Fort Zeller

This State's oldest existing fort is half a mile to the north. Pioneers who came to the Tulpehocken from the Schoharie valley build it in 1723, rebuilt it in 1745. It was used as a place of refuge during Indian ...

Working at Fish Camp

A job at Fish Camp in McFarland was not for the lazy or faint of heart. A former crewmember summed up life at Fish Camp as "8-10 gnarly guys with chest waders, suitable clothing, tough skin, hands weathered by days ...

Fish Camp Launch

Carp Seining in the Yahara Lakes

Carp, introduced by European settlers, were stocked in Wisconsin waters as early as 1880. They thrived in shallow waters of rivers and lakes, reproduced rapidly and by 1900, anglers asked the state to begin a ...

To the Defenders of Fort Moultrie

[Front of Monument:]

[Upper Plaque:]

Second

South Carolina

Regiment

Army of the

Revolution

Organized

June 17, 1775

[Lower Plaque:]

“To the

Defenders

Of

Fort Moultrie

June The 28th

1776”

[Engraved in Base:]

“No men ever did and it is impossible

Scientific Research

World War II

Before the United States entered World War II, German U-boats again inflicted death and destruction on the seas by sinking Allied ships as they had in World War I. In January 1942, the month after the United States ...

Site of the Home of Juan Antonio Padilla

A native of Nacogdoches.

Land Commissioner, 1829.

Vice-Governor of the State of

Coahuila and Texas.

Active in the Texas Revolution.

Died in Houston in July, 1859.

His wife, Maria Montes del Padilla,

Died here, August 14, 1846.

Marker is at the intersection of North Street and Powers Street, ...

15th Indiana Infantry

Wagner's Brigade - Wood's Division

(front)

15th

Regiment

Infantry,

Commanded by

Lieut. Col. Gustavus A. Wood,

21st Brigade--Col. George D. Wagner--

6th Division--Gen. Wood--

Army of the Ohio.

Indiana.

(back)

15th Infantry,

Lieut. Col. Gustavus A. Wood.

This regiment arrived on the battlefield from Savannah, about 12 m., April 7, 1862; was ordered ...

Birthplace of Swine Improvement in America

First Ohio Testing Station 1946

Marker can be reached from South Franklin St..

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Las Vegas Post Office

John Steele, one of the original L. D. S. missionaries, secured a mail grant for the Las Vegas Mission. The documents to establish the Post Office, and, appointing William Bringhurst Postmaster, were brought from Salt Lake City by Benjamin H ...

Las Vegas Fort

In 1855 Pres. Brigham Young appointed a company of men under the leadership of William Bringhurst to establish a colony at Las Vegas. The company left Salt Lake May 10 and arrived at Las Vegas June 14, 1855 and camped ...