Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain

Orlando Centennial Fountain

[Upper Marker]:

Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain

Renamed July 12, 1965

Robert S. Carr, Mayor

[Lower Marker]:

Orlando Centennial Fountain

Constructed by the

Orlando Utilities Commission

R. T. Overstreet, President •

S. M. Heasley, Vice President •

Robert S. Carr, Mayor •

E. L. Brewton, Commissioner ...

One Hundredth Anniversary of the U.S. Naval Academy

Dedicated on the

One Hundredth Anniversary

of the founding of the

United States Naval Academy

in memory of its graduates

who have given their lives

in line of duty

while serving their country

10 October 1945

Marker can be reached from Blake Road, on the right when traveling east. ...

First Presbyterian Ordination in Georgia

In the shade of a giant poplar tree which stood 200 feet East of this spot, on the 22nd of July, 1790, the Rev. John Springer was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry and installed Pastor of Smyrna, Providence and Washington ...

Fredericksburg Battlefield

Before you looms Marye's Heights, a key point in the two major Civil War battles. At the base of the heights, bordered by a stone wall, lies the Sunken Road. In December 1862 Confederate troops standing in the road repelled ...

First Brigade

Third Division - Fifth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Fifth Corps Third Division

First Brigade

Col. William McCandless

30th. 31st. 35th. 42d. Pennsylvania Infantry

(1st. (9 Cos.) 2d. 6th. 13th. Reserves)

July 2 Moved with the Division from the Baltimore Pike near Rock Creek late in the ...

Franklin Pierce

1804 – 1869

Fourteenth President of the United States

(1853 – 1857)

Lies buried in nearby Minot enclosure. Native son of New Hampshire, graduate of Bowdoin College, lawyer, effective political leader, Congressman and U.S. Senator, Mexican War veteran, courageous advocate of States’ Rights, ...

30th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Pennsylvania Reserves

(Around Top Crown)30th Infantry

1st Pennsylvania Reserves

(Around Lower Step):1st Brigade 3d Division 5th Corps

Co. K Recruited at Gettysburg

(Front):Present at Gettysburg

26 officers & 418 men

Killed & died of wounds 13 men

Wounded 3 officers 30 men

Total enrollment 1100

Killed & died of ...

Fountain Paint Pot

Making Mud

This vat of bubbling mud contains the perfect mix of ingredients to create mudpots: heat, gases, rock, minerals, acid, and even living microorganisms!

Heat-loving “thermophiles” consume some of the gases and help convert them into sulfuric acid. The acid breaks ...

Crawford House

Abel Crawford and son, Ethan Allen Crawford, built the first Crawford House in 1828. It was run by Ethan's brother, Thomas, until sold in 1852. Fires in 1854 and 1859 destroyed the original inn and a replacement. Col. Cyrus Eastman ...

Fonthill

A mile and a half west stands Fonthill, built in 1832 by Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter. He served variously as United States senator, Confederate secretary of state, Confederate States senator, and as a member of the peace commission that met ...