George Herman " Babe"Ruth

1895 - 1948

A great ball player.

A great man.

A great American.

Marker is on E 161st Street and River Avenue.

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Fort Bayard - 1866-1900

Fort Bayard National Cemetery

One of the several posts created on the Apache frontier, Fort Bayard protected the Pinos Altos mining district. Company B of the black 125th Infantry served here, as did Lt. John J. Pershing. In 1900 the fort ...

Bark Cabin Home of Coohcoohe

Bark Cabin Home of

Coohcooche &

Captive Spencer 1792

Indian Grand Council 1793

Birthplace of Indian

Chief Scout - Capt.

Anthony Shane and of

Chief Occonoxee 1757

Whose son and son's

Wife died here

Marker is on East River Drive 0.2 miles east of North Clinton Street.

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Stankiewicz's Battery

In February 1862 Capt. Peter K. Stankiewicz commanded a battery of one 8-inch howitzer and two 9-pounder iron guns at this location. This battery helped defend against Union Gen. C.F. Smith's attack on Confederate Gen. Simon Buckner's position about ½-mile ...

Elizabeth Zane

In memory of

Elizabeth Zane

whose heroic deed

saved Fort Henry in 1782

Erected May 30, 1928

Marker is on 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.

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In Memory of Old Abe

1861 • 1881

The soldier bird who was captured in Chippewa County by Chief Sky and taken to Eau Claire by Daniel McCann of Eagle Point. With Company "C" of the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment, he participated in twenty-five battles of the ...

Double Bridges

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An ante-bellum Alabama Rd. crossing of Flint River at Owens Island, 1.25 mi. N. of the old DuBignon Ferry & 2.5 mi. N.E. of this point.

Wilson’s Cav. seized Columbus Apr. 16, 1865. On the 17th, Minty’s div. was sent ...

Birmingham Water Works Company (1887) / Cahaba Pumping Station (

Side A

The Elyton Land Company, which had founded the city of Birmingham in 1871, established a subsidiary, the Birmingham Water Works Company in 1887. Dr. Henry M. Caldwell, President of the Elyton Land Company, contracted with Judge A. O. Lane, ...

Shelbyville, A. T.

Near this site stood Shelbyville, A. T., first county seat of Shelby County; named for Isaac Shelby, governor of Tennessee. Shelby County was established February 7, 1818 by an act of the Alabama Territorial legislature. The first orphans’ court was ...

Robert Louis Stevenson

Lodged at 608 Bush Street, December 1879 - March 1880, and there wrote essays, poems autobiography and fiction.

Plaque placed by admirers of the author in cooperation with the California Historical Society.

July 26, 1972

Marker is at the intersection ...