Birthplace and Childhood Home of Col. Harland Sanders

Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken

Erected 1987 by these Local Franchisees:

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bagshaw

Mr. & Mrs. William Bridges

Mr. & Mrs. William Bright

Mr. & Mrs. Roy Burchel

Mr. & Mrs. Lee Cummings

Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Fordyce

Mr. ...

Second Baptist Church / James P. Poindexter

Historic Underground Railroad Site

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Second Baptist Church - Columbus' Oldest Black Baptist Church, 1836

Second Baptist Church cordially received its independence as a mission church from the First Baptist Church on January 7, 1836. Rev. Ezekiel Fields was chosen as ...

Pulaski's Banner

While Pulaski guarded this area in 1778, the Moravian women made a banner which his cavalry bore until he died at the Siege of Savannah in 1779. The banner was later immortalized in a poem by Longfellow.

Marker is on Market ...

The First Telephone Central Office in Columbus Ohio

Began service here January 1, 1879. It was located on the second floor of the Sessions Building which then stood on this site.

N. C. Kingsbury Chapter No. 2, Telephone Pioneers of America placed this tablet on the 70th anniversary of ...

Fort Pickens (West Virginia) / Engagements of Co. A

Fort Pickens

120 yds., northeast, Co. A 10th W. Va. Inf., built Fort Pickens for headquarters and defense. Company raised by Capt. Morgan A. Darnall; mustered into U. S. service March 13, 1862. In several battles down to Appomattox.

Engagements ...

The Old Chapel

Before and during the American Revolution many noted patriots worshiped here, including George Washington, Martha Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Count Casimir Pulaski and the Marquis de Lafayette.

In 1792 fifty-one chiefs and warriors from the Iroquois ...

The De Anza Expedition in Soledad

Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by Decree of Carlo III of Spain led an expedition near this site — the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area

In the center of the marker is a circular motif, ...

1890 Seattle Fire Department Bell

This bell is the remaining symbol of the leap made by city leaders to establish and equip a professional firefighting force after the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889. On that day, the young metropolis of Seattle was devastated ...

Plant Field

(Front text)

The area encompassing The University of Tampa's baseball, track, and soccer facilities was known as Plant Field from early in the 20th century until the mid - 1970s. Plant Field, named for railroad and hotel magnate Henry B. Plant, ...

The TISCO Complex

Taylor Steelworkers Historical Greenway

The Union Forge Heritage Association welcomes you to the TISCO Complex

The 28.3 acre TISCO Complex was once part of a 10,000 acre parcel of land owned by wealthy Philadelphia Investors William Allen and Joseph Turner who founded ...