First Latter-day Saint Chapel in Phoenix

The first meetinghouse in Phoenix for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) was built on this site by the three-hundred-member congregation of the Phoenix Ward. At the time, J. Robert Price was bishop.

Since their beginning in 1912 ...

Federal Relocation of Italians in America During World II

In Remembrance of the Injustice Caused by

the Federal Relocation of Italians in

America During World War II

From February 24, 1942 to October 12, 1942, nearly 1600 Italian residents of Pittsburg, California, having been declared “enemy aliens,” were unjustly banned from their ...

Port Washington Light Station

This property has been listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States Department of the Interior

Port Washington Light Station

1860

Marker is at the intersection of Johnson Street and East Van Buren Street, on the right when traveling ...

Battle of the Crater - Covered Way

At this place located by participants in the Battle of the Crater, this road, known as the Jerusalem Plank Road, was crossed by a covered way leading eastwardly to the ravine in rear of the Confederate breastworks which run northwardly ...

Tallasseehatchee

Creek Indian War 1813-14

Gen. John Coffee, commanding 900 Tennessee Volunteers, surrounded Indians nearby; killed some 200 warriors. This was first American victory. It avenged earlier massacre of 517 at Ft. Mims by Indians.

Marker is on U.S. 431 2 miles north ...

Hard Labor Creek State Park

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate

Hard Labor Creek State Park

This park was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program sponsored by President Roosevelt. It was administered ...

Parson's Battery

4th U.S. Artillery Co. "H" & "M"

The most powerful federal battery on this field armed with four 3" Ordnance rifles and four 12 pdr. howitzers. This battery of battle hardened regulars poured charge after charge of canister at less than ...

The Trail of Death

In 1838 a band of over 800 Potawatomi Indians were forcibly removed from their homeland in Northern Indiana and marched to Eastern Kansas. Many died along the trail during the two month trek. This mournful caravan traveled this road on ...

Flat Rock

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Flat Rock

Identified with the Flat Rock Church and School that existed in the early 20th century, Flat Rock has African American roots that ...

The Battle of Kings Mountain

In Memory of

the patriotic American

who participated in the

Battle of

Kings Mountain

this Monument is erected

by their grateful

Descendants.

Marker can be reached from Kings Mountain Park Road, on the right when traveling east.

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