Marquette–Jolliet

Here in June, 1673, an expedition headed by Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and his companion Louis Jolliet departed from St. Francis Xavier Mission to find and explore the upper Mississippi River. In September they returned here to record their discoveries ...

Colorado River Storage Project / Glen Canyon Dam

Reclamation: Managing Water in the West

Colorado River Storage Project

In recognition of the vision of the Colorado River Storage Project Act of 1956 and the significant contributions the act has made to the development of the Upper Colorado River Basin states, ...

Dr. Jessee Bennett

1769–1842

Near Edom, Virginia, on January 14, 1794, in a heroic effort to save his wife, Elizabeth, and child, Dr. Jessee Bennett performed the first successful Caesarian section and oophorectomy to be done in America.

Marker is on Harpine Highway (Virginia Route ...

Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park

On the night of May 9, 1865, Jefferson Davis, with his family and a small escort, enroute south to avoid a screen of Union cavalry attempting to intercept him, reached the site of the present Jefferson Davis Memorial State Park ...

Johnson Ferry House

This farmhouse is the only existing structure within the park that witnessed the Crossing of the Continental troops on December 25-26, 1776. It was built around 1740 by Rutger Jansen, a Dutchman from Flatbush, Long Island, on a tract of ...

Colonel Thomas Stegge, Jr.

This tablet is dedicated

to the memory of

Colonel Thomas Stegge, Jr.

proprietor of

the Falls Plantation, 1659-70

first land-patentee permanently

to reside at the falls of James River;

uncle and benefactor of William

Byrd I., whose son in 1737 caused

the town site of Richmond

to be surveyed.

Erected by ...

Old Judy Church

Oldest log church building in Pendleton Co. Built in 1848 of hewn white pine logs cut nearby. Served as Methodist Episcopal Church until 1910 when abandoned. Used as community center since rededication in 1936.

Marker is on U.S. 220, on the ...

Rev. James Milton Webb

Born October 2, 1802, a Baptist minister; first moderator of the Green River Baptist Association.

He built this house known as "The Webb House" in 1825; served in the House of Commons; Clerk of Superior Court; published a Rutherford County newspaper.

Gardner ...

Old County Jail

Since the formation of Mono County in 1861, six facilities have served as the county jail. This stone building was placed into service by Sheriff C.F. McKinney, Dec. 5, 1883, and became the 5th Mono County Jail. It replaced the ...

Col. John Stuart/Mathew Arbuckle

Col. John Stuart Col. John Stuart built Stuart Manor, 1789, near Fort Stuart. He was a military and civil leader and led a company in the Battle of Point Pleasant. As clerk of Greenbrier County, he left many historic records. ...