The Town Plat / The Tharp House

Side A: The Town Plat

Lebanon was laid out in September of 1802 by four pioneer settler. Cradled by the forks of Turtle Creek, 100 lots were carved out of the wild, primitive forest. At the time, there were only two ...

Power Behind the Nation

The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk

Workhorse of the Norfolk and Western: Class Y6

While the sleek class J streamlined passenger locomotives and high stepping Class A locomotives garnered publicity for the N&W; the true workhorse of the Norfolk and ...

Mathew Robinson Marks

In Memory of

Mathew Robinson Marks

Mayor of Orlando

1889-1890

through whose vision

the planting of our

magnificent shade trees

was inaugurated.

A.D. 1925

Marker can be reached from East Central Boulevard.

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USMA Iraq and Afghanistan Deaths

In honor of the first male and female graduates of the United States Military Academy killed in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terrorism

Iraq

CPT James F. Adamouski ’95 2 April 2003

2LT Emily J. T. Perez ’05 ...

Reconciliation Plaza

The Class of 1961

presents this memorial to the

United States Military Academy

on the occasion of its 40th reunion

and one hundred forty years after the graduation of the Classes of May and June 1861.

We commemorate the reconciliation between North and South and ...

The Civilian Conservation Corps

During the Depression, in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to help unemployed men, ages 18 to 25. CCC men created state parks, improved soil conservation, conducted reforestation and constructed fire trails. The men ...

Site of Fort Gatlin

On November 9, 1838, during the Second Seminole Indian War (1835-42), the U.S. Army established Fort Gatlin in Mosquito County. This fort was named for Army Assistant Surgeon John S. Gatlin (1806-1835), who was killed in the Dade Massacre in ...

Operation Fast Freight

The David R. and Susan S. Goode Railwalk

High Speed Freight Locomotive: Class A

While the title of one of Norfolk and Western’s company films (top) is appropriate for the mighty Class A 2-6-6-4, they also served in other capacities for the ...

National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

U. S. Military Academy

The oldest extant institution in the United States to offer formal academic instruction in the field of civil engineering (Sept. 1813).

Marker is on Thayer Road, on the right when traveling north.

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McCormick Train Station

The National Register

South Carolina

Department of Archives

and History

McCormick

Train Station

of Historic Places

Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street and West Augusta Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.

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