To the Memory of the Unknown Dead

Erected by the Women's Relief Corps

Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.

[small plaque]

Department of MO. W.R.C.

Monument Committee

Ruth A. Graham

Florence J. Fink

Sallie A. Moore

Mary E. Wright

Clara A. Alford

Mary J. Kirby

Cathedral of Immaculate Conception

Oldest church structure in continuous use in Fort Wayne area and seat of Catholicism in Northern Indiana.

Christianity carried to this part of the New World in 1600's by Catholic missionaries. Land formerly part of burial ground for Miami Indians.

Major ...

"Surratt Boarding House"

A historical landmark

“Surratt Boarding House”

604 H Street N.W. (then 541)

is said to have been where

the conspirators plotted

the abduction of

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln

in 1865.

Plaque by Chi-Am Lions Club

Marker is on H Street, ...

Edna St. Vincent Millay

1892 — 1950

“All I could see from where I stood

Was three long mountains and a wood;

I turned and looked another way,

And saw three islands in a bay.

So with my eyes I traced the line

Of the horizon, thin and fine,

Straight around ...

The Blanchard House

Washington’s Headquarters Nov. 21, 1776 was situated about one hundred feet west of this tablet. The entrance to the old Revolutionary Bridge was nearly opposite this spot.

Reset by the Acquackanock Landing Chapter D.A.R. 1930

Marker is on River Dr, on the ...

Texan Santa Fe Expedition

A dramatic chapter in administration (1838-1841) of Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Aware of United State – Mexico commerce crossing Texas by the Santa Fe Trail near the Canadian River, President Lamar sought similar trade advantages for Texas.

He ...

The Garrett Building

This 13-story building, completed in 1913, was designed by Baltimore architects J. B. Noel Wyatt and William G. Nolting. Reflecting a mixture of styles, this transitional building combines the Chicago windows, flat wall panes and flat skyline characteristic of the ...

Lt. Col. Franks S. Adamo, M.D.

Bataan's Medical Hero

This distinguished native Tampan served with courage, honor and personal sacrifice as an army surgeon during WWII. He was captured and made a prisoner of war when the Japanese overran the Philippines. Afflicted with Beri-Beri and other diseases ...

The Federal Inn

1763 - 1814

in which

George Washington

while President of the United States

was an honored guest

October 1, 1794

Marker is on Penn Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wilderstein's Boathouse

You are looking at the sight of Wilderstein's boathouse (pictured above) and the Ellerslie dock (formerly Lewis Landing) owned by Governor Morton. In 1888 Arnout Cannon Jr., an architect from Poughkeepsie, NY, designed the boathouse for Robert Suckley's fleet. It ...