Developing the Port of Pensacola

When the Spanish arrived in Pensacola Bay in 1559 and again in 1698, they praised the area’s natural resources: the deep-water bay provided a safe harbor for large ships, rivers supplied fresh water, large forests offered a reliable source of ...

The Portage of the Great Falls

Having discovered a series of waterfalls on a twenty-mile stretch of the Missouri River in present-day Great Falls, Montana, the Corps of Discovery established their base camp, called Lower Portage Camp, and began their preparations for the portage around the ...

Explorers at the Portage

When the Corps of Discovery passed through the site of present-day Great Falls in June 1805 and again in July 1806, grizzly bears, or “white bears” as they were also called, frequented areas along the Missouri River here in the ...

The Brule St. Croix Portage

Upper Lake St. Croix end of trail,

discovered 1680.

Indians, voyageurs, explorers,

missionaries, traders and pioneers travelled

this path from the waters of the

Great Lakes to those of the Mississippi.

To all who pass this way

this trail is dedicated.

This tablet was placed by

Claude Jean Allouez ...

The Old Portage Road

Built by Celoron in 1749 when

he explored and claimed this

region for France. Followed an

Indian Trail and crossed the

highway at this point in 1753.

Marker is at the intersection of South Portage Road (New York Route 394) ...

The Davenport Home

This house was built ca 1778.

Daniel (1755-1807) and Sarah Nichols (1756-?) were the first Davenports to occupy this home. They were wed in 1786, and from this union came: Elizabeth Warrington, Eunice Arnold, Priscilla Long, Nancy Bateman and Asenath Davenport.

The ...

The Old Portage

Short trail from Lake Pontchartrain to River shown by Indians to Iberville and Bienville, 1699. Winding trail used by early travelers to city. From Bayou St. John it led to N. Broad, Bayou Roads, Vieux Carre to Mississippi River at ...

The Town of Bucksport

In 1763 Jonathan Buck settled the area, which was subesequently burned during the Revolutionary War. First incorporated as "Buckstown", the name was changed to "Bucksport" in 1817. In the 1800's Bucksport thrived as an international port. Later industrial activity grew ...

Scenic Highway Portion of the L & N

The Louisville and Nashville Railroad officially opened on November 1, 1859. The original purpose of the railway was to connect the two cities of its namesake, but L & N quickly began to purchase other railroad companies, thus extending their ...

The Propeller Club of the Port of Savannah

Has erected this fountain on the high bluff of the Savannah River as a tribute to maritime Savannah and to the ships, both merchant and naval, that have proudly carried its name to the world around.

Marker can be reached from ...