge-

ment of Erie Canal. Far

chamber lengthened 1885.

Marker can be reached from Ferry Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Connellsville Memorial Bridge

Dedicated to the memory of the men and women who served their country during the Revolutionary and all succeeding wars.

Marker is at the intersection of Memorial Boulevard (U.S. 119) and West Murphy Avenue, on the right when traveling south on ...

Connellsville Coke Region

Located in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, the region's abundant high quality Pittsburgh vein coal yielded superior coke, used to smelt iron. This refined form of coal was produced in beehive ovens from the mid-19th century to the 1970s. Immigrant and ...

Washington's Canal

This will become the great avenue into the Western Country. - George Washington

The stone wall you see nearby is not just any stone wall; it was built here in the late 1700s as part of George Washington's Patowmack Canal. The ...

Gist's Plantation

Christopher Gist, the Ohio Company surveyor who went to Fort LeBoeuf with Washington, settled here in 1753. In 1754, Washington halted his campaign here and retreated to Fort Necessity. Pursuing French destroyed the plantation.

Marker is on University Drive (U.S. 119) ...

Howze Field

In honor of

Maj. Gen. R. L. Howze

for his promotion and

development of polo

at the

U. S. Military Academy.

Constructed by the

Army Athletic

Association.

Maj. Gen. Wm. R. Smith

Superintendent

Maj. P. B. Fleming

Graduate Manager

Lt. ...

Thrasherville

Where Atlanta Began

In 1839 “Cousin John” Thrasher built a settlement called Thrasherville at this then forested site near the peg marking the planned terminus of the Western & Atlantic R. R. This railroad was later built by the State of ...

Jimmie Rodgers and The Blues

Jimmie Rodgers (1897 – 1933) is widely known as the "father of country music," but blues was a prominent element

of his music. The influence of his famous "blue yodels" can be heard in the music of Mississippi blues artists

"All Aboard"

Hub, Home, Heart

Union Station, across First Street, was the world’s largest railroad terminal when it opened in 1907. Its construction took five years and displaced hundreds of small houses and businesses. Architect Daniel Burnham’s Beaux-Arts masterpiece, with its soaring, elegant ...