19th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division

The 19th Reg't Mass. Vol. Infty

of the

3rd Brigade - 2nd Division - 2nd Army Corps

stood here

on the afternoon of July 3rd 1863

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Home of Governor Harvey

Louis Powell Harvey lived here 1851-1859. He was a leader in business, education, journalism, and politics. Soon after his inauguration, Gov. Harvey led a relief expedition to Wisconsin troops who had just fought their first major battle and suffered big ...

McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas

Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald lived ...

Site of Masonic Hall

1847 - 1918

Versailles Lodge No. 7 contracted with county, added to a brick building, occupied the second floor. Confederate raiders July 12, 1863 took officers’ jewels made from silver franc pieces. General Morgan, a Freemason, ordered property returned.

Marker is at ...

Take a Closer Look...Alpine/Subalpine Life Zone

Alpine and subalpine tundra is the low-growing vegetation found in the “land above the trees.” At this high elevation, the climate is harsh with searing winds, intense sunlight and frigid temperatures that limit the growing season. In spite of these ...

Take a Closer Look...Montane Life Zone

When artists and photographers portray Colorado’s mountainous beauty, they usually capture the classic views of evergreen forests, stands of quaking aspens, and meadows of brilliant wildflowers. The montane area above 8,000 feet contains just such views. Ponderosa pines tower over ...

Founders of Benicia

1847

Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo

Who was Commandante of Northern

California for over 10 years.

Thomas O. Larkin

U.S. Consul in California 1844-1846.

Robert Semple

Presiding Officer of the First Constitutional

Convention of California and Co-founder

with Rev. Walter Colton of California’s

First Newspaper the “Californian.”

Francisca Benicia Vallejo

Wife of Gen. ...

Take a Closer Look...Foothills Life Zone

The foothills of Colorado’s eastern slope form the dramatic meeting place of the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains. In this transition area between the prairie and the mountains, grasslands intermix with scrublands of mountain mahogany and scrub oak. These ...

Edward Nye Fish House

E.N. Fish came to Arizona as an enterprising merchant in 1865. Three years later he built this adobe house which served as the family residence for the next half century. Fish developed many successful businesses and his wife Maria was ...

The Old Fort

A group of colonists called by Brigham Young, under the leadership of William C. Allen settled here March 24, 1876. They erected a fort of cottonwood logs and mud on this site. It was first known as Allen's Camp. In ...