Korean War

In Memory of those who died for our country in the Korean War

1950-1953

Otis F. Alford, Claud Greene, Jr., Thomas C. Hendrix, Paul Gentra Holloway, Richard D. McGhee, Olen Parker

Marker is on Line Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Nottoway Court House

Lee's Retreat

Following the South Side railroad, portions of the Union army passed through this village and continued through Burkeville, encountering the Confederates at Rice's Depot. General Grant spent part of the evening here before riding to Jetersville to confer with ...

Commanding Officer's Quarters & Kitchen

In 1859, steamboat entrepreneur George Alonzo Johnson built a riverside home for his bride, Estefana Alvarado. Now known as the Commanding Officer's Quarters, the home is believed to be Arizona's oldest Anglo-built adobe building. In the devastating Colorado River flood ...

World War One

In Memory of those who died for our country during

1917-18

John Alexander Jr.,Dorsey L. Baker, Fred S. Baker, Sam Black, James W. Bunch, Harkless Byrd, Joe Campbell, James L. Culpepper, William J. Eaton, Buford L. Flack, Owen Fowler, Claud M Graham, ...

Nottoway Court House

Lee's Retreat

Following the South Side railroad, portions of the Union army passed through this village and continued through Burkeville, encountering the Confederates at Rice's Depot. General Grant spent part of the evening here before riding to Jetersville to confer with ...

Goode's Bridge

Here Anthony Wayne took station in July, 1781, to prevent the British from moving southward. Here, April 3, 1865, Longstreet's, Hill's and Gordon's corps of Lee's army, retreating from Petersburg toward Danville, crossed the river.

Marker is on Hull Street Road ...

McCausland's Brigade

Pillow's Division

C.S.A.

Brigadier General

Gideon J. Pillow's Division

Colonel John McCausland's Brigade36th Virginia, Lieut. Colonel L. Wilber Reid

50th Virginia, Major Charles E. Thorburn

20th Mississippi, Major William N. Brown

Proceeding from Cumberland City to Fort Donelson, the brigade arrived at daylight, February 13, 1862, and ...

Herbert M. Hinckley

(1897 - 1938)

Engineering innovator who designed this dome for 1936 Texas Centennial. Staked reputation on plan (which uses a unique way of connecting radial arches at peak) despite doubts of many experts. Also designed nearby tower, buildings in major cities, ...

Richard Kirkland

(West face):

To Richard Kirkland C. S. A. in commemoration of his heroism at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862. Christlike compassion moved him to leap over the stone wall, a mark for hostile guns, and carry water, again and again, to the ...

Chabot Observatory

Founded 1883

This marker, dedicated June 21, 2008, celebrates Chabot Space & Science Center's 125 years of inspiring Bay Area star gazers and curious minds of all ages.

From 1883-1915, an observatory on this site housed Chabot's first telescope, "Leah," an 8-inch ...