First Camp After Discovery of San Francisco Bay

On November 4, 1769, the expedition of Captain Caspar de Portola, after crossing Sweeny Ridge, beheld the Bay of San Francisco for the first time. That night they camped at a small lagoon, now covered by San Andreas Lake. Finding ...

Battle of Prairie Grove

December 7, 1862

The battle on this field was fought between the Confederate army of General T.C. Hindman (Arkansas) and Federal forces commanded by Generals James G. Blunt (Kansas) and F.J. Herron (Iowa). Battlefield Park occupies the approximate center of the ...

Springfield

(Front of monument):

The first British advance was stayed at the bridge east of the village, June 7, 1780. The Battle of Springfield was fought June 23rd. The Americans under General Greene on that day near the stream west of the ...

151st Pennsylvania Infantry

1st Brigade, 3rd Division

(Front):151st Pennsylvania Infantry

July 1st fought here and

in the grove west of the

Theological Seminary

July 2, in reserve on

Cemetery Hill

July 3, in position on left

centre and assisted in

repulsing the charge of

the enemy in the

afternoon.

Present at Gettysburg, Officers 21 Men ...

Jewett Family – Kern County Pioneers

This area was originally a portion of the Jewett Brothers’ Ranches. In 1859 Solomon and Philo Jewett walked 2000 miles to present day Kern County. They built the first store in Bakersfield in 1865 and the same year raised the ...

The Common Road of the English Following Old Indian Trail

The colonial road from Charleston to Vicksburg followed the highway at this point. The route, used by Col. Langdon Welch on his expedition to the Mississippi in 1698, was thereafter followed by British traders. Through Taliaferro Co., it followed the ...

250th Anniversary of Princeton University

In the nation’s service.

In the service of all nations.

On the occasion

of its 250th anniversary

Princeton University here records

its gratitude to its alumni

for their devotion to the University

and its mission of education,

scholarship and service.

October 22, 1996

Marker can be reached from Nassau Street, ...

11th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

(Front Inscription):

OHIO

11th Infantry

Commanded by

Lieut. Col. Augustus H. Coleman (Killed)

Maj. Lyman Jackson

Crook's (2nd) Brigade

Kanawha Division

Ninth Army Corps

Army of the Potomac

(Rear Inscription):

This Regiment advanced in skirmish line toward the bridge over the Antietam Creek, participated in the charge which drove the enemy ...

Omaha Firehouse 1903-1904

The Old Market Historic Walking Tour

In 1903, George Fisher and Harry Lawrie designed Fire Substation No. 1 in the then-popular Chateauesque style. The gabled third floor gave the building the look of a French chateau. On April 9, 1917, firefighters ...

Battle of Tupelo

The Western Campaign, 1864

In the summer of 1864, General Forrest's hard hitting troops in Northern Mississippi threatened the supplies of General Sherman's campaign against Atlanta. Therefore, General A.J.Smith marched 14,000 Union troops against Forrest. He reached Tupelo despite harassing attacks ...