In This Plaza Were Enacted

A.D. 1706

By Governor and Captain General Don Francisco Cuervo Y. Valdez ceremonies incident to the founding of the Villa of Albuquerque named after the Spanish Viceroy Don Francisco Fernandez De La Cueva Enriquez Duke of Albuquerque

Marker can be reached from ...

Pony Express River Steamer “Antelope”

[Front of Marker]

Dedicated April 13, 2000

SACRAMENTO

by

James Stretesky

George E. Kuchler Family

Rotary Club of Sacramento

Burnett & Sons Planing Mill and Lumber Co – Since 1869

Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society

Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce

Pony Express Trail Association

[Sponsors are listed on bottom of base.]

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Camp Stanton

Training Post for USCT

Nearby stood Camp Stanton, a Civil War-era recruiting and training post for African American Union soldiers. Named for Secretary of War Edwin Stanton, the camp was established in August 1863. Although black soldiers had served in the ...

Singapore, Michigan

Beneath the sands near the mouth of the Kalamazoo River lies the site of Singapore, one of Michigan's most famous ghost towns. Founded in the 1830's by New York land speculators, who hoped it would rival Chicago or Milwaukee as ...

Deep Bottom Landing

A Vital Link

After the Battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, Grant and Lee shifted their armies to Petersburg; but Grant did not wish to abandon the Richmond front entirely. He had Gen. Benjamin Butler position a small force from ...

San Felipe de Alburquerque

First marker on left:

San Felipe de Alburquerque, named for King Phillip V of Spain and the Duke of Alburquerque was, founded in 1706 by Gov. Francisco Cuervo Valdez with 30 families from Bernalillo accompanied by soldiers to protect them from ...

Corp. Isaiah Fassett

"Uncle Zear"

Isaiah "Uncle Zear" Fassett was born into slavery southeast of here in Sinepuxent in 1844. His owner, Sarah A. Bruff, released him from bondage at age nineteen on November 11, 1863, when the U.S. Army paid her $300 in ...

The Province Line

Welcome to the Province of West Jersey

In 1688, George Keith, Surveyor General, established The Boundary of East and West Jersey. Beginning at Little Egg Harbor, The line extended to the South Branch of the Raritan River. Today it remains the ...

Artist Point

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

A Photographer's Canvas

Artist Point offers a magnificent view of Lower Falls plunging 308 feet (93 meters). Framed by canyon walls, forest, and sky, the picturesque scene has been photographed countless times for more than a ...

A Perfect Storm of Shot and Shell

March 8, 1862 - Morning

...[the Yankees] opened a perfect storm of round and shrapnell shot and shell...[the ground] was literally ploughed up by cannon ball...It is a perfect miracle that any of us ever came out.

John J. Good, captain, Dallas ...