Benjamin C. Criswell

Sergeant, Company B, 7th U.S. Cavalry, United States Army

Rescued the body of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin H. Hodgson from within the enemy lines; brought up ammunition and encouraged the men in the most exposed positions under heavy fire in the Little ...

Waterman Junction Becomes Barstow 1886

William Barstow Strong

In 1885, the California Southern R.R. Co. connected with the Atlantic and Pacific R.R. line on the Mojave River creating Waterman Junction.

Being named for Governor Waterman, owner of Waterman Mine and a mill nearby.

A post office was established ...

James J. Andrews

James J. Andrews, leader of the Andrews Raiders, was executed a few feet southeast on June 7, 1862. Andrews a native of Hancock County, now West Virginia, was a civilian spy for the Union Army who led 20 Union soldiers ...

William H. Johnson Birthplace

Marker Front:

William Henry Johnson (1901-1970), one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, was born nearby on Cox Street. His family later lived on the corner of Cheves and Kemp Streets. In 1918, at the age of ...

Johnson's Ranch

The first settlement reached in California by emigrant trains using the Emigrant (“Donner”) Trail. It was an original part of the 1844 Don Pablo Gutierrez Land Grant. It was sold at auction to William Johnson in 1854. In 1849 part ...

Site of First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Maine

Site of First Permanent

Jewish House of Worship

in Maine

Congregation Beth Israel 1897

Marker is on Center Street south of Garland Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

William Bullein Johnson

1782 - 1862

President of Triennial Southern, South Carolina Baptist Conventions. Johnson Female University founded here in 1848 as Johnson Female Seminary was named for him because of his support for female education. From 1853 to 1858, while Chancellor of this ...

Casa de Armijo

Built in 1706 and occupied for many generations by the Armijo family who were prominent in local history. This hacienda was gay with social life.

During the turmoil of the early settlement the Mexican, Spanish and American Civil War occupation ...

Harry J. Parrish

Harry J. Parrish—The Man. Harry Jacob Parrish was born February 22, 1922 and has made Manassas his lifelong home. He attended Prince William county schools, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Wofford college, and schools of the US Air Force. Hs military service ...

Delaware's Jewish Community

This building, once known as the Morrow Building, symbolizes the founding of an organized Jewish community in Delaware. Jews have been present in Delaware since the 1650's. Until the late 19th Century, the Jewish community was too small to maintain ...