History of Flagpole

Grandad Bluff Flag

In February 1941, during World War II, the Reserve Officers Association organized the population of the La Crosse area to erect a flagpole high atop Grandad Bluff - 600 feet above the city. Children in all public and ...

First Unitarian Church of Oakland

Designed in 1889 by Walter J. Mathews, this solid masonry Romanesque church departed radically from California's traditional Gothic wood frame construction. Noted for its world famous stained glass windows produced by Goodhue of Boston, and for arching redwood spans, the ...

11th Iowa Infantry

Hare's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

11th Iowa Infantry

Hare's (1st) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment reformed here at 11.30 A.M. April 6, 1862 and advanced, fighting, to within 50 yards of its first position. It was then driven back ...

The War of 1812

Lewes Maritime History Trail

During the War of 1812, British vessels

blockaded the mouth of Delaware Bay in

an effort to disrupt shipping patterns and

supply lines and cause economic hardship

in the Mid-Atlantic. But when crews

attempted to land at ...

Merchant’s Cafe

1889

Seattle’s oldest continuously-used restaurant retains most of its original interior. Its 30-foot bar was brought “around the horn” in a sailing vessel during the 1860s, and much Klondike gold passed across it during the 1890s. The restaurant was operated ...

Defeat in the Center

Acrid smoke made it hard to breathe or see. The roar of gunfire and the death-cries of comrades made it hard to hear or think. The 1st Maryland Brigade and the NC militia battled the British 23rd and 33rd Regiments ...

First Settlement

1630 - 1930

Here, enclosed by a stockade, the first settlement was made in 1673. Nine rods to the westward a fort was built in 1685 and eight rods southeast stood the Indians' Council Rock.

Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 10) ...

This Tablet Marks the Site of Old Fort Cumberland

Which was built in 1755 by order of the British Government and named in honor of the Duke of Cumberland, Captain General of the British Army. It was the base of military operations of General Edward Braddock and Colonel George ...

Confederate Breakout

February 15, 1862

"Fill your cartridge boxes, quick, and get into line; the enemy is trying to escape and he must not be permitted to do so."

Col. J.D. Webster, USA

The advantage lay with the Confederates. They could press the attack and ...

Ardenwood Historic Farm / George Washington Patterson Ranch

This Property

The

George Washington

Patterson Ranch

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

November 29, 1985

Marker can be reached from Ardenwood Boulevard near California Highway 84.

Courtesy hmdb.org