Commemorating Jacob Isaacson

Pioneer Settler

First postmaster of Isaacson, Arizona (Changed to Nogales June 4, 1883)

Marker is on North Morley Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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Ambassadors of Faith

Roads to Diversity

Three dramatic religious structures dominate this corner. They are among some 40 religious institutions lining 16th Street between the White House and the Maryland state line.

Many serve as unofficial “embassies” representing the interests of their faiths ...

Eusebio Francisco Kino, S. J.

1645-1711

Pioneer Jesuit missionary,

Explorer of Northwestern New Spain,

Cartographer, historian and mission builder.

The other original casting, representing Arizona,

is located in the capitol, Washington, D.C.

Sculptor-Suzanne Silvercruys

Marker is on East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling west.

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Stockton Borough School

Stockton Borough School remains the oldest continously operating public school on its original site in New Jersey. In 1827, this property was set aside for the construction of a school house. The original school building, constructed in 1832, was replaced ...

Dunlawton's Building Blocks

coquina up close

The ruins here include chimneys and other structures made of coquina, Spanish for "tiny shell." Quarried locally (and elsewhere in the Southeast), this native stone contains mollusk shell fragments and quartz sand, bound together by calcium carbonate. Centuries ...

Hebrew Hill (Mt. Zion)

Deadwood is recognized as the site of the first organized Jewish Community in South Dakota. The Hebrew Cemetery Association was the first to purchase a section of Mount Moriah Cemetery, August 20, 1896. The section is located higher up on ...

Luckenbach Mill

1869

The high quality flour produced by the Luckenbach Mill was obtained from grain grown in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, and other parts of the mid-west. After processing in Bethlehem, the flour was marketed throughout the Lehigh Valley and the coal regions ...

British Quarters

During the American Revolution, St. Augustine was a base for British military activity in the South. The English added second floors in this and other rooms to make more space for storage and quarters.

Marker is on South Castillo Drive (State ...

Lee at Violet Bank

Siege Headquarters

Lt. Col. Walter H. Taylor, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s aide, established Lee’s headquarters here at Violet Bank on June 17, 1864, at the beginning of the siege of Petersburg. The city, protected by Confederate defensive works to the ...

The Red Brick Schoolhouse

This former one room

Schoolhouse was the

original Ridgewood Grove

School Number 44. Built

in 1846 it was used

until 1894 by Ridgewood

Township. In 1894 the

proposed closing of this

school resulted in the

incorporation of the

Borough of ...