Slaughter in the Rocks

March 8, 1862 - Morning

Below you here stand 30-foot-tall columns of stone. Bone-tired Confederates of the 2nd Missouri Brigade took shelter amid these rocky dens after the first day's hard marching and fighting. What at first seemed like a good ...

The Double File Trail (Round Rock)

As the Delaware Indians moved from their home in the “Redlands” of East Texas in 1828 to near present Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. They laid out this trace. It was named Double File Trail because two horsemen could ride side by ...

The Round Rock

A guide for Indians and early settlers, this table-shaped stone in the middle of Brushy Creek once marked an important low-water wagon crossing. Hundered-year–old wheel ruts are still visible in the creek bottom. The rocky stream bed also provided building ...

The Hanging Rock Coal Trestle

Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail

The Hanging Rock coal trestle functioned as a coal unloading facility, and was built by the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1943 from a standard plan used for this type of structure.

At the turn of the century, ...

Post Rock Limestone and the Czechoslovakian Immigrant Experience

Innovative use of native Dakota sandstone, a unique geological formation found only in this region, by pioneer Czech settlers can still be seen in our fencelines, farmsteads, civic & vernacular architecture, bridges, backroads, & byways.

Marker is on Main Street near ...

The Rocky Mountain News

This tablet is the

Property of the State of Colorado

On this site stood the original home of

Rocky Mountain News

First newspaper established in

the Pike's Peak Gold Region

Founded by Wm. N.Byers, April 23, 1859,

Champion of Law and Order in

Jefferson Territory; "Advocate of

Faith in ...

"At the Point of Rock"

“At the point of rock,” the translation of the American Indian word Neabsco, describes clearly the high bluff of land in front of you known as Freestone Point. The location of Freestone Point is indicated on maps from the 18th ...

The Packeries of Rockport

After the Civil War, Rockport became an important cattle ranching and shipping center. In 1866, James Doughty, T.H. Mathis, and John M. Mathis constructed cattle pens, with a long wharf that extended out into Aransas Bay from “Rocky Point” (the ...

The Blowing Rock

This 250 million year old cliff formation is

North Carolina's oldest travel attraction.

Located at 4,000 feet above sea level,

The Blowing Rock is the town's namesake.

The phenomenon is so called because

the rocky walls of the gorge form a flume

through which ...

The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in Rockport

During its early years Rockport relied on Gulf shipping for goods and services. After the arrival of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in 1888, however, the town’s economic focus changed to include rail shipping and a burgeoning tourism ...