The First Railroad in West Tennessee

The LaGrange and Memphis Railroad

Organized in 1835, the LaGrange and Memphis Railroad operated the first train from Memphis 4 1/2 miles on March 29, 1842, on the present roadbed of the Southern Railway. The depot which was destroyed by fire ...

First Lutheran Church

On this spot stood the

First

Lutheran Church

in Town of Guilderland

1787. Rev. Heinrich Moeller

first regular pastor

Marker is at the intersection of Route 146 and Hawes Road, on the right when traveling east on Route 146.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Commemorating the Raising of the First American Flag within the

Commemorating

the raising of the

First American Flag

within the Walled

City of Tucson

Dec 16, 1846

Marker can be reached from West Alameda Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of First Game in the NFL

On October 3, 1920 the first game matching two professional teams of the American Professional Football Association, a league that would become the National Football League (NFL), was held on this field within Triangle Park. In that game, the Dayton ...

Site of the First Protestant Church in California

On this site was organized by the Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, Jr., on April 15, 1949 the First Presbyterian Church of Benicia. This was the first protestant church established in California with an ordained resident pastor. The church of disbanded in ...

The First Texas City Refinery

The first oil refinery built in Texas City was established in 1908 by the Texas City Refining Company. Contractor J. C. Black and more than 100 craftsmen constructed the refinery. Processing equipment included eleven stills, storage tanks, and a boiler ...

Site of the First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche

In 1850, a group of Norwegian settlers from Koshkonong, the foremost Norwegian settlement colony in the United States at the time, left their southern Wisconsin home and migrated north, settling here in "Roch-a-Cree" or Roche-a-Cri. Imbued with pioneer spirit and ...

First White House of the Confederacy

Designated Executive Residence by the

Provisional Confederate Congress

February 21, 1861. President Jefferson Davis

and his family lived here until the Confederate

Capitol moved to Richmond summer 1861.

Built by William Sayre 1832-35 at Bibb and

Lee Streets. Moved to present location

by the First ...

First Classes of the University of Texas Law School

The University of Texas held its first classes in the temporary capitol at this site on Sept. 15, 1883. Fifty-two of the 218 original students were registered in the law department. They were taught by former Governor of Texas Oran ...

The First General Assembly of Virginia

In honour of

The First General Assembly

of Virginia,

here

on the thirtieth day of July A.D. 1916.

Summoned by Sir George Yeardley,

Governor General of Virginia,

under authority from the London Company, pursuant to the charter granted by King James I, was convened in the church ...