Inspiration Point

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

A Youthful Glow

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River was born thousands of years ago, but is till young in geologic time.

After Yellowstone’s most recent icecap melted about 14,000 years ago, the ...

Old Donation Church

Just east stands Old Donation Episcopal Church, built in 1736. It is the third building to serve the colonial era Lynnhaven Parish, established by 1642. The second church, once adjacent to the current building, was converted into a school in ...

Stratton Hall

Charles C. Stratton was borne here, March 6, 1796. He was the first New Jersey governor elected by the people, 1845.

Marker is at the intersection of Kings Highway and Paulsboro-Swedesboro Road on Kings Highway.

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Waterfall Makers

Here the Yellowstone River plunges 308 feet over the Lower Falls. Hot springs have weakened the rock jut downstream, where you might see several geysers spouting into the river. As falling water pounds the thermally softened rock, it continues to ...

Cherokee County Confederate Monument

Our Confederate Soldiers

[North Inscription]

"Lest we Forget"

[South Inscription]

Though men deserve

they may not win success.

The brave will honor

the brave vanquished

none the less.

[Footstone]

This tablet in memoriam

Moses Wood

Erected by Moses Wood Chapter U.D.C.

1932

Marker is on South Limestone Street (Route 150) near East Buford Street, ...

Tanforan Assembly Center Commemorative Garden

This garden memorializes a time when this site, then the Tanforan Park Racetrack, was transformed into a temporary assembly center for persons of Japanese ancestry. On February 19, 1942, in the absence of charges or due process of law, President ...

Palisades Interstate Park

Palisades Interstate Park

Has Been Designated A

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the Provisions of The

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This Site Possesses Exceptional Value

In Commemorating and Illustrating

The History of The United States

U. S. Department of The Interior

National Park Service

1965

Marker can be reached ...

First Battle of Winchester

Here Stonewall Jackson, in the early morning of May 25, 1862, halted his advance guard and observed the union position.

Marker is on Valley Avenue (U.S. 11).

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Great Buffalo Lick

This site is described in the treaty signed by the Creek and Cherokee Indians at Augusta, Georgia, in 1773. Here began the survey of the ceded lands.

Marker is at the intersection of Union Point Highway (U.S. 278) and Buffalo Lick ...

Old Stone Church at Greenspring

One-half mile west at Greenspring stands the Old Stone Church, the second church building on the site, which was built in 1838 for a Lutheran congregation. The first church had been built as a subscription school and as a house ...