Buffalo Lick Plantation

Patented in 1742 by John Bolling, Jr., the 2,735-acre Buffalo Lick Plantation tract along the James

River includes three notable historic sites. One

mile southeast stand the ruins of Mount Athos, the

home of William J. Lewis, an officer in the

American Revolution and ...

Steamboating on the Missouri

First Steamboats

Early steamboat trips on the Missouri River tested boats, crews and passengers. Between 1820 and 1900, several hundred steamboats on the Missouri were destroyed by fire or boiler explosions, crushed by ice, or sunk by snags. The first steamboat ...

Lynchburg Defenses

During the Civil War, a line of trenches and

fortified artillery positions extending past

here were built late in 1863 to defend Lynchburg against attack from the north. Brig.

Gen. Francis T. Nicholls was responsible for

ensuring that the local militia, invalids, and

convalescents properly ...

Bolling Air Force Base

[Panel 1]:

Old Bolling Field

1917 - Survey for the site of a military flying field to be used for defense of Washington and for proficiency flying. Captain William "Billy" Mitchell, commander of Army Signal Corps Aeronautics Division urges purchase ...

The American Legion Tablet

The American Legion prays for peace

-- but peace with honor!

We pray that mankind will accept as a basis

for this peace the trinity of

religious, political and social freedom won in

the American Revolution,

preserved in the Civil War,

protected in the Spanish-American War, and

defended ...

Myrtle Beach Pavilions

[Front]

A succession of four beach pavilions stood here or nearby from 1902 to 2006, all built by the Burroughs & Chapin Co. or the Myrtle Beach Farms Co. The first, built in 1902, was a simple oceanfront shelter. The ...

William Baudler

This land and

the surrounding land

was settled by

William Baudler

on May 8, 1855

Marker can be reached from 4th Street NW south of 17th Avenue NW.

Courtesy hmdb.org

George Washington's Political Career Began on this Site

On July 24, 1758, at the first Frederick County Court House on this site, Colonel George Washington, age 26, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. This was the first elective office of the young commander of Virginia's forces ...

Battery I, First Ohio Artillery

Eleventh Corps

Army of the Potomac

Eleventh Corps

Battery I First Ohio Artillery

Six 12 pounders

Captain Hubert Dilger commanding

July 1 Arrived at Gettysburg before noon and went into position west of the Carlisle Road. Engaged with two Confederate batteries. A Confederate rifled battery having ...

St. Charles Bastion

Baluarte de San Carlos

Here in 1740 the sentry rang the alarm whenever he saw a puff of smoke from enemy cannon across the bay. It was the signal for prayer.

Only two men in the fort were killed during the ...