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Brookhaven Historic District
Developed in 1910, the Brookhaven Historic District is the...
The Nations Capital Begins Here 1791-1793
Jones Point Park
After the Revolutionary War, the ne...
Abraham Lincoln - As - A - Boy Statue
The sculpture of Abraham Lincoln – as – A – Boy was create...
D.C.'s First Building Block
Jones Point Park
In 1791, surveyors on Jones Point b...
City of Hillsboro
In 1853, the Texas Legislature carved Hill County out of N...
Box Canyon Ruins
The Box Canyon ruins are typical of many pueblos found in ...
A Village/Abandonment
A Village
You are entering the “Citadel,” a r...
The Heart of San Cristobal
You are standing in the heart of Castillo San Cristobal, i...
What About Water?
On a small island surrounded by the sea, where would hundr...
Barge "Emerald"
A
Tribute and Memorium
to those
who went...
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Brookhaven Historic District
Developed in 1910, the Brookhaven Historic District is the oldest planned golf course and country club residential community in Georgia. It consists of three separately platted subdivisions with similar street patterns, houses and landscape features that merged together to create ...
The Nations Capital Begins Here 1791-1793
Jones Point Park
After the Revolutionary War, the new nation searched fora permanent seat of government. President George Washington favored a 10-mile square territory along the Potomac River that encompassed the economically important ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. In 1791, the ...
Abraham Lincoln - As - A - Boy Statue
The sculpture of Abraham Lincoln – as – A – Boy was created by the Daub Firmin Hendrickson Sculpture Group, and dedicated May 31, 2008. The Group designed the granite bearing the Gettysburg Address and excerpts from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural ...
D.C.'s First Building Block
Jones Point Park
In 1791, surveyors on Jones Point began to lay out the ten-mile square that would become Washington, D.C. The first marker for the survey—the south cornerstone—was set in place on this spot. Although the stone within this protective ...
City of Hillsboro
In 1853, the Texas Legislature carved Hill County out of Navarro County. Named for physician and Republic of Texas Secretary of War Dr. George Washington Hill, the new county had only recently attracted Anglo settlement, following the establishment in 1848 ...
Box Canyon Ruins
The Box Canyon ruins are typical of many pueblos found in this region. Early inhabitants constructed walls of nearby sandstone and limestone, and used local soils to cement the stones together. The flat roofs were built of timbers laid side-by-side, ...
A Village/Abandonment
A Village
You are entering the “Citadel,” a ruin from the late 1100s. Research has not been completed so it is important that we leave things as they are. Will there be extra storage spaces found, possible evidence for the defense ...
The Heart of San Cristobal
You are standing in the heart of Castillo San Cristobal, its main plaza, or plaza de armas. Completed by 1797, it looked then much as you see it now. This plaza de armas witnessed the daily events of military life ...
What About Water?
On a small island surrounded by the sea, where would hundreds of soldiers get water to drink? They had to collect rainwater.
Most of Castillo San Cristobal’s water was stored directly beneath your feet. The masonry cylinders in front of ...
Barge "Emerald"
A
Tribute and Memorium
to those
who went down with the
Barge “Emerald”
within sight of this point,
on Nov. 18, 1886.
Sponsored and erected by
H. J. Baumeister.
May 30, 1938.
Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Wisconsin Route 42, on the left when traveling ...