Lewis and Clark State Historic Site and Camp River Dubois

Seeking a suitable location for a winter home in 1803 – 1804, Captain William Clark established the Corps of Discovery’s base camp on the east side of the Mississippi River. In his journal dated December 13, 1803, he wrote, "fixed ...

Donner Camp Site

On October 28, 1846 the six covered wagons brought west by George and Jacob Donner and their families halted here for repairs. By March of 1847 one half of the party of 22 adults and children had died of starvation ...

Site of German Prisoner of War Camp Known as Camp Tonkawa

World War II

Front

Legend [and POW Camp diagram]

See other side for story

Back

Between October and December 1942 more than 900 construction workers labored 24 hours a day to build Camp Tonkawa on the quarter section immediately north of this marker SE¼ Sec ...

Camp Site of the Forty-Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

This tablet marks the camp site

of the

Forty-Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

Colonel William G. Dows

Commanding

1898-1899

War with Spain

Marker is on Main Street N (State Route 5) (U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Site of British Encampment

August 13,1777

Col. Baum's forces camped here

Marker is on U.S. 22 0.2 miles from North Old State Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

De Soto Winter Encampment Site

Florida’s Spanish presence dates back to the rugged conquistadors who trail-blazed the European path through its swamps, forests, and rivers in the 16th century.

Hernando De Soto, who assisted in conquering the Incas in Peru, led an expedition to Florida ...

Black Dog Trail Campsite

[Title is the text]

Marker is on 4th Avenue near Ridgeway Street, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Site of Camp S-60

Barnum Pond - Town of Brighton

The Site of Camp S-60

Barnum Pond - Town of Brighton

1933-1942

U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps

Company 220

Paul Smiths, N.Y.

Honored for these accomp[lishments:

Fought fires, helped build Meacham Lake and Fish Creek ...

Rock Fort Campsite

Travelling on the Columbia River between Washington and Oregon, around what is now The Dalles, the Corps of Discovery fought large rapids and rough waters. Clark described the condition of the river as rough with many rocks within the stretch ...

National Historic Landmark - Merriam C. Hart, Base Camp Site

Operating from this camp in the San Francisco Mountains, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, America's first bio-ecologist, conducted the investigations that led to his formulation of the Life Zone concept (1889). His work was seminal in the development of the modern ...