Birthplace of Swine Improvement in America

First Ohio Testing Station 1946

Marker can be reached from South Franklin St..

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First Las Vegas Post Office

John Steele, one of the original L. D. S. missionaries, secured a mail grant for the Las Vegas Mission. The documents to establish the Post Office, and, appointing William Bringhurst Postmaster, were brought from Salt Lake City by Benjamin H ...

The Elms Plantation

Ralph Izard inherited The Elms after his father's death in 1749. During the Revolution he provided financial support to the Patriot cause. He also served as a foreign diplomat, advisor to George Washington, and US senator. The Elms, which remained ...

A.P. Hill Escapes Capture

The Battle of the Wilderness

On the morning of May 6, General A.P. Hill stretched his battle lines across the Chewning farm, closing a dangerous gap in the Confederate line. Before Hill's troops arrived, a Union regiment broke into the clearing ...

Casa de Lopez

Erected by Valentine Lopez - 1882

Occupied by Geronimo Lopez - 1884

Purchased by City of San Fernando - 1971

Survived Major Earthquake - 1971

Restored by San Fernando - 1974-75

Marker is on Pico Street near South Maclay ...

The Whispering Oak

A Witness

Nov. 6. 1792

The International Society of Arborculture and the National Arborist Association jointly recognize this significant tree in this bicentennial year as having lived here during the American Revolutionary Period.

1776 - 1976

Dedicated by

Eaton Current Events Club

April 13, 1977

Marker can ...

Captain John Spotswood

Spotswood park is dedicated to Captain John Spotswood born circa 1748, grandson of Royal Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood of Virginia. Captain John Spotswood, soldier of the American Revolution, served honorably as a member of the Continental Army 10th Virginia Regiment. ...

Site of Duck Creek Presbyterian Church

In 1733 a charter was granted to “a dissenting congregation” of Scots and Irish Presbyterians who had settled in this area. A Meeting House was subsequently erected at this location. The Reverend Thomas Evans conducted the first service here on ...

Father Junipero Serra / Fray Junipero Serra

Marker 1:

Father Junipero Serra

Donated by Wm Hannon Foundation

Commemorating San Fernando Mission

Sept 1797 - Sept 1997

Marker 2:

Fray Junipero Serra

1713-1784

Founder of the California Missions

In Memory of Eugenie B. Hannon

Marker is on ...

Preble County Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to all veterans of Preble County

Marker can be reached from Camden Road (Ohio Route 355)..

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