The Coronado Expedition, 1540-42

[The first section of marker is in Spanish:]

En el año 1539, recordando aún el anuncio de la conquista del imperio inca que occurrió en 1533, el virrey Antonio de Mendoza receloso pero con te a la vez, envoí a un ...

Lawrence House, 1840

Home of the wheelwright and site of the wheelwright shop.

Harvey Brearley’s store 1837

Marker is on Lawrenceville Road (Main Street) (U.S. 206) ¼ mile north of Gordon Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

U.S. Supreme Court Rules On Overton Park and I-40

1956 - 2006

In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the State of Tennessee could not go through Overton Park to build I-40 based on environmental issues. This east-west interstate now follows I-240 around the north side of Memphis. It ...

Vestavia Hills Baptist Church / George Ward 1867-1940

Vestavia Hills Baptist Church

Vestavia Hills Baptist Church, constituted May 6, 1957, first met at Vestavia Hills City Hall. The church purchased the George Ward estate in 1958. On the property was Ward’s home, “Vestavia,” a replica of a Roman temple ...

Site of Selma-Dallas County’s 1st Bridge 1884-1940

Toll Fees

(Until 1900)

5¢ Pedestrians

10¢ Peddlers, Horseman

25¢ 1 Horse Buggy

50¢ 2 Horse Buggy

75¢ 4 Horse Buggy

Camelback type

High Truss Bridge

1- 228’ Swing Span

2- 200’ Fixed Spans

1- 265’ Approach

Built by

Milwaukee

Bridge Works

Cost: $55,000 (1885)

The corner stone of the 1st bridge across the Alabama River ...

Twin 40mm Self-propelled Gun, M42A1 Duster

Pennsylvania Military Museum

By the time the M42 "Duster" anti-aircraft weapon system was deployed in 1953, the Soviet Union had developed high-speed aircraft that were too fast for the Duster to track. The Duster, however, found its role in the dense ...

William Preston Few (1867-1940)

[Front]:

William Preston Few, prominent Southern educator, was born 1.6 mi. NE in 1867. Few received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1896 and joined the faculty of Trinity College, Durham, N.C., that same year. He became Trinity's fifth president in 1910 ...

A Diverse Jamestown Household 1620-1640

By 1624, William Peirce, a “beloved friend” of governor Francis Wyatt, built a house – “one of the fairest in Virginia” – on this lot. Peirce, captain of the governor’s guard and the colony’s cape merchant, also served as lieutenant ...

New Life For Dorchester Academy 1932-1940

Dorchester Academy

J. Roosevelt Jenkins, who was Dorchester

Academy's assistant principal, science

teacher and athletic director, replaced

Elizabeth Moore as principal after her death

in 1932. He continued to strengthen the

school's curriculum and the thriving

athletic programs. During his administration,

Dorchester Academy was in its academic

prime. In ...

Working Together at the Dorchester Cooperative Center 1930s-1940

Dorchester Academy

The Industrial Arts Department at Dorchester Academy taught students practical skills they could use in everyday life. The boys took classes in farming, woodworking, iron-working, and architecture. The girls were instructed in cooking, sewing, dressmaking and related industries. Most ...