The First Telegram

“What Hath God Wrought”

The first telegram “What Hath God Wrought” was sent from the Capitol in Washington to Baltimore May 24, 1844 over wires laid along the right of way of the B&O Railroad adjacent to this highway. The telegraph ...

Gates of the Mountains

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson enlisted Meriwether Lewis to lead the Corps of Discovery on an unprecedented journey westward. Primarily travelling by watercraft up the Missouri river, the Corps of Discovery departed from Camp Dubois, Illinois, in May 1804.

On ...

Dumas Brothel

The Dumas Brothel, located at 45 E. Mercury Street in Butte, Montana, claims to be “America’s longest running house of prostitution.” In 1890, when the brothel first opened, Butte was a mining town, and several “parlor houses” and brothels lined ...

Bethel African American Episcopal Church - Palatka

The residents of the community of Newtown organized the Bethel AME church in 1866. This Romanesque Revival style building was constructed by the congregation circa 1908-1912.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Photo courtesy of Fish Ministries.

Greater Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Home of the oldest black congregation in Miami, Greater Bethel AME Church was organized in 1896, several months before the city was incorporated. Construction of this Mediterranean Revival style building began in 1927 and was completed in 1942. It is ...

Bethel African American Episcopal Church - Punta Gorda

"Uncle Dan" Smith, a local African American religious leader constructed a thatch-roofed hut church on this site in 1886. Several white families, including Colonel Albert W. Gilchrist, who later became governor of Florida, were in attendance at the first service. ...

The E.O. Douglas School Marker

Built in 1957, the E.O. Douglas School was an all-black school named for the citizen activist and president of the First National Bank. The old wooden school building was originally located on Harris Street. Following integration, the final structure on ...

National Historic Landmark- Northeast Entrance Station

Designed following the parameters of the rustic design ethic, it is not only a physical, but also a psychological boundary between the rest of the world and the area set aside as a permanent wild place. The best of its ...

National Historic Landmark- Great Northern Railway Buildings

The Great Northern Railway Buildings National Historic Landmark is comprised of five building complexes: Belton Chalet, Granite Park Chalet, Many Glacier Hotel, Sperry Chalet, and Two Medicine Store. Together they exemplify a distinct architectural style being used on a massive ...

National Historic Landmark- Going-to-the-Sun Road

An essential step in making large scenic reservations accessible to the motoring public without unduly marring landscape scenery or natural systems was the initiation of "landscape engineering." When it was begun, Going-to-the-Sun Road was the most ambitious road construction project ...