To Honor George Washington

Who Lodged Here May 17-18, 1791.

The game is yet in our own hands; to play it well is all we have to do – nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy ...

Rockville Cemetery

Rockville Cemetery

established 1824

A Historic Cemetery Listed in

Indiana’s Cemetery and Burial Grounds

Registry of the Indiana Department of

Natural Resources

Installed 2012 Indiana Historical Bureau

and Town of Rockville

Marker is on East High Street east of South Erie Street, ...

Fort Bonneville

In a grove of cottonwoods across the river, Capt. B.L.E. Bonneville established a winter fur trade post. Sept. 26, 1832. His fort, described by a rival trapper as "a miserable establishment" - - -"consisted of several log cabins, low, badly ...

Freedom Hill Redoubt

Late-War Protection

Small batteries called redoubts were constructed during the Civil War as part of the outer defensive lines that encircled Washington, D.C. Late in the war, the one in front of you was built here on Freedom Hill (according to ...

John Kirby Allen (1810-1838)

Co-founder of Houston

Gravesite of

John Kirby Allen (1810-1838)

Co-founder of Houston

Houston in 1836 was a humid swamp overgrown with sweet gum trees and coffee bean weeds. In this spot, however, two brothers from New York recognized the future "commercial emporium of Texas."

John ...

Alaska's Gold Rush Era

Gold discoveries brought Alaska and the Yukon to the attention of the world. A series of stampedes occurred over more than three decades. Drawn by dreams of gold, men and women from many places and all walks of life participated ...

San Miguel Cemetery District

On October 18, 1886 the railroad arrived at the lands of Mission San Miguel. The railroad provided transportation to take San Miguel cattle and produce to market, it also provided lumber and store goods to fuel the expanding population. The ...

Sugar Point Battle

When a federal marshal with about 100 troops of the 3rd Infantry tried to arrest the Chippewa Chief Bugonaygeshig at Sugar Point opposite here on the northeast shore of the lake, a sharp fight occurred October 5, 1898. The whites ...

Whitney Messenger

This newspaper began publication in 1883, four years after the railroad town of Whitney was founded. Established by H. P. and J. O. Jones, the "Messenger" was purchased by J. T. and Dan S. Mayes in 1890. Dan Mayes, who ...

Confederate Memorial 1861-1865

Jacksonville, Florida

(East face)

To the Soldiers of Florida

This shaft is by a comrade raised in testimony of his love, recalling deeds immortal, heroism unsurpassed.

With ranks unbroken, ragged, starved and decimated the southern soldier, for duty's sake, undaunted ...