Monroe County - Tompkinsville

The only county of the 2,957 in the United States named for a President where the county seat is named for the contemporary Vice-President. County formed in 1820; named for James Monroe the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine. ...

La Baye Burial Place

"La Baye Cemetery"

La Baye burial place 1720 - 1835

Land donated by Domitille de Langlade

Grignon - Langevin

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and Adams Street on Washington Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Camp Anderson

Camp established by Union Army to train and drill troops and as a place of rendezvous. In October 1861, Col. S. S. Stanton, 25th Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army, was ordered to capture the encampment. He marched his regiment into the ...

Real Presidio de San Saba

Originally established on the San Gabriel River as the Presidio of San Francisco Xavier in 1751

Moved to the present site in 1757 as a protection to the Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba

Known as the Presidio de San Luis de ...

The Ever Changing Cape Henlopen

Cape Henlopen, Delaware

Cape: a piece of land jutting into a body of water beyond the rest of the coast line; a headland; a promontory. Delaware's coastline is constantly changing. The daily effects of wind, tidal currents, and wave action are ...

Federal Expedition on John's Island / Battle of Burden's Causewa

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Federal Expedition on John's Island

The Battle of Burden’s Causeway was the climax of a Federal expedition against John’s Island, July 2-9, 1864. 5000 Federals under Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch crossed the Stono River and advanced along ...

German Submarine at Cape Henlopen

The Surrender of U-858

On May 14, 1945, the officers and crew of the German submarine, U-858 gave themselves up to U.S. Marines after hearing of Germany's surrender to Allied troops. They and their vessel were escorted here to the Fort ...

Three Stamp Mill from the Red Ledge Mine

This three stamp mill was donated to the City of Grass Valley by Mrs. Stella Tracy, owner of the famous Red Ledge Mine near Washington, Nevada County, where this mill crushed tons of gold bearing ore for many years.

It is ...

Delaware Pilots

Lewes * Maritime History Trail

Marine pilots know the shoals, lumps, and ledges of the Delaware intimately. They know the bends of the dredged channel, the characteristics of every lighthouse and range light, and the location of wrecks. They understand tides ...

Peoples of the Coast - Why did they live here?

Alson, Aptos, Carquin, Huchiun, Oljon, Tamien, Matsun, Rumsen, Yelamu … these are jst a few of the 50 or so Indian tribes that populated the coastal area from Carquinez Strait to south of Monterey Bay. For at least 10,000 ...