Coal Pit School

The African-American school most likely took its name from the nearby Springfield Coal Pits. The one room school established about 1905 was once supervised by Virginia Estelle Randolph, the eminent black educator. It had forty-six students by 1913. The school ...

St. Paul's Chapel

Landmarks of New York

This famous example of Georgian architecture built 1764-1766, with spire and portico added 1794-1796, is the only church structure surviving the colonial era of New York City. The design by Thomas mcBean closely followed that of St. ...

Swan Pond

Long ago, as a continental glacier retreated northward, it left a jumble of ice blocks at its edge. If it stood still for a while, great quantities of rock and soil built up at the southern end, forming a "moraine." ...

Linvale Methodist Episcopal Church

Congregation formed in 1844. Church built in 1858.

Hamlet was then called New Market.

Marker is at the intersection of New Jersey Route 31 at milepost 13.4 and Linvale Road, on the right when traveling north on State Route 31.

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Lane Park

In 1822 William Pullen, Revolutionary War veteran, acquired this land from the Federal Government for farming. In 1889 his heirs sold the land to the City of Birmingham for use as the New Southside Cemetery which operated from 1889 to ...

Independent Presbyterian Church

Founded 1915

The church was founded when the Rev. Henry M. Edmonds and many members of a Southern Presbyterian congregation withdrew from the local Presbytery. During the first seven years it met in Temple Emanu-El synagogue and held evening services in ...

Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino SJ

Founder of Missions

Man of God

Pioneer Explorer

Astronomer

Rancher Teacher

Cartographer

1645-1711

Marker can be reached from West Kino Park Place.

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Supreme Sacrifice

Erected in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice and in honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of our country.

Marker is on Old Washington Road 0.2 miles north of Hanover Road, on the right when ...

First Permanent Jewish House of Worship in Iowa

B'nai Israel Congregation

Jews have been part of the social, economic and cultural life of Iowa since the early 19th century. It was not until 1855 that the Jewish population in Keokuk grew large enough to establish a religious community, Congregation ...

Besley Demonstration Campsite

Recreational camping on Maryland's public lands began near this spot about 1916. Maryland's first state forester, Fred W. Besley, encouraged the public to participate in outdoor recreation on state forest lands in an effort to foster an appreciation for forest ...