A Much-Loved Old Church and a Watering Trough for Horses

Ridgefield, Connecticut

The Methodist Episcopal Church had its beginnings in Ridgefield 1n 1787 when the first meeting was held – just 21 years after Methodism had been introduced into the U.S. from England. In 1789 Jesse Lee, a native of Virginia, ...

Fallingwater

Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), this house was built in 1936 as a family retreat for Pittsburgh businessman Edgar J. Kaufmann. Widely admired for its design, it is dramatically cantilevered over a waterfall; it exemplifies Wright's desire to join ...

Waterman Tavern

Used as Headquarters for the French

Troops on their march to and from

Yorktown 1781-1782

Maj Nathanael Greene

General Lafayette

General Rochambeau

RI Commemorative Committee for

Maj Gen Nathanael Greene

Coventry Bi-Centennial Committee

Marker is on Maple Valley Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Falling Waters

Harper’s 5th Virginia Infantry

On the morning of July 2, 1861, Federal troops under Gen. Robert Patterson crossed the Potomac River from Maryland and marched toward Martinsburg. Confederate Col. Thomas J. Jackson’s command marched from Camp Stephens, four miles north ...

Mr. Philemon B. Waters

In Recognition of

Mr. Philemon B. Waters

who envisioned and spearheaded the

Saluda County Beautification Program

organized February 1966

Pride in his town and county live through

his untiring efforts as evidenced

by plantings of dogwood, flaming

red canna beds, and encouraged display

of our American flag.

This plaque placed ...

Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad Shops

Seeking a more efficient way to get borax from his mines on the east side of Death Valley to processing facilities near Los Angeles, and hoping to tap the booms at Rhyolite, Tonopah, and Goldfield, Nevada, Francis Marion Smith built ...

The Stroubles Creek Watershed and the Duck Pond

Learn about your watershed

A watershed or drainage basin, is the area of land where all the water that drains off it runs to a specific point on a watercourse, usually a confluence of stream or river.

The Stroubles Creek watershed is ...

Trails and Waterfalls

Within this 459-square-mile Hetch Hetchy watershed are 287 miles of trails, including a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail. They offer views of an abundance of flora and fauna, along with breathtaking scenery.

Upstream from the dam to your left, depending ...

Water Quality at Hetch Hetchy

The Tuolumne River supplies 85% of the water for 2.4 million people. It originates from pristine spring snowmelt as far upstream as Mt. Lyell at an elevation of 13,114 feet.

The City and County of San Francisco protects the resources ...

San Francisquito Creek Watershed

World War II to Century 21

By the time America entered World War II in 1941, the creek had been straightened at its outlet to the Bay near the Palo Alto Municipal Airport. The Army built Dipple General Hospital on land ...