The Architecture of Defense

The nation's Third System forts, including Fort Knox, all shared similar design features. These features combined to guard against attack by ships, make it impossible for the fort to be taken quickly, [and] provide protection from a land-based, long-term siege.

To ...

Conflict and Prosperity on the River

Today's peaceful view of the Penobscot River and the community of Bucksport holds few hints of the early conflicts that plagued the area. For nearly two centuries, the river served as a border between clashing interests - French and English, ...

Cantrell Wagon Building

Spartanburg Historic District

National Register

South Carolina

Department of Archives

and History

Cantrell Wagon Building

Spartanburg Historic District

of Historic Places

Marker is on West Main Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Beaufort Historic District

(South Carolina)

Beaufort Historic District

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

in Commemorating the History of the

United States of America

1974

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on Bay ...

Pemtegwacook

Native Americans first paddled dug-out canoes up and down the Penobscot River about 8,000 years ago. Seeking rich hunting and fishing grounds, these people had come to live on the wooded shores of the river and bay.

Archaeology has revealed traces ...

Whitcomb-Baker VFW Post 4633 Veterans Memorial

In Memory Of All Veterans

Marker is on Fort Knox Road (Maine Route 174), on the right when traveling west.

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Standard Oil Company Building

Constructed in 1917 by Henry Jastro, this building is listed on both The National Register of Historic Buildings and the The Register of Historic Places by the Bakersfield City Council. It originally housed the executive offices of Standard Oil Company ...

Livermore and Chester Store

Site of Livermore and Chester Store, first business establishment in Bakersfield, an adobe structure built in 1865. Purchased by H. H. Fish in 1886. Destroyed in the fire of 1889. Rebuilt in 1890.

Marker is at the intersection of Chester Avenue ...

Brock's Department Store

This site was deeded by Col Thomas Baker to Agnes Stine in 1871. Dave Hirshfeld ran the Pioneer Store here in 1899. Succeeded by Otto Belau in the same year. In 1904 the business was sold to Hochheimer and Co. ...

Penobscot River

The Penobscot River is a vital resource. In the 1700's it spawned numerous riverside communities, while the 1800's saw Bangor become the "lumber capital of the world", and Bucksport an international port renowned for shipbuilding. Crafted along the Penobscot were ...