Paul Revere’s Landing

Boston National Historical Park

On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere set out to warn of the march of British troops on Lexington and Concord. He departed Boston by water, was rowed to Charleston, and landed near here. Walking ...

Western State Hospital Historical Cemetery, 1876-1953

Over 3,200 psychiatric patients from Western State Hospital were buried here from 1876 to 1953. Since then, burial has been elsewhere. The graves are marked with numbers for privacy reasons and the stigma of mental illness. These people worked on ...

Paul Revere

At this site

Paul Revere

landed on the night of

April 18, 1775

to begin his midnight ride

Dedicated by

The Massachusetts Society

Sons of the American Revolution

April 1999

Marker can be reached from Constitution Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Shipyard Road / Shelmore Boulevard

Shipyard Road

A close relationship existed between the Jacob Bond family of Hobcaw Plantation and the owners of the nearby colonial shipyards. The plantation’s live oaks and longleaf pines were used to build ships. East and West Shipyard roads ...

Fort Payne Opera House

Opened Sept. 1890. Built during local boom period. Converted into theatre during era of silent movies. Closed as a theatre in October, 1935. Purchased by Landmarks of DeKalb County, Inc. 169. Renovated, restored and reopened to public in 1970. The ...

Givens Springs

Natural hot water available here

has been a popular attraction

for thousands of years.

A winter village site for about 5000 years, these hot springs had large pit houses typical of plateau communities northwest of here from 4,300 to about 1,200 years ago. ...

Henry Murphy Walsh and Every A.E.F. "Runner"

In Loving Memory Of

First Class Private, "Runner," Company B, 361st Infantry, 91st Division.

Born February 7th, 1893. Killed in battle in the Argonne September 27th, 1918,

and in honor of every "Runner" that lost his life in the service of the A.E.F. ...

Topeka Tornado Victims

In Memory

This memorial is given as a

tribute for those who worked

unselfishly in restoring our

city to normalcy, and as

a memorial to those who

lost their lives in the

tornado of June 8, 1966.

Lisle Grauer • Mary Beasley

Craig Beymer • Calvin Wolfe

John Wells • ...

Patterson & Western Railroad

The narrow gauge railroad winding some 25 miles from Patterson through Del Puerto Canyon operated from Sept. 20, 1916 to August 14, 1920. During World War I, the railroad brought the much needed minerals of magnesite, manganese chrome and quicksilver ...

Changing the Shape of the Falls

When Europeans first saw the falls, the crest was well below Hennepin Island. Natural erosion caused the line of the falls to move steadily upriver at about four feet a year. By the 1850s, the cataract was approaching the upper ...