Fort Wadell

One of a line of forts built by settlers in this region for refuge from Indian attacks following Braddock's defeat in 1755. It stood just to the north.

Marker is on US 30 0.1 miles east of Mercersburg Road, on the ...

Harry Fishburne Estill

Fifth President of Sam Houston State University

Estill was valedictorian of the Sam Houston Normal Institute's first senior class in 1880 and spent 55 years on campus as student, faculty member, and president. He authored early United States history texts for ...

This Stone Marks the Site of the Fort at McDowell's Mill

Erected by John McDowell before 1754. It was used as a base of supplies and as a magazine until the erection of Fort Loudon in 1756. The military road from Pennsylvania, connecting with the Braddock Road at Turkey Foot, was ...

Fort McDowell

This important military post protected central Arizona settlements from the Tonto Apaches during the Indian wars 1865-1886. Its function as a military post ended in 1890 and it became a reservation by executive order, September 15, 1909 as home of ...

Pony Express Ferry “Carquinez”

[Front of Marker:]

Dedicated April 23, 2000

by

James Stretesky

Benicia Historical Society

Benicia (N.S.G.W.) Native Sons

Richard & Veronica Tipton

Benicia Camel Barn Museum

Exxon Mobile, Benicia Refinery

Benicia Chamber of Commerce

Benicia Volunteer Fire Department

Pony Express Trail Association

[A list of sponsors is on bottom of base]

[Back of marker:]

Captain ...

Moorefield Memorial Highway

In Memory of

Charles Henry Moorefield

State Highway Engineer

of South Carolina

1920 - 1935

Marker is at the intersection of Freeman Road (U.S. 178) and Moorefield Street, on the left when traveling south on Freeman Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Woodland, Home of Sam Houston

(1793 - 1863)

General of the army which won the war for Texas Independence, 1836, and first President of the Republic, 1836-1838, Sam Houston was one of the most controversial and colorful figures in Texas history.

In his eventful career, Houston had ...

Dedicated to the Memory of Pony Express Riders

1860 The Knights of the Saddle 1861

William Hamilton, the first Pony Express rider to reach Benicia on the final relay. Carrying the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California. Arrived in this city April 23, 1860, at 7 a.m. Thomas ...

Fort James

A mile and a half south of here on the Chickahominy River stood Moysonec, an Indian village. Some of the Chickahominy Indians residing there captured Captain John Smith in 1607. In the wake of the 1644 Indian uprising, the colonists ...

Original Site of The Steamboat House

Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin College in 1855. He acquired an eight-acre tract on this site and erected a house which he named ...