Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barns

The Fort Worth Stock Yard Company's wooden horse and mule barns on this site were destroyed by fire on March 14, 1911, opening day of the Feeders and Breeders show (later Southwestern Exposition & Fat Stock Show). The show opened ...

“Hubbard’s Folly”

On this site about 1834, Gurdon S. Hubbard built Chicago’s first warehouse for storing pork and other pioneer produce. Because of its size and substantial construction early skeptics called the building "Hubbard’s Folly."

Erected by

Chicago’s Charter Jubilee

Authenticated by Chicago Historical Society

1937

City ...

Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium

Early Major League baseball park opened here, 1909. Renamed, 1953. Home to Athletics 1909 - 1954: Phillies 1938 - 1970. Site of three Negro League World Series; five A's World Series victories. Razed, 1976.

Marker is on West Lehigh Avenue.

Monroeville, Alabama

"From one store in 1822 to Alabama's Literary Capital in 1997"

Front:

Originally a part of the Mississippi Territory purchased from Spain in 1795, this area was inhabited and controlled by Indian Nations until 1814. Now safe from Indian uprisings, settlers ...

Dewitt Smith Jobe

Compatriot of Sam Davis and cousin of Gen. Thomas Benton Smith, he was a member of Co. D, 20th Tenn. Regt., CSA, and later was transferred to Coleman's Scouts. On August 30, 1864, he was captured by a Federal patrol ...

Astronauts of the Shuttle Columbia

In honor of these

astronauts who perished

serving their country in space

on the Shuttle Columbia,

February 1, 2003

Rick D. Husband, Commander

Wiliam C. McCool, Pilot

Michael P. Anderson, Mission Specialist

David Brown, Mission Specialist

Kalpana Chawla, Mission Specialist

Laurel Blair Salton Clark,

Mission Specialist

Ilan Ramon (Israel), Mission Specialist

Courtesy hmdb.org

Remembering Dr. King

Front

The honorary designation of Harden Street and installation of markers in the name of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. recognizes the achievements of a man who inspired the world to embrace equality and non-violence to which he ...

Ebenezer Fiske House Site

Minute Man National Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of ...

Barnesvile Station

Dedicated October 8, 1977

Built about 1930 as the first metering station for the Washington area gas supply, this building was saved from imminent destruction by concerned citizens dedicated to both the preservation of the visible past and revitalization of the ...

Brooks Historical Area

Minute Man National Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of ...