Station Square

1892

295-301 Bloomfield Avenue

Late 19th Century Commercial

with Queen Anne and Romanesque Elements

Architect: Jesse H. Lockwood

Also known as "The Crawford Block" this eclectic building is unique in Montclair. In 1909, early urban planner John Nolan described it as ...

The Battle of McDowell

Union Troops Attack Jackson

Major General Edward Johnson commanded the Confederates on the crest overlooking the town of McDowell. Johnson spread his line along the hilltop, anchoring his right flank on the knoll to your right. Stonewall Jackson remained in the ...

The Battle of McDowell

Confederates Climb Sitlington's Hill

“… (The 31st Virginia] came close to the 3rd and saluted them, and called them by name, and proceeded with the slaughter.”

Andrew Price, 3rd Virginia

Most of Stonewall Jackson’s Confederates climbed Sitlington’s Hill through a ravine off to ...

The Battle of McDowell

May 8, 1862

In the spring of 1862 Confederate fortunes seemed to have gone from bad to worse. Union forces had won several key battles in the West, while the U.S. Navy was establishing its coastal blockade and Major General George ...

First Municipal Airport in the United States

Arizona Historic Site

[Marker Front:]

This ground was the location

of the

First Municipal Airport

in the

United States

The Tucson City Council approved the

financing for the airport, July 21, 1919

and

the City of Tucson in cooperation

with the Tucson Chamber of Commerce

established and constructed

the airport.

The first plane landed ...

The Battle of McDowell

Heart of the Battlefield

The Confederate 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment held this exposed crest overlooking McDowell. Milroy’s Union troops assaulted this hilltop from two directions – on the left and the right. The Confederates held their ground against repeated attacks and ...

Battle of McDowell

Confederates Hold the High Ground

Beyond the ridge you are facing is Sitlington’s Hill. On the afternoon of May 8, 1862, Gen. Edward “Allegheny” Johnson directed two brigades of Confederate infantry to take position on the hill facing the Federals across ...

Lehigh Valley Railroad Three Story Station House

Located just south, serviced short shuttle runs north into Clinton and south into Pittstown. Building dismantled before WWII.

Marker is at the intersection of Sidney School Road and Landsdown Road, on the left when traveling south on Sidney School Road.

Courtesy ...

Early Aviation History in Vancouver

Pearson Field

Even before the advent of a U.S. Army Air Service field at Vancouver Barracks in 1921 and the eventual dedication of “Pearson Field” in 1925, aviation had early hallmarks at Vancouver Barracks.

As part of the 1905 Lewis and Clark ...

Matanzas Bay

Bahia de Matanzas

On this shore in 1586, Sir Francis Drake burned San Agustin and a new wooden fort called San Juan. In 1668, John Davis, an English corsair, sacked the town and almost captured its wooden fort. Many other pirates, ...