First U.S. Naval Station In The Pacific

Mare Island Navy Yard was established September 16, 1854, by the then Commander David G. Farragut, USN. Site selected in 1852 by a commission headed by Commodore John D. Sloat, USN.

Mare Island had the Navy's first shipyard, ammunition depot, hospital, ...

E.B. 'Baty" Hall

12-25-07 5-22-77

Baty Hall was a faithful and dedicated public official, having served the citizens of Polk County and the city of Saluda in a stately manner.

He served as chairman of Polk County board of commissioners from December 3, 1956 to ...

Stamp Mill Foundation

Remnant of

Stamp Foundation

from the Rogers Mill

where

Daniel C. Jackling

in 1898-1899 conducted the original mill tests on ore from this deposit. On the results of these tests the Utah Copper enterprise was conceived and to January 1, 1949 had produced:

9,563,841,413 pounds of ...

Site of Pump House - Peet Brothers/Colgate Palmolive

Berkeley History

In the early 20th century, a thriving manufacturing district grew up in southwest Berkeley. This is the site of a former saltwater pump house, located on what was once the east shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The pumps supplied ...

Outer Fortifications

On the hilltops here

ran the outer line of

Richmond fortifications,

1862-1865.

Marker is at the intersection of Mechanicsville Turnpike (U.S. 360) and Springdale Road, on the right when traveling north on Mechanicsville Turnpike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Great Salt Lake Base and Meridian

Latitude 40°46'04" - Longitude 111°54'00"

Altitude (sidewalk) 4327.27 Ft.Fixed by Orson Pratt assisted by Henry G. Sherwood, August 3, 1847, when beginning the original survey of “Great Salt Lake City,” around the “Mormon” Temple site designated by Brigham Young July 23, ...

Colonial National Bank Building

This property

is listed in the

National Register

of Historic Places

and registered as a

Virginia

Historic Landmark

1927

Marker is at the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Jefferson Street on Campbell Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

A Private School House

Built by Brigham Young for his own children stood on this corner lot 1860-1903 This early school was directed by Eli B. Kelsey, who in soliciting additional students announced in the Deseret News, December 12, 1860, as follows:

“President Young ...

Battle of Nottoway

Lee's Retreat

This was the first in a series of raids from Petersburg led by Union Generals James Wilson and August Kautz. The purpose of the raid was to destroy portions of the South Side and Richmond & Danville Railroads and ...

Hatch

Population 1,028 - Elevation 4,055

Originally established as Santa Barbara in 1851, Apache raids drove the settlers away until 1853 when nearby Fort Thorn was established. Abandoned again in 1860 after the fort closed, it was reoccupied in 1875 and re-named ...