Titanic Eternal Flame

1912 - 2012

In memory of those

who lost their lives

Marker is on Parkway (U.S. 441), on the right when traveling south.

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Crawford W. Long

Discoverer of anaesthesia and first to use in surgery March 30, 1842

Born in Danielsville, Georgia

November 1, 1815

Died June 16, 1878

Marker is at the intersection of General Daniels Avenue (U.S. 29) and Madison Street, in the median on General Daniels Avenue. ...

Original Site and Portions

Original Site and Portions

of

Franklin Springs City Jail

Built early 1920’s

Marker is on King Street 0.1 miles north of Spring Street, on the left when traveling north.

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An Early Mountain Community

In the early 1900s family farms covered the valley. Self-sufficiency was the rule in those days, but most people made use of the mill, the country store, and the blacksmith shop. The buildings assembled here represent part of a typical ...

Nobles' Emigrant Trail

Pioneered by William Nobles, this trail linked the Applegate Trail in Nevada to the Northern Sacramento Valley. During the 1850s and 60s, several thousand emigrants used this trail in their migration from the eastern United States.

Marker is on Lassen Peak ...

Highland Lawn Cemetery

1884

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places November 29, 1990, by the United States Department of the Interior in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Naatural Resources Division of historic Preservation.

Marker is on East Wabash Avenue east of Blakely ...

Ellington Field

In 1917, during World War I, the Houston Chamber of Commerce lobbied the federal government to establish an air field here. Named for Lt. Eric Lamar Ellington, an Illinois aviator killed in a California plane crash in 1913, it opened ...

Samuel Gompers

1850 - - - - - 1924

Born in London, Jan. 27, 1850. Apprentice Shoemaker, 1860. U. S. Immigrant and member Cigarmakers Local 144, New York City, 1863. President, Local 144, 1876. Leader in convening Federation of Trades and Labor ...

The Lesesne House

This Classical Revival style residence, built by Dr. John F. Lesesne circa 1860, is one of the oldest homes in Fernandina Beach. Lesesene left Fernandina during the Civil War and did not return. In 1868 the house became the property ...

The Battles for Chattanooga

1863

A series of battles in 1863

secured Chattanooga

for the Union

The city of Chattanooga with its railroads and riverboats was a vital transportation center during the Civil War. Both armies recognized its importance. In the late summer and fall of 1863, several ...