Town of Monterey

Headquarters Town

Monterey was headquarters for Confederates during much of the 1861 Mountain Campaign and headquarters for Federals prior to the fighting at McDowell. In the winter of 1861-1862, skirmishing occurred across the county as the frontier between the armies shifted ...

Graves of the Pierponts

In Memoriam

Francis H. Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia and the "Father of West Virginia" died on March 24, 1899. He is buried here with his wife, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont. They first met when he interviewed her ...

Third Site For Travis County Government

Courthouse built here in 1930, 91st year of Travis County, which in early Texas was in municipality of Mina (later Bastrop) or Travis District, named for Wm. B. Travis, commander at the Alamo. Site of present-day Austin was chosen in ...

Site of Second Travis County Courthouse & Walton Building

Built in 1875 in term of County Judge James W. Smith. Former state officials on committees for site and building included Governor E.M. Pease, Secretary of State C.S. West, Attorney General N.G. Shelley, Treasurer James H. Raymond and Legislator George ...

Alabama Confederate Monument

1861-1865

South/Infantry Side

"Fame's temple boasts no higher name, no king is grander on his throne: No glory shines with brighter gleam, the name of "Patriot" stands along." C.T.R.

East/Artillery Side

"When this historic shaft shall crumbling lie in ages hence, in woman's heart ...

Flagship USS Minnesota/Hotel de Afrique

Side A:Flagship USS MinnesotaUSS Minnesota, a wooden steam frigate built in 1855, was the flagship for the Atlantic Blockading Squadron commanded by Flag Officer Silas H. Stringham. Seven U.S. Navy warships bombarded Forts Hatteras and Clark, August 28-29, 1861. This ...

Centre Bridge / Delaware and Raritan Canal Feeder

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Centre Bridge

The Center Bridge Company was incorporated to construct a toll bridge across the Delaware River here in 1812, completely reconstructed in 1830, and substantially repaired in 1841 after a damaging flood. The bridge, a covered timber structure, was ...

1950 Start/Finish

Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake

Four races were held on the 1950 circuit. First place in the sixty-mile main event went to Jim Kimberly driving a Ferrari Tipo 166.

Marker donated by: Augie Pabst in honor of Briggs Cunningham and Alfred ...

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church

Completed in 1912, the Church of The Assumption is an example of the Mission Revival style of architecture. The third church built for Assumption Parish, it replaced the second church built on this site in 1884, which burned down in ...

The Negro Heroes of the United States

Dedicated to the memory of the Negro Heroes of the United States.

“Sleep in Peace, slain in thy country’s wars.”

A gift to the city of Baltimore by an anonymous donor

Sculptor – James E. Lewis 1971.

(Sash held by figure contains the dates ...