Garden of the Gods Park

The beauty of Garden of the Gods Park, with its dramatic red rock formations framing Pikes Peak, serves as a magnificent eastern gateway to Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. The park’s towering red sandstone rocks have long been recognized as a landmark. ...

Hardee at Peachtree Creek

Troops of Gen. W.J. Hardee’s A.C. [CS] were posted in this sector, July 18, 1864, to guard the creek crossings when it was learned that Federal forces were moving toward Atlanta from Pace’s & Power’s Fys., Chattahoochee River.

Wheeler’s Cav. operated ...

A Plentiful Harvest

The abundant seeds of piñon and juniper trees draw wildlife to this ecosystem like a magnet. Chipmunks, foxes, piñon mice and squirrels munch the blue or copper-colored juniper berries. The berries last through the winter. They provide food for hungry ...

Goerke & Son Photography

A Privately-Owned Balanced Rock

In the 1890s, photographer Paul Goerke shrewdly purchased the land around Balanced Rock. Goerke and his son, Curt, snapped photos of tourists for .25 cents each. The Goerkes then developed the plates in their shop ...

In Memory of 81st Wildcat Division / Camp Sevier

[Main marker]:

In Memory of

81st Wildcat Division

which trained at Camp Sevier,

Apr to July 1918

Maj. Gen. Chas. J. Bailey,

commanding.

[Plaque at foot of marker]:

Camp Sevier

Camp Sevier, a WWI National Guard training center, was located on 1900 acres off Lee Road, three and 1/2 ...

Princeton Cattle Fair

Princeton's Cattle Fair, a monthly market, held on the first Wednesday of each month for over 100 years in this area, emerged from early county fairs beginning in 1856.

Erected 1973

Marker is at the intersection of North Second Street and West ...

Panama City Airport

Established 1945 on Fannin Field

Panama City-Bay County Airport 1964

Panama City-Bay County Airport

and Industrial District 1967

Developed and controlled by

Representative Airport Authorities

in conjunction with the

Federal Aviation Agency

Control Tower erected by

Federal Aviation Agency 1967

Marker is on Airport Road (County Road 391), on ...

August 20th Park

This park is a memorial to the founding of Tucson. On August 20, 1775, Lt. Col. Don Hugo Oconor, Commandant Inspector of the Frontier Provinces of New Spain, in the company of Fr. Francisco Garces and Lt. Juan Carmona officially ...

Augusta Hill Baptists

In 1750, several families left the Congregational Church of Mansfield, CT relocating to New Jersey with William Marsh, their spiritual leader. Building a log meeting house here, they associated with the Baptist faith in 1750. As the church prospered, members ...

Plaza de la Mesilla

One of the few remaining sites which recall the Mexican heritage of Tucson, it acquired its name after the Gadsden Purchase (1854) as the terminus of the wagon road joining Tucson to the territorial capital, then at Mesilla. When San ...