Fairbanks Public Schools

In the winter of 1904, the first Fairbanks Public School was opened. Ten students finished the spring term. In the fall of 1905, the school enrolled 50 students. The next year, 150 students attended.

Construction of a much-needed new school on ...

This Bluff

This Bluff

was used as a rallying point

by the British

April 19, 1775.

After a sharp fight

they retreated to Fiske Hill

from which they were driven

in great confusion.

Marker is on Marrett Road (Massachusetts Route 2A), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Frankfort

Site surveyed July 16, 1773.

Founded by

General James Wilkinson.

Chartered by

Virginia Legislature Oct., 1786.

Chosen Capital of Kentucky

December 1792

Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (U.S. 60) and Glenns Creek Road, on the right when traveling west ...

Cumberland Falls MoonBow

The Moonbow that appears here is the only one in the Western Hemisphere. It may be observed under a full moon and a clear sky. An arch of white light is usually produced at base of Falls and continues downstream. ...

The Franklin Mountains

Cabeza de Vaca Peak, elevation 7,152, is eight miles north from where you stand on the scenic point. History records that these rugged limestone mountains, from which stones were hewn and spring water was drawn to build El Paso, were ...

CCC at Cumberland Falls

Some 80,000 Kentuckians served in Civilian Conservation Corps. Three camps located in area (Companies 509, 563, and 1578). All helped develop Cumberland Falls State Park, blazing foot trails, drawing maps, and erecting cabins. Men also built DuPont Lodge; original log ...

The Chippewa Flowage

In 1921, the Federal Power Commission granted a license to the Wisconsin and Minnesota Power and Light Company for a dam construction on the Chippewa River. The dam was completed in 1923, and provided hydroelectric power and flood control to ...

United First Parish Church

Within this church are the tombs of two

Presidents of the United States

and their wives

John Adams – Second President 1735 1826

Abigail Adams 1744 1818

their son

John Quincy Adams – Sixth President 1767 1848

Louisa Catherine Adams 1775 1852

Marker is at the intersection of ...

The Rio Grande Rectification Project

Ahead is the Rio Grande. This great river formed the valley in the vista before you. Its meandering course was established as the boundary between the United States and Mexico by treaty in 1848.

The straight channel in the foreground is ...

Francis A. Fahy

1854 - 1935

Poet, Writer, Life-Long Worker

in the Irish Cause

was born in this house Sept. 29. 1854.

——•——

“For peace of mind I'll never find

until my own I call

that little Irish cailín

in her ould plaid shawl”

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street ...