Richard Howe House

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Circa 1867

Marker is on Logan Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Richmond Supply Company Building

This building was built in 1903 at 139 West Richmond Avenue by J.Q. Black who supplied the area with coal, wood, hay, and grain. Robert Dornan Sr. bought the building in 1909 and added the service of moving goods.

In 1911 ...

Castle Rock

The founders of Castle Rock platted their town beneath a prominent rock outcrop of the same name in 1874, and proudly advertised it as a year-round resort, knowing the value of beautiful scenery to attract settlers and tourists. But even ...

"The West Virginia Coal Miner"

Earl Ray Tomblin President Senate   

    Bob Wise  Governor       Robert S. Kiss, Speaker House of Delegates

By Resolution of the Seventy-Fourth Legislature   

"The West Virginia Coal Miner"

In honor and in recognition of the

men and women who ...

Native Cultures

For more than 10,000 years, people have lived near the Mississippi River. The first cultures relied on hunting, fishing, and gathering for survival. As early as 1,000 years ago, however, Indian peoples were farming portions of the river valley near ...

Camp Moore

One of the principal Louisiana Confederate induction centers and training camps during the war for southern independence. Named for Governor Thomas Overton Moore. Over 400 soldiers buried in the camp cemetery.

Marker is on U.S. 51, on the right when traveling ...

Changes in the Land

Liberty State Park

Prior to 1860, the area surrounding you was mostly brackish waters, salt marshes and mudflats of a tidal estuary. Known to the native Lenape as Communipaw Cove, these wetlands were a rich source of fish, waterfowl and shellfish. ...

Historic King's Road British East Florida

The King's Road, built by the British prior to the American Revolution, began at the St. Mary's River, passed through Cowford (Jacksonville), crossed the St. John's River, it is believed, at present day Liberty Street, approximately one mile east of ...

Carey's Camp

Carey's is one of the few campgrounds still in existence on the Delmarva Peninsula. * The Tabernacle where the

Evangelistic services are held each summer is encircled by 47 tents, occupied only during camp. * Many changes

have been made ...

Birthplace of the Telephone

Here on June 2, 1875,

Alexander Graham Bell and

Thomas A. Watson

first transmitted sound over wires.

This successful experiment was completed in a fifth floor garret at what was then 109 Court Street and marked the beginning of world-wide telephone service.

On back of ...