Jefferson Davis

June 3, 1808- December 6, 1889

A graduate of West Point Military Academy, he served the United States as Colonel of Mississippi Volunteers, Mexican War; member of House of Representatives, Senator, and as Secretary of War.

Inaugurated President of the provisional government, ...

Flemington Egg Auction

The country’s first, and, at one time, the largest,

cooperative egg auction. Operated here from 1932 until the death of the egg business in the 1960s.

Marker is on Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fremont-Gover Mine

Founded prior to 1867 as the Loyal Lode Mine. The Fremont-Gover Company formed in 1872 and worked the Gover in the 1880’s and ‘90’s. The Fremont shaft was sunk in 1903 including a 40 stamp mill continuing in operation until ...

E. N. Fish & Co. Store

Built in 1874 of unplastered adobe with pitched roofs, this second Edward Nye Fish mercantile store in Florence changed hands to become the, Joseph Collingwood & Co. Store and Wells Fargo office in 1877. Collingwood, Florence's first postmaster, had been ...

The Battle of McDowell

May 8, 1862

In the spring of 1862 Confederate fortunes seemed to have gone from bad to worse. Union forces had won several key battles in the West, while the U.S. Navy was establishing its coastal blockade and Major General George ...

The Refugee Tract

The Refugee Tract of 100,000 acres of land was a strip four and one half miles wide extending forty-eight miles eastward from the Scioto River at Columbus through parts of Franklin, Fairfield, Perry, Licking and Muskingum Counties. It was granted ...

Halfway to the North Pole

The 45th parallel (45 Degrees North Latitude) runs through this wayside. This is the midpoint between the equator and North Pole. But because the Earth is slightly flattened at the poles, the distance from the 45th parallel to the North ...

First Municipal Airport in the United States

Arizona Historic Site

[Marker Front:]

This ground was the location

of the

First Municipal Airport

in the

United States

The Tucson City Council approved the

financing for the airport, July 21, 1919

and

the City of Tucson in cooperation

with the Tucson Chamber of Commerce

established and constructed

the airport.

The first plane landed ...

The Battle of McDowell

Heart of the Battlefield

The Confederate 12th Georgia Infantry Regiment held this exposed crest overlooking McDowell. Milroy’s Union troops assaulted this hilltop from two directions – on the left and the right. The Confederates held their ground against repeated attacks and ...

“Camp Fisher” Civil War Campsite

The 6th North Carolina Infantry Reg’t (C.S.A.) camped along the hills 100 yard south of here from Sept. 1861 to Mar. 1862 and named the site in honor of their fallen commander Col. Charles F. Fisher. The camp contained more ...