Patterson-McInnis Train

This locomotive, known locally as "Three Spot", often pulled 30 to 40 cars as it transported logs from area woodlands to the Patterson-McInnis Sawmill. Originally a wood burning engine thought to be built around 1915, it was converted to ...

The Bath & Barber Shop

"The bathing rooms now kept by Rev. S. S. Ball in the rear of his Barber's Shop are in elegant trim for the accommodation of his Friends and the public," advertised Elder Samuel S. Ball.His shop was on the ...

Missing at Sea May 7, 2007

Capt. Trey Topping

July 25, 1967

Capt. Jason Franks

February 10, 1973

Christine Grinavic

January 21, 1981

Rhiannon Borisoff

July 26, 1984

Now they are sailing alongside their God with fair winds, following seas, and the warm sun shining on their faces.

Marker is on Ocean Drive, on the ...

6-Mile Marker on the National Road

1787

This 6-miles-to-Baltimore marker was welcomed by thousands on horseback, in stagecoaches and wagons, who traveled this Frederick Turnpike. Some headed west to settle in the Ohio Valley, along with merchants selling their wares, while millers with their products, and farmers, ...

Matthew Thornton

1714 - 1803

One of three New Hampshiremen to sign the Declaration of Independence, Matthew Thornton, physician, soldier, patriot, agitated against the Stamp Act of 1765, presided over the Provincial Congress in 1775, served in the State Senate and as an ...

Confederate President Jefferson Davis

1808-1889

Friend of Texas. Visited first as officer Mexican War 1847. As U.S. Secretary of War in 1855, built up frontier forts to open West Texas to settlers. Camels imported for patrols, hauling.

His Postmaster-General and personal aide were Texans, as ...

USLSS/USCG Station Pea Island Memorial

1880 - 1947

Located south of Oregon Inlet, Lifesaving Station Pea Island was the only unit in the history of the Coast Guard manned by all Black crews. This marker is dedicated to the crews of Pea Island who risked their ...

Chateau-sur-Mer & Its Neighbors: A Victorian District Preserved

The buildings surrounding Chateau-sur-Mer capture the spirit of Newport in the High Victorian era. This block preserves one of the greatest concentrations of Victorian architecture and landscape design in Newport from the period 1850 to 1890. The residents of ...

Leathem and Smith Quarry

John Leathem and Thomas Smith established this dolomite quarry at the mouth of Sturgeon Bay in 1893. Though they produced dimension stone for building harbors around Lake Michigan, Leathem and Smith's quarry became a major operation by capitalizing on the ...

San Mateo’s First Residents

There are few traces left of

San Mateo’s First Residents

Before the Europeans arrived, Native Americans living in the San Mateo area were known as the Salson. The Salson have been grouped with the Ohlone or Costanoan people. The Salson triblet was ...