The Richmond Supply Company Building

This building was built in 1903 at 139 West Richmond Avenue by J.Q. Black who supplied the area with coal, wood, hay, and grain. Robert Dornan Sr. bought the building in 1909 and added the service of moving goods.

In 1911 ...

Historic King's Road British East Florida

The King's Road, built by the British prior to the American Revolution, began at the St. Mary's River, passed through Cowford (Jacksonville), crossed the St. John's River, it is believed, at present day Liberty Street, approximately one mile east of ...

Birthplace of the Telephone

Here on June 2, 1875,

Alexander Graham Bell and

Thomas A. Watson

first transmitted sound over wires.

This successful experiment was completed in a fifth floor garret at what was then 109 Court Street and marked the beginning of world-wide telephone service.

On back of ...

Power System of Boston’s Rapid Transit

IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing

Power System of Boston’s Rapid Transit, 1889

Boston was the first city to build electric traction for a large-scale rapid transit system. The engineering challenge to design and construct safe, economically viable, and reliable electric ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Ewell's Corps of Lee's army passed here going north, June 11-12, 1863; Hill's Corps, June 19.

Marker is on Remount Road (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kress Building

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Circa 1929

Marker is at the intersection of Commercial Street (Kansas Route 99) and 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Commercial Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John B. Anderson Memorial Library

The

John B. Anderson

Memorial Library

Erected A.D. 1901

by

Andrew Carnegie

in grateful remembrance

of Mr. Anderson

who opened his own

private library

for the working boys

of

Allegheny City,

of whom

Mr. Carnegie was one.

Marker is on College of Emporia Drive, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

381st Bomb Group (H) B17

In remembrance of those who served in the

381st Bomb Group (H) B17

and

432nd Air Service Group

AAF Station 167

Ridgewell, Essex, England

Activated 1 January 1943

Deactivated 26 August 1945

Flight Squadrons

532nd•533rd•534th•535th

381st BG•8th AF

Dedicated to the honor of those members who valiantly served and gallantly died ...

Rattlesnake Bomber Base

(Pyote Army Air Base)

Nicknamed for the numerous rattlesnake dens that were uncovered during its construction, Pyote Army Air Base was established in 1942 to train replacement crews for bombers during World War II. Located on 2,700 acres of University of ...

Moraga Barn

Built in 1914 as a hotel by the Moraga Company for its townsite development. It later became the Moraga Mercantile and included the telephone exchange and post office. Since 1933 it has been a bar.

Moraga Historical Society

Marker 5

1994

Marker is at ...