First Cemetery in the City of Edwardsville

This tract of ground was

the first cemetery in the

City of Edwardsville.

Buried here are the soldiers

of our early wars and the

pioneer settlers of this

community.

Marker is at the intersection of Oak Lane and Randle Street, on the right when traveling south on ...

The First National Bank of West Chester

Pennsylvania

The First National Bank of West Chester Chartered 1863 Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Marker is on North High Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The First Shot of the War of Secession

1861 - 1961

At half past four on the morning

of April 12, 1861, from a mortar near

this spot on Fort Johnson, the first

shot of the War of Secession was fired,

by order of Captain George S. James ...

First Shelterbelt in the United States

During the 1930s severe drought plagued the states in the great plains and deepened the depression. High winds caused dust storms which blackened the sky. In 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt initiated a program to help stabilize the blowing soil and ...

First Lutheran Church

On this spot stood the

First

Lutheran Church

in Town of Guilderland

1787. Rev. Heinrich Moeller

first regular pastor

Marker is at the intersection of Route 146 and Hawes Road, on the right when traveling east on Route 146.

The First National Bank of Newville

Rea, Gracy & Company, also known as the Newville Deposit Bank, was founded in 1857. Following the passage of the National Banking Act, the First National Bank Newville was chartered in July of 1863 as the 60th National Bank in ...

The First Hawaiian Christian

The first Hawaiian Christian,

Henry Opukahaia,

died at Cornwall, Conn. 1818

The first Christian

missionaries to Hawaii,

Bingham, Thurston, Whitney,

landed at Kailua, April 12, 1820

with their Hawaiian comrades

Hopu, Kanui, Honoli.

Marker is at the intersection of Alii Drive and Sarona Road, on the right when traveling ...

The First Presbyterian Church of Charleston

Organized 1731 / Incorporated 1784

Originally founded by twelve Scottish families, it was familiarly known in its early history as the Scots' Kirk.

The present church replaced an earlier one, which had been enlarged once before the American Revolution and ...

The First National Bank of Jacksonville

Since 1890 the financial interests of this area have been served by The First National Bank and its predecessor The Tredagar National Bank (an institution of the "Boom" days of Jacksonville)

Organizers were Peyton Rowan, President, Jos. W. Burke (Brig. Gen. ...

The First National Bank and Trust Company of Western Maryland

was originally chartered as the Cumberland Bank of Alleghany by an act of the 1811 Maryland Legislature and opened for business April 1, 1812. this is the oldest bank in Western Maryland and the second oldest National Bank in the ...