Veterans Memorial, Bridgeton Twp

Upper Black Eddy, PA

Dedicated to those members of the armed forces of the United States who have honorable and unselfishly served their country.

Marker is at the intersection of River Road and Bridge Street, on the right when traveling ...

Economic and Ethnic Diversity in Springfield

In Abraham Lincoln's time, many residents of Springfield came from someplace else, whether a state or an ocean away. Southerners, northerners, and European immigrants came here to improve their lot in life, much as Lincoln had in 1837. Springfield's African ...

The Last Spike

Track crews constructing west from Salt Lake City met track crews constructing east from Los Angles

January 30, 1950

Marker can be reached from Las Vegas Boulevard South (at milepost 10.3).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Portal of the Folded Wing

Shrine to Aviation

Dedicated To The Honored Dead Of American Aviation On

The 50th Anniversary Of Powered Flight, Dec. 17, 1953,

By Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker USAF (Ret.)

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Bay Islands Park

The Bay Islands Park, managed by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, consists of nine sites that extend from Patience Island in the upper bay to Beavertail and Brenton Point overlooking Rhode Island Sound. Each of the nine sites ...

Southern Pacific R.R. Depot

First located here April 28, 1876 by Central Pacific R.R. First passenger train passed through on September 25, 1877 with Leland Stanford aboard.

Historic Marker No. VI

Martinez Historical Society

July 4, 1991

Marker is on Ferry Street near Marina Vista, on the right ...

Portage County Civil War Memorial

1861–1865

Portage County

to

her heroes who fought

and

her martyrs who fell

that

the Republic might live.

Marker is on Church Street south of Arlington Place, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Pony Express Ferry "Carquinez"

Dedicated April 23, 2005

Martinez

By James Stretestky · Julian M. Frazer · Martinez Historical Society · Mayor Rob & Carole Schroder · Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema · Vice Mayor Mark & Dianne Ross · Tesoro's Golden Eagle Refinery · Bart, Jane, ...

Couplers

The earliest cars were joined together with chains or iron bars. Later cars used many different types of couplers, including the "link and pin." A foot-long iron oval, or link, fit into horizontal slots on the ends of adjacent cars, ...

Battle of Plattsburgh Bay

Throughout the War of 1812, British forces targeted Lake Champlain as an invasion route. United States Navy Lieutenant Thomas Macdonough was able to confine them in the Richelieu River of Quebec throughout the summer of 1813. American shipbuilders spent the ...