John Taylor Wood, CSN

And the Sinking of the USS Underwriter

In January 1864, General Robert E. Lee wrote to Confederate President Jefferson Davis that "a bold party" could descend the Neuse River to New Bern at night, capture Federal gunboats and use them to ...

Burt-Stark House / Jefferson Davis’s Flight

Burt-Stark House When Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, left Richmond after its fall in April 1865, he traveled south, trying to reach and rally the remnants of his army. On May 2, he spent the night at the home ...

Jersey Central Power & Light Employees

July 4, 1941

Dedicated to our fellow employees who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States of America

Courtesy hmdb.org

John A. Urich

A City of Madison Principal Planner whose work spanned from 1965 to 1996, John championed downtown urban design projects including the State Street Mall, Capitol Concourse, Civic Center, Capitol Centre, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, and the Monona Terrace Community ...

David James Schaefer

1955-2004

David James Schaefer, 1955-2004

was a phenomenal phenomenon. Though plagued by the progressive debilities of cerebral palsy, "Schaefer" was an uncomplaining and generous friend to many. Disability Rights Specialist for the City of Madison in three different settings, his death of ...

Jan Neruda

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Jan Neruda

Zde žil a svoji literární ?innost zapo?al.

* 1834 † 1891

Pé?í Spolk? Menšího M?sta Pražského.

R. 1895.

{Marker text translated into English:}

Jan Neruda

Here he lived and began his literary activity.

Born 1834, Died 1891

The Prague Lesser Town Beneficial Association

1895

Marker ...

Sergeant Major John Champe

Here was the home of Sergeant Major John Champe, Continental Army, who risked the inglorious death of a spy for the independence of his country.

Marker is on John Mosby Highway (U.S. 50) east of Cobb House Road, on the right ...

First Jewish Religious Services

In a second floor room in a store which stood on this location, forty pioneers of Jewish faith gathered on Yom Kippur (5610) September 26, 1849, and participated in the first Jewish religious services in San Francisco.

State Registered Landmark ...

Mojave Runners

The Mojave Indian Runners helped get messages and information to far flung villages. They could run up to 100 miles a day barefoot and only donned sandals on very rocky or spiney [sic] areas. A group of them met Capt. ...

Big Pool Junction

Western Maryland Rail Trail

The eighteen miles of rails between

Hagerstown and Big Pool were the busiest

of the Western Maryland Railway. It was

here in 1892 that a connection was made with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad across the Potomac River at Cherry ...