Adirondack Forest Preserve

Lake George Battlefield Park

At a junction along one of the most historic water routes in America, connecting the Hudson River to Lake Champlain, this site witnessed military engagements during both the French and Indian War (1755-1763) and the American Revolution ...

The Puck Building

Completed in 1889, to designs of Albert and Herman Wagner, this impressive structure, originally the home of the well-known humor magazine Puck, is one of the few surviving buildings from New York's old publishing and printing district. The building was ...

Civilian Conservation Corps

During the 1930’s, CCC Camp NP-10, Company 375, was placed ¼ mile, to the south of this point.

Marker can be reached from Skyline Drive (at milepost 37), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

South Carolina State Hospital, Mills Building

South Carolina Lunatic Asylum

(Upper Plaque)

Original Building

South Carolina State Hospital

Designed by Robert Mills

150 Years

Healing With Concern

1822 - 1972

South Carolina Department

Of Mental Health

(Lower Left Medallion)

The National Register of Historic Places

South Carolina

Department of History

and Archives

South Carolina State Hospital ...

Powhatan Stone

An old Indian stone removed from and now overlooking “Powhatan Seat” a royal residence of King Powhatan when Captain John Smith and his fellow “Adventurers” made the first permanent English settlement in this country at Jamestown, Virginia 1607.

“Powhatan Seat” was ...

Geographic Center of Tennessee

In 1834, the State of TN hired Professor James Hamilton to find its geographic center in order to locate the state capital as near as possible to the center of the state. However, certain circumstances and politics left the capital ...

Civilian Conservation Corps

During the 1930’s, across the meadow from this point was the site of CCC Camp NP-2, Company 350, Camp Fechner.

Marker is on Rapidan Road east of Skyline Drive, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Confederate Perspective

"General J.R. Jones was directed to make a demonstration against the enemy's right."

Jackson's official report

Confederate Colonel Edmund Pendleton wrote about the night of September 14, 1862, from his perspective across the road on School House Ridge. Pendleton and his men ...

Lewis and Clark Campsites

August 3 and 4, 1804

On August 3 Lewis and Clark held a council with the Oto and Missouria Indians at a site they named "Council Bluff," near present Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. It was the first of many councils they would ...

Cuming City Cemetery and Nature Preserve

Traditionally known as the Cuming City Cemetery, this eleven-acre tract of land was set aside in 1976 primarily as a preserve for native vegetation. Never plowed, this prairie looks much like it did to the Indians and to the first ...