Spruce Pine Mining District

Mica, feldspar, quartz deposits found in region 25 mi. long, 10 mi. wide. Commercial production of mica emerged 1850s.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 226 and Blue Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling east on State ...

Jay County W.W. I and W.W. II Honor Roll

Dedicated to Those Who made

the Supreme Sacrifice

in World War I and II

Patriotic Sacrifice

Forever Remembered

Robert Guy Ayers

[ American Legion - Crest ]

Post 211

Honor Roll

[ Row One ]

Ralph Burgess ? Arthur Hunt ? Fred Barr ? Lowell ...

Homeland of the Kanza Indians

As early as the 1600s, the Kanza (or Kaw) Indians migrated from their home east of the Mississippi River and up the Missouri River into what is now northeastern Kansas. In the 1700s, the Kanza occupied two villages on the ...

The Nurses Dormitory

1402 University Avenue, 1924-2002

The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing, established in 1924, is the oldest collegiate nursing program in the state. Nursing students lived in the dormitory from 1946 until 1960. The Nurses Dormitory building remained home to the ...

Historic District

Patterson 200 Years

The Proposed Historic District

People have lived for a long time in this beautiful valley where a natural trail, running from New England to the Hudson, makes a gentle bend here along the edge of the Great Swamp. Traces ...

Original Old Absinthe Bar

Est. 1806

A tradition in the french quarters.[sic] This is the

bar known to travelers the world over. From it

came the famous absinthe drip. The bar where

Jean E Pierre LaFitte, Andrew Jackson,

Mark Twain and other celebrities ...

The Dutch Church

at

Second River New Jersey

Organized 1697

Belleville school system started here

Many members of early town founders

interred here.

Marker is at the intersection of Rutgers Street (New Jersey Route 7) and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Rutgers Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Borchert Field/The Milwaukee Bears Negro National League 1923

Borchert Field

Borchert Field, home to Milwaukee professional baseball for over 60 years, was located between W. Burleigh, W. Chambers, N. 7th, and N. 8th Streets. Known originally as Athletic Park when it opened on May 20, 1888, the ballpark ...

First Meeting Place of Washington Lodge No. 37 F.&A.M.

This tablet marks the site

of the first meeting place

of Washington Lodge No. 37

F.&A.M.

1822 --- 1922

Marker is at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Water Street, on the left when traveling south on Pleasant Street.

Fight in Ray's Cornfield

Wilson's Creek

John Ray watched the first stage of the Union defeat from the porch behind you. At 6:30 in the morning, August 10, 1861, soldiers appeared in his cornfield. The cornfield is the fenced high ground in front of you, ...