Original Site of The Steamboat House

Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin College in 1855. He acquired an eight-acre tract on this site and erected a house which he named ...

Grouseland Treaty Line

(August 21, 1805)

Territorial Governor, William Henry Harrison, in a treaty with Indians held at Vincennes, secured lands which for the first time opened the entire north bank of the Ohio River for settlement.

Marker is at the intersection of Indiana Route ...

Platt-Simpson Building

Radcliff Platt constructed the original portion of this building about 1871. He operated a livery stable here until 1890 and lived in one side of the structure for a number of years. In 1901 J.S. Simpson (1854-1934) purchased and enlarged ...

Dedicated To Learning

Ruthville High School

Schools were precious to a community denied education for centuries. Following the Civil War one and two-room schools for "colored" children were established around the county. It was here in Ruthville, however, that a commitment to learning first ...

Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812

In 1795 a cannon battery constructed on the Point Peter peninsula became the southernmost fortification in the First System of U.S. coastal defenses. Vacated in 1802, it was reoccupied and strengthened in 1808 to provide support for the enforcement of ...

Muscatatuck Park

Side one:

Opened 1921 as Indiana's fourth state park for its natural beauty and recreation potential. Named Vinegar Mills State Park after stone-cutting mill in park. Renamed Muscatatuck State Park 1922. Stone shelters and stairways, fire tower, trails, and retaining walls ...

Miller's Station

Pre-Revolutionary house owned by Josiah Miller. Inherited by his son Luke, Major in the Morris County Militia. Property remained in family until 1889.

Marker is on Ridgedale Avenue just from Oxford Lane, on the right when traveling east.

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At Navajo Springs

December 29, 1863 Arizona's Territorial officials took the oath of office during a snowstorm. Governor John N. Goodwin and other officials arriving from the east by wagon train, took their oaths of office and raised the U.S. flag "to establish ...

Soldiers' National Cemetery

"Here where they fell,

Oft shall the widow's tear be shed,

Oft shall fond parents mourn their dead;

The orphan here shall kneel and weep..."

Hymn by Benjamin B. French

Sung at cemetery dedication

November 19, 1863

Soldiers' National Cemetery contains the graves of more than 6,000 ...

New York State Office Building

New York State

Office Building

Cornerstone Laid By

Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1928.

Marker is on South Swan Street near State Street, on the left when traveling east.

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