Point Peter Battery and the War of 1812

In 1795 a cannon battery constructed on the Point Peter peninsula became the southernmost fortification in the First System of U.S. coastal defenses. Vacated in 1802, it was reoccupied and strengthened in 1808 to provide support for the enforcement of ...

Old Main Building

First permanent structure built by state of Texas for teacher training--when Joseph Baldwin was president of Sam Houston Normal Institute, L. S. Ross was governor, and A. T. McKinney was chairman of the S.H.N.I. local board. Cornerstone was laid Sept. ...

King’s Bridge

1711

Site of

King’s Bridge - 1711

connecting

Peacocke Lane (Maple Street)

to Governor’s Lane (Avenue)

Freelove Baldwin Stow Chapter

D.A.R.

July 4, 1962

Marker is on Maple Street 0.1 miles west of North Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy ...

Manuel Becerra

Born at Presidio La Bahía del Espíritu Santo in 1762, Manuel Becerra played a significant role in the settlement and politics of the region. Becerra and his wife, Juana María Cadena, and their two daughters, María Josefa and Gertrudis, were ...

First Masonic Hall Built in California

The first Masonic hall built in California was begun in the summer of 1850, occupied by the lodge October 14, 1850, and formally dedicated December 27, 1850. This building served as the Masonic Temple for Benicia Lodge No. 5 until ...

Ruff Memorial Wheelmen's Bench / Cycle Carnival 1897

Front

Erected 1897 by Ky. Div. of League of American Wheelmen to honor cycling pioneer A.D. Ruff (1827-96) of Owingsville, Ky. The League's oldest member, he had bicycled to Yellowstone National Park in 1893. Marble fountain and stone bench, ...

Bergholz Veterans Memorial

To honor those

from Bergholz and Community

who served their Country

in World War I and World War II

Korea

1950-1953

Vietnam

1961-1975

Persian Gulf

1991

Iraq Freedom

2003

Marker is on 2nd Street 0.1 miles east of Ohio Route 164, on the right.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Brigham City

Brigham City, first called Ballenger's Camp, was established here in April, 1876, as one of four fortified settlements erected along the Little Colorado River by Mormon pioneers of the United Order. They farmed the land, dammed the river and built ...

Gettysburg Address

Nearby, Nov. 19, 1863, in dedicating the National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln gave the address which he had written in Washington and revised after his arrival at Gettysburg the evening of November 18.

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State Road 134), on ...

New York State Office Building

New York State

Office Building

Cornerstone Laid By

Gov. Alfred E. Smith, 1928.

Marker is on South Swan Street near State Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org