Johnstown Flood

On May 31, 1889, a wall of water and wreckage 35 feet high traveled 14 miles from the broken South Fork Dam, destroying more than 1,600 homes and claiming 2,209 lives. Public and private efforts from across America helped Johnstown ...

The Camels of Fort Tejon

In 1856 the U.S. Army started an experiment using camel for supply transport in the southwest. The camels proved ill suited to the American southwest.

In November 1859 a civilian contractor turned over 28 camels to the Army at Fort Tejon.

The ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park

This park honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. was inspired by Dr. King’s last speech entitled “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” He delivered the speech in Memphis, Tennessee the night before he was assassinated. He was there in support of ...

Joseph W. Palmer

Served 1777 and 1778 in

Col. Moses Jaque’s

New Jersey Regiment.

In March 1779 he entered the Navy.

He was wounded by a musket ball

in the right leg from which

he suffered until death in 1851.

Marker is on Bethel Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

San Jose Mercury News

The San Jose Mercury News was first published, on this site, on June 20, 1851. Known as the San Jose Weekly Visitor, it was the city’s fist permanent newspaper. The paper changed owners and mastheads several times before becoming the ...

Vermillion County Jail

(Side One): First county jail built 1828 of logs at southwest corner of court-house lawn. Second jail built 1836 of brick. Third jail and sheriff's residence built 1868 of brick in Italianate Style. This 1868 structure became sheriff's residence only, ...

Josef Charvát

In Czech:

V tomto dom? žil a zem?el

Profesor

MuDr. Josef Charvát

1897-1984

Zakladatel ?eské Endocrinologie

Translated, the marker reads:

In this house lived and died

Professor

Dr. Josef Charvát

1897-1984

founder of Czech Endocrinology.

Marker is on Ostrovni west of Divadelní, on the right when traveling west.

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The John A. Wilson Building

The John A. Wilson Building is headquarters of the local government that serves the nearly 600,000 citizens who call the Nation's capital their home. The Mayor and the 13-member Council, elected by residents of the District of Columbia, oversee all ...

In Memory of Sergeant John J. Clark

John J. Clark was born in Canada in 1844.

He enlisted as a private in Company F of

the New York Infantry in 1862, serving

actively in the Civil War. After being shot

in the hand and contracting typhoid

fever, he was honorably discharged ...

Dr. M. L. King, Jr.

On March 29, 1962 Dr. King

appeared in Hopewell

District Court as a

defender of civil rights

in America.

“Injustice anywhere is a

threat to justice

everywhere.”

Dedicated April 4, 2004

Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Broadway Avenue and East Randolph Road.

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