Becker Butte Lookout

Dedicated to the memory of

Gustav Becker

Springerville, Arizona

1856 – 1940

Pioneer Merchant, Trail Blazer, Road Builder

A father of U.S. Highway 60

His was a long life, founded on the Golden Rule

Marker is on U.S. 60 at milepost 297, on the right when traveling ...

Nevius Street Bridge

The Nevius Street Bridge is a 300-foot-long, two span, double-intersection, Pratt through-truss bridge. It is the oldest documented metal-truss bridge in the county, being constructed in 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. The county hired two ...

Peter A. Blauvelt House

Built about 1890 in the High Victorian style of architecture when Norwood was part of old Harrington Township. Blauvelt was an undertaker and erected the building as a residence. In 1922 it became the home of Charles S. Gray who ...

First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, S.C.

Sesquicentennial - 1993

The Sesquicentennial Bells were cast by the Bellfoundry of Paccard Fonderie de Cloches. Located in Annecy-le-Vieux, France. The praise of God is basic to our worship and each bell is inscribed with of praise from the Psalms.

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The Rainbow Viaduct

Dedicated to the Brave Men of the 167th Infantry who fought to Preserve Our Freedom

On May 10, 1919, soon after its completion, this 21st Street Viaduct was named the Rainbow Viaduct in tribute to Alabama's famous 167th Infantry of the ...

Joseph Dubois House

Built 1835

Erected by Joseph Dubois in the locality once known as Rockland Neighborhood. South wing built in 1835, with materials from 18th century house of John Gesner. Center section built soon after with Victorian porch and north wing added at ...

How Chicken Bone Beach Got Its Name

Historic Atlantic City: Missouri Avenue, 1900-1950's

Between 1900 and the early 1950s, African-Americans were socially restricted to use the Missouri Avenue Beach Area.

Since many vacationing Black families arrived with chicken-laden hampers, the strip became affectionately named “Chicken Bone Beach.”

Visiting Black entertainers, ...

John Basilone

Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps

Marker Front:

Born in Buffalo NY, Novemver 4, 1916

Enlisted from Raritan, N.J., July 11, 1940

Awarded Congressional Medal Of Honor for Heroic Action on October 24, 25, 1942

Volunteered again for combat, Dec. 27, 1943

Killed in action on Iwo Jima, ...

PSFS Building

The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building is regarded as the first International Style skyscraper built in the U.S. Completed in 1932, it was a radical departure from traditional bank architecture, exploiting the latest technological and structural advances.

Marker is on ...

The Wabash & Erie Canal

Anchoring the southern edge of the Headwaters Park “Thumb” until circa 1874, the Wabash & Erie Canal’s importance to transportation to the western part of the United States and to the growth of Fort Wayne was substantial. Headwaters Park is ...