General Alfred Mouton

1829-1864. Confederate Brigadier general from Lafayette who served in Shiloh, Lafourche, Teche, and Red River campaigns. Killed at Mansfield, leading Confederacy to its most important military victory west of the Mississippi.

Marker is on University Avenue near Azalea Street, on the ...

Commemorate the 1st crossing from east to west and the 1st doubl

To commemorate the first crossing from east to west and the first double crossing of the Atlantic by air accomplished by the British airship R34

which left East Fortune Scotland on July 2nd 1919, landed Mineola Long Island on July ...

The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland - Mount Welby

[Panel 1:] The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland

Samuel DeButts was born in Ireland in 1756. He began a career as a doctor in England and there met and married his wife, Mary Welby, in 1785. Samuel’s medical practice was ...

Frisco Depot

Seeking a rail line to speed marketing of their livestock, residents of this area in 1909 asked the Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Railroad, a branch of the Frisco System, to extend track from Brady (40 mi. NE) to Menardville. ...

Halfway House

In Search of the Pony Express - Station Marker

{Obverse:}

Dedicated April 23, 1998

Halfway House

Added Station

Apr. 23, 1860 - Sep. 8, 1861

By

Sidney & Diane Schroeder Family

Ron Dupratt Family

John & Patty Greiner Family

Dixon ...

Mother of Georgia's Pecan Industry

Recognized officially and designated in 1923 by the American Tree Association as “The Mother of Georgia’s Pecan Industry,” the giant seedling just west of this marker was planted in 1848 in the flower and fruit garden of Judge and Mrs. ...

Battle of Congaree Creek

(Front text)

On February 15, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's Federal army advanced to Columbia, Gen. O.O. Howard's Army of the Tennessee found its way blocked by Confederates entrenched behind Congaree Creek and defending the Old State Rd. bridge. Gen. ...

Reedy River Falls Historic Park

Richard Pearis settled near this site in 1776, and built a trading post and grist mill by the falls. This early settlement eventually became the City of Greenville.

Marker can be reached from University Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Memorial to the French Fleet

[ South side : ]

Near this spot

the French army of 6000 men

led by General Rochambeau

our allies

in the War for Independence

first set foot upon American soil

July XIII 1780

[ East side : ]

I welcome the news

of your arrival

A new mark of friendship

from ...

The Dutch of Bergen County

“Bergen County is chiefly inhabited by Dutch people. There is a peculiar neatness in appearance of their homes, having an airy stoop supported by pillars in front, and their kitchens at the ends in the form of wings. The ...