Olivas Adobe

1837

The original small adobe on this site was built by Don Raimundo Olivas and his son, Nicolas, in 1837. The present structure was begun in 1847, with roof beams from the Santa Paula Canyon, and tiles made from native soil. ...

Mill Creek Gap

Otherwise known as Buzzard Roost. This natural gateway through Rock Face Ridge was heavily fortified by Confederate forces at Dalton after their

retreat from Missionary Ridge.

February 25, 1864, the Federal 14th A.C., Dept. of the Cumberland, moving by Tunnel Hill, attempted ...

Concord Point Lighthouse

Havre de Grace, Md.

Erected at the mouth of the Susquehanna River in 1827, it is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation in the United States. Now under automatic control, it was manned by the O’Neill Family until 1928. John O’Neill ...

The Site of General Wayne's Fort

The Site Of

General Anthony Wayne's Fort

Dedicated October 22nd 1794

It Was The First

United States Fort

Near "Three Rivers"

This Fort Commanded

The Shortest Portage

Between The St. Lawrence

And Mississippi Systems

A Portage Known To

The Indians As "Glorious Gate"

And A Strategic Cross-Roads

In Early Trade and Exploration

Marker is ...

Aldie Mill

In the 1800s and early 1900s Aldie Mill reverberated with the rhythmic sounds of waterwheels, millstones, and farmers chatting with the miller about the weather and their crops. Charles Fenton Mercer located the grist mill here to capitalize on nearby ...

Viva Liberation

Voie de la Liberte 1944

La Ville d'Etamps

a l'Amerique

This monument from General Patton's Route of Liberation is a gift of the people [of] Cannes, France to the people of California, sent via La Train de la Reconnaisance Francaise (Merci Train) and ...

The Hawley Terminal Building

Constructed in 1924

This reinforced concrete, stucco clad building is contributory to the South End Historic District, as a representative of a warehouse structure constructed within the Historic District's period of significance, 1867 to 1935.

The South End Historic District

Comte de Rochambeau

1781 Siege of Yorktown

I hasten to impart to you the happiness I feel at the welcome news of your arrival; and as well in the name of the American army as my own name to present you with an assurance ...

David of Sassoon

Epic Folk Hero of the Armenians

[Upper Marker:]

Donated to

the County of Fresno

by the People of Armenian Descent

of the San Joaquin Valley

August 11, 1970

Varaz Samuelian, Sculptor

[Lower Marker:]

David of Sassoon is the legendary folk-hero of the Armenians, who rid their land of foreign ...

10,000 Soldiers Fight at Monterey Pass

During a fierce thunderstorm on the evening of July 4, 1863, a nine-mile-long wagon train of supplies, livestock and wounded soldiers made its way from Fairfield through Monterey Pass. This was the advance of the Confederate retreat column from Gettysburg. ...