Prairie Home Companions

The semi-arid plains are home to hundreds of wildlife species. but even species specialty adapted for life on the prairie need water to survive. The South Platte River and nearby State Wildlife Areas provide excellent habitat for a variety of ...

Pencader Presbyterian Church

On October 15, 1701, William Penn granted 30,000 acres of land to William Davies, David Evans, and William Willis "in behalf of themselves and Company of new Welsh Purchasers." Known as the Welsh Tract, this expansive holding attracted large numbers ...

Municipal Ferry Terminal

City of New York   Borough of Manhattan

Erected 1908-1909

by the

Department of Docks & Ferries

during the administration of

George B. McClellan

Mayor

Herman A. Metz   Comptroller

Allen N. Spooner

Commissioner

Denis A. Judge   Deputy Commissioner

Bunlahinch Clapperbridge

Clew Bay Archaeological Trail site 14

Bún na hInes - Bottom of the River Meadow

This clapperbridge is a very unusual feature in the West of Ireland. The word clapper originally meant plank in the Sussex area of England, where there are ...

Tipton County (Indiana) Veterans Memorial

Tipton County Veterans Memorial

Marker is on East Jefferson Street east of South Main Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Four Powered Flights

The Wright brothers made four successful sustained powered flights the morning of December 17, 1903. The commemorative granite boulder and replica monorail mark the lift-off point of those four flights, the numbered markers the terminating point.

Since soft sand prohibited launching ...

Pitch, Roll and Yaw

At the turn of the century, this large hill and the three hills surrounding it were known as the Kill Devil Hills. Wilbur and Orville Wright performed thousands of experimental glider flights here between 1900 and 1903. The culminatino of ...

Early Campsites and River Crossings

Native American hunters on the trail of bison and other game found a favorite river crossing and campsite here where the South Platte River and Lodgepole Creek come together. After burning the first Julesburg in 1865, Indian raiders camped here ...

John Vanderpoel Home   c.1825

Dr. John, 1796 – 1851

First Valatie Postmaster   1832

Friend, ally and physician

of President Van Buren

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Merwin Lane, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Prisoners on the Plains / Ride 'Em Cowboy

Prisoners on the Plains

During World War II, a seasonal Prisoner of War Camp was located in Ovid. Nearly 400 German prisoners worked in nearby potato and sugar beet fields. Housing was provided in 40 tents and two large downtown buildings.Ride ...