4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division

(Front):4th Pennsylvania Cavalry

3rd Brigade.

2nd Division.

Cavalry Corps.

Army of the Potomac.

(Back):Detached on the morning of July 2nd. from the Brigade at the

junction of White Run and Baltimore Turnpike. Ordered to

report to Head Quarters, Army of the Potomac.

Supported a Battery ...

St. Helena's Episcopal Church

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St. Helena's Parish was established June 7, 1712

by act of Provincial Assembly. First rector,

The Rev. William Guy, was appointed 1713; Glebe lands of 50 acres provided 1717.

Original church erected 1724; Enlarged

1770 and 1817 when present size was

established and galleries ...

Eastern State Hospital

The second State Mental Hospital built in the U.S. Established by legislative act of Dec. 4, 1822, which named commissioners to buy and operate it in Fayette County. They acquired The Fayette Hospital organized in 1816. "The Lunatic Asylum" opened ...

Dominguez Y Escalante Expedition

1776 1976

(side one)

To the Citizens of Albuquerque

This Ramada is dedicated to the people of Albuquerque in commemoration of the Bicentennial re-tracing of the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition of 1776.

In their vain attempt to find a northern route to ...

Site of John Bremond & Company

New York native John Bremond (1813-1866) built a dry goods store at this site as early as 1847. Soon, his dry goods department faced Pecan (Sixth) Street, and the grocery department faced Brazos Street. Active civically, he served as a ...

Stephen F. Austin Hotel

To meet the needs of the growing Austin community, T.B. Baker, President of Baker Hotels, opened a hotel in 1924 at this site, previously occupied by the Keystona Hotel. Baker’s new facility, initially to be called “The Texas,” was named ...

Camp Merritt Memorial

In memory of those soldiers who gave their lives for their country while on duty in Camp Merritt.

This monument marks the center of the camp and faces the highway over which more than a million American soldiers passed on their ...

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Campus

The Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary held its first classes in a donated building at 9th and Navasota. President T.R. Sampson, hoping to create a strong association between the seminary and the University of Texas, promoted the relocation of the campus ...

Camp Merritt

Established A.D. 1917 for use in connection with the port of embarkation at Hoboken New Jersey.

Named in honor of Major-General Wesley Merritt

Continously in service of his country July 1, 1855 to June 16, 1900

Marker is on Camp Merritt ...

Spanish Entrada Site

Among the many prehistoric and historic sites located nearby is a camp where Francisco Vasquez de Coronado’s troops may have spent the winter of 1540-41. Coronado also visited the ancient pueblo of Kuaua located to the north. Kuaua’s ruins are ...