Chiaha

To the south, in the Tennessee River, is Burns' Island, formerly known as Lowery's Island. Here, at the Creek town of Chiaha, DeSoto camped June 5 to 28, 1540, while two scouts were sent north 30 leagues in search of ...

The Hubbs House

Architectural Statement

Left Panel

Mail Order Houses

Buildings ordered from Sears, Roebuck and Company came as a complete set of pre-cut lumber for assembly on-site. The company's "Honor-Bilt" system allowed buyers to erect homes at relatively low cost. People could select from a ...

Sibyl Ludington

Sibyl Ludington

Rode horseback over this

road the night of April 26,

1777, to call out Colonel

Ludington’s regiment to

repel British at Danbury, Connecticut.

State Education Department 1935

Marker is at the intersection ...

Thomas Lewis Latane Temple

(1859-1935)

Virginia native Thomas Lewis Latane Temple, son of Henry W.L. and Susan (Jones) Temple, moved to Texarkana, Texas, in 1877. He married Georgie D. Fowlkes in 1880. In 1893 Temple organized the Southern Pine Lumber Company in Texarkana and began ...

Ohio Canals

Port Middletown Plaza

Canals were built in Ohio to provide a better way to transport goods to the eastern markets. Two major canals were built connecting the Ohio River to Lake Erie - the Ohio Erie & [sic Ohio & Erie] ...

Marquette–Jolliet

Here in June, 1673, an expedition headed by Jesuit priest Jacques Marquette and his companion Louis Jolliet departed from St. Francis Xavier Mission to find and explore the upper Mississippi River. In September they returned here to record their discoveries ...

Penn Station Historic Site

Penn Station, designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White, opened in 1935 and is an outstanding example of Art Deco exterior and interior design. Penn Station replaced the Pennsylvania Railroad's old Market Street station which had occupied ...

Manassas Gap Railroad Independent Line

The roadbed of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad from Gainesville to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. The nearby stone ...

Mount Gilead Historic Site

Mount Gilead, built in the second half of the 18th century, is the sole survivor of Newgate village, a colonial settlement and trading center, renamed Centreville in 1792, when an act of the Virginia assembly gave it town status. Presenting ...

Pensacola Lighthouse

Construction began 1856, was lit 1859 and is still in use at the present time.

This lighthouse replaced the original lighthouse built 1824, the first lighthouse on the Gulf Coast.

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