Bartlett's Ferry Dam; Antioch Baptist Church

<-- 1 ½ MI. --<

Rev. Simpson Wilson Barley (1827-1884), minister and doctor, operated a ferry, known as Bartley’s Ferry, 1 ½ miles west on the Chattahoochee River. He preached at the nearby Antioch Baptist Church, one of the earliest in ...

Southern Pacific Railroad

The S.P.R.R., building the nation's second transcontinental tail line eastward from California, reached Tucson on March 20, 1880. It was the occasion for one of the greatest celebrations in the history of the city and foretold the coming of a ...

Fowler's Switch

In 1872, the old Central Pacific Railroad, forerunner of the Southern Pacific, constructed a north-south line through the San Joaquin Valley, which opened the valley to commerce and settlement. The railroad contructed a switch a short distance south-easterly of this ...

Daughters of the American Revolution

To keep in perpetual remembrance

the names of the real Daughters

of the American Revolution

buried here

Rachel Benson • Lena Brower • Maria Egbertse • Peggy Garrison •Elizabeth Hoffer • Margaret Kenter • Mary Kinsey • Jane Mead • Annie Montanie • Rachel ...

San Francisco de Asis Church

Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico

This Mission Church is one of the oldest churches in America dedicated to San Francisco de Asis. It was constructed between 1813 and 1815 under the direction of the Franciscan Fray José Benito Pereyro. It is ...

In Memory of the Many Faithful Colored Servants

of the Washington Family

Buried at Mount Vernon from 1760 to 1860. Their unidentified graves surround this spot.

Marker can be reached from Mount Vernon Memorial Highway.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph

Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph were earthwork/moat fortifications constructed beginning October 1864 by Confederate forces anticipating a repetition of Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks’ Summer 1864 Red River

Expedition. Construction, completed March 1865, was under the command of Capt. C.M. Randolph and ...

Anchor from Freighter Grand Camp

Texas City Disaster

9:12 a. m., April 16, 1947, the French freighter Grand Camp exploded, setting off a disaster that killed 576, injured 5,000 and destroyed $67 million in property. This 10,640 pound anchor was found buried 1/2 mile from the ...

The Church of Henricopolis

Near this spot was built

Anno Domini 1611

The Church of Henricopolis

Under the auspices of

Sir Thomas Dale

High Marshall of Virginia

The Reverend Alexander Whitaker, M.A,

Minister

This cross is erected to

Commemorate the foundation of the

Protestant Episcopal Church

In Henrico Parish

1911

Replaced A.D. – 1961

Marker can be reached ...

The First Texas City Refinery

The first oil refinery built in Texas City was established in 1908 by the Texas City Refining Company. Contractor J. C. Black and more than 100 craftsmen constructed the refinery. Processing equipment included eleven stills, storage tanks, and a boiler ...