Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial

Minutes before midnight on the chilly evening of March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam failed. The dam's 200-foot high concrete wall crumpled and collapsed, sending billions of gallons of raging flood waters down San Francisquito Canyon, about five miles ...

The WheatFields Oven

The curved brick wall to your right is the outside wall of our twenty-five ton wood-fired oven. The masonry circle continues inside the bakery. The oven itself is from J. Llopis of Barcelona, Spain, and was built on site by ...

The Palisades Interstate Parkway Scenic Byway Corridor

It Began with a Boom

Just over a century ago, more than a thousand cubic yards of the Palisades Cliffs were being blasted away every day for a growing New York in need of roads and foundations. The constant explosions could ...

Dauphin County Courthouse

Dauphin County's third and present courthouse since the 1785 creation of the County was completed in 1943 at this, the traditional and most prominent entrance to the City of Harrisburg. It replaced the second Courthouse, erected in 1860, which stood ...

Dauphin County

Formed March 4, 1785 from part of Lancaster County. The name honors the eldest son of the French King Louis XVI. Harrisburg, the county seat, was laid out in 1785 and chartered a city in 1860. Since 1812 it has ...

Farmers Institute Academy

Opened in 1851, this was the first school of higher learning in rural Tippecanoe County, built by Society of Friends (Quakers) of this neighborhood. Enrollment included local, non-local and youth of other states. Primary through college preparatory courses were offered. ...

Massa (Tunnel) Adit

The Massa Tunnel was dug in the 1850’s on Massa Brothers' land. The tunnel extends 126’ into the east vein of the Mother Lode. Little gold was found. The Kennedy Mine acquired the property in 1898. It and the Argonaut ...

Meadowlark Dairy - The Dairy Silo

Alviso Adobe Community Park

At roughly 45 feet high, the Meadowlark Dairy silo was a distinctive visual landmark. This circular paving marks the silo’s approximate location. The original silo and barn were much larger. Silage, fodder for animals, is created by ...

Centennial of the United States Navy Submarine Force

100 Years

From the Depths - Sea Power

1900 - 2000

Dedicated to those

who serve beneath the seas,

families and support personnel

[Back of marker}:In recognition of the generosity

of the following donors

Lockheed Martin Corporation ·

General Dynamics ·

McDermott/BWX Technologies, Inc. ·

Raytheon Company · ...

Monocacy Aqueduct

Too Tough To Crack

Confederate Gen. D. H. Hill’s division crossed the Potomac at Point of Rocks on September 4, 1862, and marched south to clear Union forces from the area. His men breached and drained the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal ...