This Stone Marks the Site of Peter Hill

This stone marks the site of

Peter Hill

on which about the year 1638

Reverend Hugh Peter

Pastor of the church in Salem

preached the first sermon in

Wenham

Text from John III.23

"In enon near to Salim because there was much water there."

Thus early in the history ...

Hopi House

Constructed in 1905

Designed as living quarters for Hopi artisans and as a place to sell Hopi crafts and souvenirs, this building represents the efforts of the Fred Harvey Company to revive Southwest Indian arts and crafts. Designed by Mary Jane ...

Casimir Pulaski

Born in Poland 1747

organizer of

the American cavalry

during the

Revolutionary War.

Erected in commemoration

of the 150th anniversary of his death

1779, at Savannah, GA.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 66) and Soo Marie Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

Plum City: Early History

French traders and Native Americans traveled these rich hunting grounds over 300 years ago. When European settlement began in this area about 150 years later, many settlers followed the old St. Antoine Trail east from the Mississippi River to this ...

Ralph Clark Huston Jr.

Ralph Clark

Huston Jr.

S1/c USNR 20 MM Loader

killed by Japanese

gunfire during

surface attack by

Cobia 2-27-45 remains

committed to the deep.

Marker can be reached from Maritime Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Red Boiling Springs

Enlistment Center and Civil War Hospital

Red Boiling Springs has long been a landmark in Macon County. It was a central crossroads for both Federal and Confederate forces during the Civil War.

The war came home for local residents on September 24, ...

DC Recorder of Deeds Building/WPA Era Murals

515 D Street, NW

DC’s Art Deco/Art Moderne Recorder of Deeds Building (1941) houses city land records. Many notable African Americans have served as recorders of deeds since President Garfield appointed Frederick Douglass to the post in 1881. These include ...

To Repel the Enemy

“The Generals have Fix’d on a spot . . . to be fortified.” -

Lt. Col. Matthias Ogden, July 19, 1776

On July 5, 1777, Thomas Anburey, who was traveling with British Lt. Gen. John Burgoyne on Lake Champlain, observed ...

The Pioneer Saloon

George Fayle moved to southern Nevada from Calico, California in 1904. He settled at Goodsprings Junction, which was later renamed for his wife Jean. In 1912, he moved to Goodsprings. He built the Pioneer Saloon in 1913, later building the ...

Goodsprings Mining District 1856 - 1957

Ore deposits readily recognized in the faulted and folded limestone deposits of this district remained unworked until 1856, when the Mormons developed a single lead mine at Potosi—probably the oldest lode mine in Nevada.

Named for cattleman Joseph Good, the open ...