Preserving Baymen Heritage

Industry & Trade

Local mariners or “baymen,” found that they could support themselves almost entirely from the rich harvest of waterfowl, crabs, flounder, clams, oysters, and other native resources of the back bays. To navigate the shallow depths of these intercoastal ...

Blynman Bridge

Blynman Bridge

1907

In Honor Of

Richard Blynman

First Minister and Leading Citizen

Of Gloucester

Who in 1643 Dug This

Canal Uniting River and Bay

G.H.S.

Marker is at the intersection of Western Avenue (Massachusetts Route 127) and Perkins Road, on the right when traveling north on Western Avenue. ...

Chambers Hotel

Chambers Hotel. Original adobe building constructed in 1891. First owner, Mrs. Mary Collins. Purchased in 1905 by (Gran) Chambers. Enlarged and a wooden frame built over the thick walls. Operated as Chambers Hotel until 1930.

Marker is on SE 1st St.. ...

Ancient Rocks Boundary

The mountains toward the east are limestone reef beds deposited in the Cretaceous and Permian seas about 135 million years ago and 250 million years ago; respectively. The limestone reefs overlie deformed rocks in the Ouachita Fold Belt, which is ...

Mulberry Grove Plantation

Mulberry Grove which is located approximately 2 miles northeast from this marker is one of the most historic of the old Savannah River plantations.

In early Colonial days mulberry trees were cultivated at Mulberry Grove for use in Georgia`s silk industry. ...

Mela Leger-Bilingual Education Pioneer

(1928-2006)

Side A:

At four, Manuelita de Atocha (Mela) Lucero Leger read Spanish language newspapers to her blind grandfather in Colonias. Although New Mexico's constitution protects Spanish-speaking students, school children were often punished for speaking Spanish. As a pioneer in bilingual education, ...

Osborne Landing

Captain John Smith’s Adventures on the James

The Arrohateck Indians lived along the James River north of the Appomattox. They met Smith and his comrades on their initial journey up the James, paddling out to meet the English on a small ...

Water Battery

Saratoga

1777

Water Battery

defending

bridge of boats

In memory of

Kosciusko

who selected the

whole line of defense

Marker is on U.S. 4, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

YMCA Building

1905

Built by M.M. Sundt

Architects: Issac H. & William M. Rapp

The YMCA was organized in Las Vegas in 1900 with Attorney A.T. Rogers as president. The "Y" flourished for two decades before closing in 1924. The building then served as the ...

Building 98, Fort D.A. Russell

Constructed in 1920, Building 98 housed the officers club and bachelor officers quarters for Fort D.A.Russell. During the latter years of the World War II, from 1943 to 1945, German prisoners of war from Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps ...