First State Prison

This was the original site of Michigan's first state prison, approved by the legislature in 1838. A temporary wooden prison, enclosed by a fence of tamarack poles, was built on sixty acres donated for that purpose here. In 1839 the ...

The First Landing of Filipinos in the Continental United States

Historic Site

During the Manila-Acapulco Galleon Trade Era from 1565 to 1815 Spanish galleons crossed the Pacific between the Philippines and Mexico.

On October 18, 1587, the Manila Galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza commanded by Pedro de Unamuno entered Morro Bay near ...

Brigadier General John Pegram

Near this site

Brigadier General

John Pegram

was killed in the

Battle of Hatcher's Run

on February 6, 1865

Marker is on Dabney Mill Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gene Stratton-Porter

In Memory of

Gene Stratton - Porter

Author

of

The Girl of The Limberlost,

The Song of the Cardinal, Freckles

and other nature stories.

Who came to Decatur as a bride and in

this County, at Geneva, on the banks of the

Limberlost, ...

Camp Curtin

Here on 80 acres stood a great training camp of the Civil War. It was named after Andrew Gregg Curtin, Pennsylvania Governor, 1861-1867. Between April 1861 and April 1865, more military units were organized here than at any other Northern ...

Printing Office of James Johnson

On this site stood the

Printing Office of James Johnson

Official Printer of Laws and

Paper Currency of the province.

He was the founder of

" The Georgia Gazette"

the only newspaper

in the colony. The first issue

appearing April 7,1763

Marker is on East Broughton Street, on the ...

The 54th Mass. Infantry Regiment, US Colored Troops

In 1863, the 54th Massachusetts Regiment was among the first Civil War combat units open to African Americans. Troops from Pennsylvania made up more than 20 percent of the acclaimed unit. Mercersburg was second only to Philadelphia in mustering volunteers ...

Fifth Army Corps

Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry

U.S.A.

Fifth Army Corps.

Second (9 Cos.) and Tenth (3 Cos.) U.S. Infantry,

Lieut. John S. Poland, 2nd U.S. Infantry, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

About noon of the 17th, the Battalion of the Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam ...

Emmanuel Church at Brook Hill Episcopal

Built directly west by John Stewart of Brook Hill and consecrated by the Right Reverend John Johns on 6 July 1860, Emmanuel Church (Episcopal) is a classic example of late-antebellum Gothic Revival architecture. Considerable military activity took place nearby during ...

The De Anza Expedition in Rodeo

Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by Decree of Carlo III of Spain led an expedition near this site — the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area

In the center of the marker is a circular motif, ...