The First Landing Place of the Pilgrims, Nov. 11, 1620, O.S.

The map in Mourt's Relation shows that near this spot the Pilgrims first touched foot on American soil.

Marker is at the intersection of Province Lands Rd and Commercial St, on the left when traveling south on Province Lands Rd.

Courtesy ...

Planters Path to their Landing Place

1630 - 1930

The old planters, Roger

Conant, John Woodbery and

John Balch used this path

from their homesteads to the

cove at the head of Bass river.

Marker is on McKay Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Helicopter Landing Pad

Eisenhower National Historic Park

The smoothest ride I ever had in my life. Eisenhower referring to

his first helicopter ride

President Eisenhower was the first president to travel by helicopter. His first ride was in 1957 during Operation Alert, a Cold War exercise ...

Landing of the German Colonists

In commemoration

of the

Landing of the German Colonists

October 6, 1683

Franz Daniel Pastorius

Dirk Herman Araham op Den Graeff

Tuenes Kunders • Lenert Arens

Reinert Tisen • Wilhelm Strepers

Jan Lensen • Peter Keurlis • Jan Siemens

Johann ...

The Liberty Landing

The Liberty Landing, also known as Baxter’s Landing, located at the base of the bluffs one half mile west of Missouri 291 Highway, played a significant role in the history and development of Liberty, Missouri as well as Clay County. ...

The Rock Landing

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Five miles south of this point is the Rock Landing at the head of navigation on the Oconee River and at the junction of the old Indian trading paths leading westward. In 1789 Pres. Washington sent Gen. Benjamin Lincoln here ...

The Barrel Landing Schoolhouse

The name Barrel Landing (also spelled Barrell) comes from a nearby docking and landing area on the Okatie River initally used by early settlers of the Okatie community in the period following the Revolutionary War. Farmers and tradesmen used 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 ...

The Landing: Gateway to the World

The narrow strip of beach between the cliffs was Stratford’s main gateway to the outside world. By 1743, Thomas Lee had built a wharf at “Lee’s Landing.” Over the next two decades the Lees owned or held interest in several ...

Landing of Oglethorpe and the Colonists

James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia, landed with the original colonists, about 114 in number, at the foot of this bluff on February 1 (February 12, new style), 1733. The site where he pitched his tent is marked by ...