How a Lock Works

Instead of following the slope of the land, as rivers and streams do, a canal periodically takes a vertical step between long stretches of flat water. Locks were constructed at each vertical step to accomplish moving barges up and down ...

Fort Miamis

[Marker Front]:

French built a palisaded fort on this strategic site in 1722; named Fort Saint Philippe des Miamis. One of three French forts built in what is now Indiana to protect French fur trade from encroaching English. First of ...

Bennett Place

Farm home of James Bennett, where Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his army to Gen. William T. Sherman, April 26, 1865. Johnston’s surrender followed Lee’s at Appomattox by 17 days and ended the Civil War in the Carolinas, Georgia, ...

Anza House

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Ace of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

Marker is at the intersection of Third Street and Franklin Street, on the ...

Portolá Expedition

On August 13, 1769, the Portolá Expedition at the junction of the Arroyo Mupa and Santa Paula Creek, at a place they named the Holy Martyrs Ipolito and Cassiano. The priests of the Mission San Buenaventura here established the Asistencia ...

Stagecoach Inn

Originally located some 200 yards to the north, the Stagecoach Inn was built in 1876. Its redwood lumber came by sea and was freighted up the steep Conejo Grade by multi-team wagons. From 1887 to 1901, the hotel served as ...

Nottoway County / Dinwiddie County

(Obverse)

Nottoway County

Area 310 Square Miles

Formed in 1788 from Amelia, and named for an Indian tribe. Tarleton passed through this county in 1781. Here lived William Hodges Mann, Governor of Virginia 1910-14.

(Reverse)

Dinwiddie County

Area 521 Square Miles

Formed in 1752 from Prince George, ...

George Washington

Around 1750, while surveying

Natural Bridge, George

Washington carved his initials

under the bridge's arch.

His initials can still be seen

today, directly across Cedar

Creek and 23 feet up.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lee Highway ...

Fort Henry

Feb. 6, 1862

About 4 mi. N. this one of two forts erected to deny Tennessee River to the Federals. Ft. Heiman faced it from the Kentucky side. It was surrendered following naval bombardment, to Flag Officer A.H. Foote, USN, ...

The Stone Arch Bridge

In 1879 St. Paul railroad magnate James J. Hill opened his "Manitoba line" to the Canadian border, linking the wheat fields of the Red River Valley with the flour mills of Minneapolis. To improve railroad access at the falls he ...