Noble Jones’ “Wormslow”

1736–1775

This 1½ mile oak avenue leads to the tabby ruins of Noble Jones’ colonial fortified plantation. Jones and his family were original settlers in Georgia, arriving in Savannah with founder James E. Oglethorpe on February 1, 1733. As a middle-class ...

Railroad Strike of 1877

In July, unrest hit U.S. rail lines. Pennsylvania Railroad workers struck to resist wage and job cuts. Here, on July 21, militia fatally shot some 26 people. A battle followed; rail property was burned. The strike was finally broken by ...

Schellbourne

Schellbourne, in the foothills of the Schell Creek Range, was a Shoshone village site long before it began its recent historic career in 1859. Captain James Simpson passed through the site and this point, looking for a short route across ...

Ships Bell of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh

North face

Ships Bell of the U.S.S. Pittsburgh

Flagship of Admiral Harry Shepard Knapp

1856 – 1923

South face

Erected in memory of

Admiral Harry S. Knapp

by

Ezra Woods Poat No. 31

American Legion

1951

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Whittlesey Avenue, on the left ...

Grandview Township Veterans Honor Roll

[Center Panel]

To Honor

The Men and Women

who Have Served

Our Country

[Left Panel]

W W I Apr. 6, 1916 — Nov. 11, 1918

Atwill Augustus • Basil Bennett • Emil Bennett • James R. Bolin, Sr. • Rholand Fitzpatrick • Oscar Grable ...

New Milford WW I Memorial

This tablet is dedicated

In Commemoration Of

The Men of New Milford

who served their country in the World War

1917 – 1919

Edwin H. Acker • Frank W. Adams • F.A. Franklin Anderson • George Anderson • Andrew B. Armstrong • Robert L. ...

Charles W. Friend House, Observatory, and Weather Station

This is the site of the house and observatory of Nevada’s first weatherman, astronomer, and seismologist, Charles William Friend. Born in Prussia in 1835, Friend immigrated by way of South America to California during the 1849 Gold Rush. In 1867, ...

DeWitt County War Memorial

DeWitt, Illinois

In Memoriam

Dedicated to the men and women of DeWitt County who served in the Cause of Freedom.

Marker is on Lincoln Square Circle, on the left.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Washington Cotton Factory

Early in 1857 Brigham Young called Samuel Adair and Robert D. Covington as leaders of two companies of pioneers to settle here and grow cotton. In 1861 a Scandinavian company came to assist in the work. The town was named ...

F5D Skylancer

This Douglas F5D Skylancer was one of four originally constructed, and is the only example still in existence. It was flown by Neil A. Armstrong from September 1960 to September 1962 to simulate the flight characteristics of the space vehicle ...