World War II Coastal Defenses at the Aransas Pass

In the late 1700's the US began a coastal defense system to protect ports and strategic points. Texas, which became a State in 1845, featured several Gulf Coast sites that would prove important in the US Military engagements in the ...

Original Patentees Memorial

Settlers of the District of Columbia Memorial

To the original Patentees prior to 1700 whose land grants embrace the site of the Federal City. This Monument is erected by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Colonists, April 25, ...

Italianate Style House

Historic Landmarks of Fountain County

Award presented to

Dr. Peter and Ann Petrich

for the Restoration and Preservation of This

Italianate Style House built c. 1850

Marker is on E. Washington Street near South Perry Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Walton Hauling & Warehouse Corporation

Wellington Walton established this company with one horse and a wagon in 1879 at the 14th Street Theatre to service the thriving vaudeville and burlesque entertainment of that time. Under the leadership of Eugene A. Walton, followed by his son ...

Fort Union National Monument / Santa Fe Trail

1851-1891

Side A:

Fort Union National Monument 1851-1891

Once the largest post in the Southwest, Fort Union was established to control the Jicarilla Apaches and Utes, to protect the Santa Fe Trail, and to serve as a supply depot for other New Mexico ...

United States Air Force Academy Graduates

To our graduates who are

Gone But Not Forgotten

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Sherman at Zion Church

On the night of Dec. 8, 1864, Hq. Military Division of the Mississippi (USA), Maj. Gen. W.T. Sherman, USA, was established here at Zion Church. Hq. Right Wing (15th and 17th Corps), Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, USA, was at Eden ...

Battle of Cross Keys

Trimble’s Ravine

On June 8, 1862, Confederate Gen. Isaac R, Trimble led part of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment through the then-swampy ravine in front of you to attack Union Gen. Louis Blenker’s division. Trimble intended to move around the 54th ...

200 Years Later

200 years later we remember

September 28, 1978

Presented by

Baylor's Dragoons Memorial Committee

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Red Oak Drive and Rivervale Road, on the right when traveling east.

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Courtney Road Service Station

The 1920s were the boom years for construction of gas stations in the United States due to an increase of cars, improved roads and low gas prices. By 1929, there were 143,000 "filling" stations across the nation. Many were built ...