The Falconer Statue

Central Park

The Falconer Statue

Central Park

This elegant bronze statue by British Sculptor George Blackall Simonds (1843-1929) depicts a young falconer in Elizabethan garb holding aloft a falcon poised for release.

The Falconer is representative of the rich sculptural collection Central Park ...

Price Memorial Building

Erected here in 1837 was a U.S. Branch Mint which operated until seized by the Confederates in 1861. It produced gold coins estimated to exceed $6,000,000.00 in value. In 1871 the mint building and ten acres of land were transferred ...

Former Narrow Gauge Railroad

Railroad Construction

Tracklayers building narrow gauge railroad connecting Great Lakes at Toledo, Ohio, with Mississippi River reached this point October 1, 1880. In 1887, 2,000 men converted 206 miles of this to standard gauge railroad in 11 hours.

A significant part of ...

Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village

Grandma Prisbrey's

Bottle Village

This fantastic assemblage is one of California's remarkable Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments. In 1956, Tressa Prisbrey, then nearly 60 years old, started building a fanciful "village" of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and buildings from recylced items and discards ...

Wolfe Creek Baptist Church

This is the original site of The Wolfe Creek Baptist Church organized in 1803 now the First Baptist Church of Landrum, South Carolina

Marker erected June 21, 1953

when Interstate 26 was constructed this marker was moved here one mile southeast of ...

Earle's Ford and Fort

Erected By Cowpens Chapter D.A.R. to the Memory of The Valiant Defenders of Earle's Ford and Fort • July 15, 1780

Marker is on Landrum Rd (South Carolina Route 14), on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Francis L. Sheane Memorial

Francis L. Sheane Memorial

In Memory Of A Great Sportsman

Commissioner

Francis L. Sheane

This Memorial Is

Dedicated To A

Fellow Sportsman

Who Devoted His

Life To Improve

Wildlife Restoration

And To Better

Fishing And Hunting

In This State

1948

Marker is on U.S. 7 0.1 miles north of Cornwall Bridge Road (Connecticut ...

Tecumseh Playground

Tecumseh Playground

.738 acre

One of the Civil War’s best-known generals, William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio in 1820. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1840 and served in California and the Mexican ...

A Country Road

Top of the Town

Step back into the 19th century with a walk down Grant Road, ahead and to your left. This winding byway recalls Tenleytown’s farming past. In fact Grant Road’s undisturbed quality earned it National Historic District and ...

Captain Daniel Dobbins

(1776 - 1856)

Erie merchant mariner, naval officer, born in Mifflin County. Captured by the British during the War of 1812, Dobbins escaped, went to Washington to report the fall of Forts Mackinac and Detroit. Appointed a sailing master in the ...