Stratford World War I Monument

In Grateful Recognition

Of All Those Who

Served Our Country

In Time Of War

The Town Of Stratford

Dedicates This Memorial

A.D. 1931

Marker is at the intersection of West Broad Street and Main Street (Connecticut Route 113), on the left when traveling west on ...

First Battle Site

1812

The first War of 1812 battle on Ohio soil was fought here when about 60 exhausted citizen soldiers were ambushed by about 130 Indians on September 29. Twenty men held the Indians at bay in a cabin while the main ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Life Along the Line

Just getting groceries up here could be a challenge

Deep winter snow sometimes made getting to school, going to the doctor, or buying food an adventure.

Families living at the top of the Bitterroot Mountains, here at East Portal and Roland, made ...

Howell's Georgia Battery

Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion

Howell's Georgia Battery

Two 6-pdr., Two 12-pdr. Howitzers.

Maj. Robert Martin's Artillery Battalion

Walker's (Gist's) Div., Hardee's Corps.

Capt. Evan P. Howell, Commanding.

1st Lieut. W.G. Robson.

2d Lieuts. T.J. Gilmore and R.T. Gibson.

Nov. 25th, 1863, 11 A.M.

A section of 6-pdr. guns ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Substation 13

Once a critical part of the longest electrified railroad in the world, the broken concrete foundation to your left is all that remains of the two-story, brick East Portal Substation.

Essentially a gigantic electric vault, East Portal was the largest of ...

United States Battalion of Engineers

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

United States Battalion of Engineers

Captain George H. Mendell commanding

With the Army of the Potomac in the Gettysburg Campaign from the Rappahannock to the Potomac and engaged in arduous duties from June 13th to July ...

Sacramento River Exploration

The Spanish Missionaries’ quest for mission sites led to their exploration of the river. However, no missions were ever built in this region. The first known sighting was in 1774 by Fray Juan Crespi and Pedro Fages. By 1808, Gabriel ...

The National Road

A short distance west of the Springfield City limits at the top of Sugar Grove Hill ended the continuous metaled or paved portion of the National Road.The National Road was, outside of the navigable rivers and harbors, the first great ...

Antonin Dvo?ák plaque and statue

Gift of the New York Philharmonic and the Dvo?ák American Heritage Association to the City of New York 1997.

This bronze statue by Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962) was commissioned by the Czechoslovak National Council of America and presented to the New ...

The Fort Under Attack

The Confederate fortifications at Brook Hill were occupied forceably three times by Union cavalry during the Civil War. The initial raid during the night of May 4, 1863 by General Stoneman’s troops was of relatively little consequence. On March 1, ...