Charles Debrille Poston

1825-1902

Poston, know as the father of Arizona, came to Tubac in 1854 after the Gadsden Purchase and established the headquarters of a mining company, with mines near Arivaca and in the Santa Rita Mountains. Mining activities were discontinued during the ...

The Joseph R. Rice Log Cabin

Joseph Redmond Rice (1805-1866) cut timber, then his young wife, Willie Masters Rice (1809-1881), snaked the logs to a homesite 16 miles southwest of here. The cabin they built was a noted way-station on the San Antonio Road. They brought ...

Southport Wharves

From The Wharves

Of

Southport

Went Out Men Who Fought

Under

John Paul Jones

Isaac Hull

And

John Barry

Marker is at the intersection of Harbor Road and Center Street, on the left when traveling south on Harbor Road.

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Historic Ship Anchor

(Admiralty Style)

Recovered from the Savannah River on February 27, 1994 during Georgia Department of Transportation construction work for the U.S. 17 Alt./ Talmadge Bridge in Savannah, Georgia, this 1200 pound anchor would have been used on large ocean going or ...

Banff Park Museum

Opened in 1895, the Banff Park Museum was moved into this building in 1903. Its cross-log motif exemplifies an architectural style common in the town at the time. Norman Bethune Sanson, the museum’s curator from 1896 to 1932, energetically developed ...

Spanish Pond

Fort Caroline National Monument

500 Spanish soldiers from St. Augustine marched four days through marsh, forest tangle, fierce wind, and heavy rainfall to an encampment near here. Exhausted and hungry they rested in a downpour; at dawn they attacked and captured ...

Presidio of Tubac

Garrisoned by Spanish

in 1752

First Town established in

Arizona by Europeans

Here on March 3, 1859

the Weekly Arizonian was published -- Arizona's

first newspaper.

Marker can be reached from Tubac Road near Cll Iglesia Road.

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Masterpiece of the Early B&O Railroad

Before you stands the thomas Viaduct, named after Philip E. Thomas, the first president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This unique bridge has become an enduring symbol of the B&O Railroad and the Patapsco Valley, surviving several floods and ...

A Rural Vacation Spot

Beginning in 1873, the picturesque Viaduct Station Hotel complimented the Thomas Viaduct. The Viaduct Hotel was built in the town of Relay as a rural vacation spot and a comfortable place for passangers to change trains. The hotel was a ...

Timucuan Preserve

Fort Caroline National Monument

Bound by the Nassau River, the Atlantic Ocean, and the St. Johns River, the Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve seeks to protect much of the water and undeveloped land you see from here. Salt marsh, coastal hammock, ...