Magalia Community Church / The Magalia Schoolhouse Bell

[ Upper Marker ]

This property

Magalia

Community Church

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

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The Magalia

Schoolhouse Bell

The bell now hangs in the belfry of the Old Magalia Community Church, with the original church ...

Lake Champlain and the American Revolution

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“ . . . the possession of every thing here depends upon keeping the Command of the Water.”

- Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates, July 16, 1776

In front of you is Lake Champlain, at 120 ...

The National Building Museum

Civil War to Civil Rights

“It’s too bad the damn thing is fire proof,” General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1887.

The nation’s only museum dedicated to American achievements in architecture, urban planning, construction, engineering, and design is appropriately housed in one ...

John J. Pershing, General of the Armies (1860-1948)

The Western Front - The Meuse-Argonne Campaign

[Panel 1]:

On 6 April 1917, the United States entered World War I. With few regular forces, the task of training and transporting an effective army to fight in France was formidable. The U.S. Navy, ...

Three Stamp Mill from the Red Ledge Mine

This three stamp mill was donated to the City of Grass Valley by Mrs. Stella Tracy, owner of the famous Red Ledge Mine near Washington, Nevada County, where this mill crushed tons of gold bearing ore for many years.

It is ...

The Beginning of the Third Principal Meridian

The beginning of

the Third

Principal Meridian

is located

in the Ohio River

1,810 feet

directly north

of this point.

In November, 1803,

this was the mouth

of the Ohio River.

At this location,

the Lewis & Clark

Corps of Discovery

encamped for

six days.

Marker is on Washington Avenue (U.S. 60/62), on the right when ...

The F-4 Phantom Pilots

In Loving Memory Of

The F-4 Phantom Pilots

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice Over Vietnam

U.S.S. Coral Sea CV-43

Capt. James R. Bauder, VF-21 • Lt. Richard C. Clark, VF-151 •

LCDR. Roger G. Emrich, VF-161 • Capt. William ...

The Remains of Three Soldiers

Here was found in

August 1899

The remains of three

Soldiers who fell on

27th May 1813

In defense of our country

Marker is on Queen Street north of Newark Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

6-Mile Marker on the National Road

1787

This 6-miles-to-Baltimore marker was welcomed by thousands on horseback, in stagecoaches and wagons, who traveled this Frederick Turnpike. Some headed west to settle in the Ohio Valley, along with merchants selling their wares, while millers with their products, and farmers, ...

Matthew Thornton

1714 - 1803

One of three New Hampshiremen to sign the Declaration of Independence, Matthew Thornton, physician, soldier, patriot, agitated against the Stamp Act of 1765, presided over the Provincial Congress in 1775, served in the State Senate and as an ...