WB&A Electric Railroad

1908-1935

WB&A Road was constructed on the right-of-way of the main line of the Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric Railroad. Using the most advanced technology of the time, the high-speed line provided passenger and freight service between Baltimore and Washington ...

Butterfield Trail

Stagecoaches of the Butterfield Overland Mail Co. began carrying passengers and mail from St. Louis to San Francisco, across southern New Mexico, in 1858. The 2,795-mile journey took 21-22 days. In 1861 the service was re-routed through Salt Lake City. ...

Elbridge L. Hawk

[A tree was planted in the memory of Elbridge Hawk. At the foot of the tree lies this marker]

In Memory of

ELBRIDGE L. HAWK

Past Commander in Chief, G.A.R.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 10th Street and L Street.

Courtesy ...

Brazito Battlefield

One of the few battles of the Mexican War to be fought in New Mexico occured near here on Christmas Day, 1846. U.S. troops under Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan defeated a Mexican army commanded by General Antonio Ponce de León. ...

The view of Frenchman Bay

All the mountains that you see are part of Acadia National Park

The Age of Sail lingered into the 1900s as sailing ships proved more economical than steamships for carrying heavy cargos such as granite.

Generations of watercraft ply the bay for ...

Swartz & Malsbury Building

422 - 428 Main

Built 1882/1883

Major Alterations 1930

Construction Cost Was $9,000

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Missouri Route 43) and 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

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The Honorable John Burke

of North Dakota

Legislator - Governor

Supreme Court Justice

Treasurer of the United States of America

Marker is on East Boulevard Avenue.

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Old Brookville Church and Cemetery

First permanent Church in Brookville

was built by Methodists 1820.

It was occupied by

Methodists 1821 - 1839

Presbyterians 1839 - 1855

Lutherans 1855 - 1922

Baptists since 1953

Many Brookville early settlers are buried in this cemetery including four Revolutionary ...

Seven Days Battles

Gaines’s Mill

Along the slopes of Boatswain Creek, facing north and west, extended Porter’s position in the afternoon of June 27, 1862. The line was held by Sykes’s division facing north, and Morell’s facing west. Later McCall was thrown in to ...

The Schooner Grace Bailey / The Schooner Mercantile

Built 1882 and 1916

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This vessel possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

1991

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

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