Creation of the Province of British Columbia

Création de la Province de Columbie-Britannique

[English]

The province of British Columbia was created on July 20, 1871. Formerly a crown colony established by the union in 1866 of Vancouver Island with the mainland colony of British Columbia, the addition of the ...

Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

1743 – 1794

Captain in the Spanish Royal Navy. Explorer of the West Coast of North America and Governor of the Spanish settlement at Nootka, Vancouver Island.

In honor of their meeting and the ensuing friendly association, Captain George Vancouver named this ...

B & O Railroad

"All Aboard!"

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reached Wheeling on Christmas Eve 1852 and was one of the best presents the city of Wheeling ever received. From that Christmas until the last "All Aboard!" was shouted on June 30, 1961, ...

Globe

Santa Fe Trail followed high land

to the SW of this marker.

Two miles south of here the Marion Town

Company laid out the Town of Marion

in honor of Gen. Francis Marion, "The

Swamp Fox" of Revolutionary War fame.

Town well, Blacksmith Shop, two stores

and ...

Winsted Old Burying Ground

Winsted Old Burying Ground

Laid out and first used in

1800. In 1953 conveyed to

The Town of Winchester.

Marker is at the intersection of Park Place West and Grove Street, on the right when traveling south on Park Place West.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Highball Signal

Signals of this type were used on early railroads to control train movements. When the track was clear, the station agent would hoist the ball, permitting the train to proceed. The signal is listed in the National Register of Historic ...

Acadamy Baptist Acadamy

The Acadiana Baptist Academy once occupied these buildings and grounds. The school was founded in 1917 by the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board. Its purpose was to provide Christian Education and training for individuals ...

The Depot / Opp, Alabama

The Depot

In 1900, the L&N Railroad won the right to establish the railroad through this area. The town is named for Henry Opp, who represented L&N in successful legal negotiations. The coming of the railroad consolidated the surrounding areas and ...

Mulberry Chapel Methodist Church

[Front]:

This African American church, the first in what is now Cherokee County, was most likely built between 1880 and 1890. It served the Whig Hill, Asbury, and Thickety communities of what was Union County before Cherokee County was created in ...

The Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood

The original Chautauqua Institution was founded in 1874 on Lake Chautauqua in western New York state as a vacation school for Sunday school teachers. The idea of providing a retreat for improving religious and secular education for the general public ...