Confidence Mine

Discovered in 1853, Confidence Mine became one of California’s richest gold mines. It was developed by the pioneer stage owner and pony express man Ben Holladay. An incline shaft of 1,000’ was sunk and off that a 2,000’ horizontal shaft ...

First Meetinghouse in Hopkinton

Near this spot stood

the first

Meetinghouse

in Hopkinton

Built in Removed in

1724 1830

Marker is on Main Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Nevada City, The “Queen City of the Northern Mines”

National Register of Historic Places

Nevada City, the “Queen City of the Northern Mines”, became a town of 16,000 in the early 1850’s following the discovery of gold on Deer Creek in 1849. Here is located the largest and best preserved ...

Grant Frederick Timmerman

In Memory Of

Medal of Honor

Sgt

US Marine Corps

World War II

Feb 14 1918

Jul 8 1944

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Sergeant Grant R. Timmerman

United States Marine Corps WWII

KIA 8 July 1944 Saipan Island

United States Navy Medal of Honor

Purple Heart Medal with Gold Star

Bronze Star Medal

American Defense Medal

China Service ...

Federici Park

Named in honor of Gaetano Federici, 1880 – 1964, Paterson’s famous Italian-American sculptor. He was able to capture the hearts and spirit of our city and its people in his world famous works. The moving of his Christopher Columbus statue ...

Falcon Field

Mesa, Arizona

This commemorative area was dedicated on May 30, 1991 by her Honor the Mayor of Mesa, Peggy Rubach, in memory of these airmen who gave their lives in the cause of freedom while training at this airfield during World ...

A Tribute to the B-29 Super Fortress "FIFI"

This propeller, one of four, was installed on a B-29 Super Fortress. The B-29 was the largest and deadliest American heavy bomber of WWII. It is the aircraft that effectively ended WWII by delivering atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

“Lou’s On First”

Lou

Costello

1906 * 1959

Marker is at the intersection of Ellison Street and Cianci Street, on the left when traveling east on Ellison Street.

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John P. Holland’s First Submarine

was launched in 1878,

a one man craft with engine which after a series of trials was sunk in the Passaic River at this spot where she lay buried until raised in 1927 by a group of Paterson youths who presented ...

Frank Padget

In memory of Frank Padget, a coloured slave who during a freshet in James River in January 1854, ventured and lost his life by drowning in the noble effort to save some of his fellow creatures, who were in the ...