Genevieve Kanapaux McMahon

"Aunt Gen"

Playground

This playground is dedicated

to the memory of "Aunt Gen"

who lovingly coached and guided the

boys and girls of the Hampton Park area

for over twenty years. Her legacy exists

in the children whose lives were ...

Federal Highway Administration Murrah Building Memorial

In loving memory of our Federal Highway Administration family members lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 19, 1995

Lucio Aleman, Jr. • Larry J. Jones • Michelle A. Reeder

Mark A. Bolte • James ...

Bull's Eye!

An archery range was one of the planned recreational features when the Civilian Conservation Corps designed the park in 1936. Eventually laid out between here and the Sulphur Springs parking lot, the course began with a posted diagram and instructions.

Targets ...

Roop's Fort

Built in July 1854 by Isaac N. Roop. First called Roop's House, and used as stopping place by emigrant trains. It was the locale of the "sagebrush war" fought in 1863 between Plumas County and Lassen County citizens.

Marker can be ...

Mt. Washington Presbyterian Church

Preaching the Word and Preserving the Heritage. Organized March 24, 1842, the first congregation of this church worshipped in a log building which is preserved as the thirty feet square sanctuary of the existing structure. The church is located only ...

Braddock Road

Stewart's Crossing

General Braddock's twelfth camp, June 28, 1755, on the march to Fort Duquesne, was north of here, near the Youghiogheny River. On June 30, the army forded the River at Stewart's Crossing to a point about one-half mile northwest ...

M59 Armored Personnel Carrier

Pennsylvania Military Museum

Open topped half-track personnel carriers in use during World War II did not adequately protect occupants from small arms fire and shrapnel. The U.S. Army developed APCs, or armored personnel carriers, to solve the problem. These sturdy vehicles ...

Shorewood Armory

The Shorewood Armory, once located near Capitol Drive and Oakland Avenue, was home to the cavalry unit of the Wisconsin National Guard from 1910 to 1930. Originally called the Light Horse Squadron, the cavalry drilled their horses on the thirty-acre ...

Old Mormon Fort

After founding Salt Lake City in 1847, the Mormon Church expanded its settlement westward. The Las Vegas Mission was established in June 1855 as an outpost roughly halfway between Salt Lake City and Southern California. Built alongside the Las Vegas ...

Toll House

Just northeast of here stood 1 of 5 gates of Greensburg-Pittsburgh Turnpike Road Co. The turnpike, a section of the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia road, was completed in 1817. Over it, passed goods in trade between east and west.

Marker is at the intersection ...