Henry R. Holbrook

Chief Engineer of the Western Div. of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Town named by John W. Young contractor for the railroad.

24 September 1881

Marker is at the intersection of North 1st Avenue and West Deleware Street, on the left when ...

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 ...

Joel Roberts Poinsett

1759 - 1851

Statesman • Diplomat • Naturalist

Founder, National Institution for the

Promotion of Science, forerunner of

the Smithsonian Institution

• First United States Minister to Mexico •

• United States Secretary of War •

While serving as Minister to Mexico in 1825, Poinsett ...

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 ...

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. ...

The Mortar Battery

Named Battery Meigs, these two pits contained eight large 12-inch mortars. Each huge mortar was capable of hurling a 700-pound projectile in a high arc. The simultaneous firing of all eight would insure a clustered group of shells falling on ...

Peter Thompson Home & Blacksmith Shop

These log structures built by Thompson, a Danish convert to Mormonism, are Round Valley's oldest surviving buildings (1879). The cabin hosted the first Mormon services in Springerville.

Marker is on North Papago Street 0.2 miles north of Apache Street, on ...

Presbyterian & Catholic Churchs

Begun as missions in the late 1800's, Community Presbyterian Church here, and St. Peter's, a block east, moved into these permanent homes built respectively of brick (1918) & adobe (1928).

Marker is at the intersection of Apache Street and Supai, ...

Test Your Bird I.Q.

Watch and listen to see how many different birds you can discover on Pikes Peak. From the foothills to the summit, there are about 225 species. This variety is due to the number of habitats on the mountain. Can you ...

Baca Home

Gregorio Baca bought this house from G. Becker in 1907 for his bride, Chona Ortega. It's walls are 16" thick adobe. The wealthy Bacas & Ortegas ran large herds of cattle & sheep on vast tracts of land in Concho, ...