Jamestown Friends Meeting House and Cemetery

This Quaker place of worship, built by the Mendenhall family around 1819, was used when bad weather made the one-mile trip to Deep River Fiends Meeting House impossible. It is located on its original site, across from Mendenhall Plantation. The ...

Richard Mendenhall Store

1824

Richard Mendenhall built the store as an adjunct to his tanning business. His wares included general goods and food items. During the 20th century the building served as a private residence and also housed a variety of stores and offices. ...

John Fulton Reynolds

Colonel of the Fifth Infantry, U.S. Army

Major General of Volunteers

Born September 21, 1820

Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg

while commanding the

Left Wing of the Army of the Potomac

July 1, 1863

Erected by Independent Battery I Pa. Light Artillery

& the Lancaster County Historical ...

Reuel Colt Gridley

“Citizen Extraordinaire”

This simple stone structure, opened to the public in late 1863, was originally operated as a general merchandise store by the firm of Gridley, Hobart and Jacobs. Gridley is best remembered for his 1864 wager which prompted the auctioning ...

Salt Ponds

Past, Present, Future

Beginning with the Ohlone people, who harvested salt for local use and regional trade, small scale salt production on San Francisco Bay expanded into one of the largest industrial solar evaporation complexes in the world. Salt production transformed ...

Old Fort Brooke Municipal Parking Structure

1982

On this site was located the first cemetery for Fort Brooke, a U.S. military post dating from 1824 to 1882. Seminole Indians, soldiers and civilian settlers buried here were excavated by archaeologists in 1980 prior to construction of the parking ...

Abraham de Peyster

Abraham dePeyster

Alderman of the City of New York 1685; Mayor of that City, 1691-95.

Member of Earl Bellomont’s Council, 1698, Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court, 1698.

Colonel Commanding, Regiment of Militia of City Trained Bands 1700

Chief Justice, 1700, President of the ...

The Benedum Oil Field and Townsite

(About 9 mi. East)

Field named in 1950 by the Texas Railroad Commission in honor of Michael Late (Mike) Benedum, 1869-1959, who devoted 69 years of his 90 years to the oil business,and won fortune and fame as "The Great Wildcatter"

His ...

Lambert's Landing

Port of Saint Paul

Since the advent of steamboats in 1812, this landing has served as a tie-up location for countless numbers of commercial river vessels, from paddle-wheelers to tugs. From here, thousands of barges can be seen passing by each ...

First United States Mint

On this site

stood

The first United States Mint

First public building authorized by the United States Government

This plaque dedicated for the Bicentennial of the U.S. Mint

1792-1992

First Mint: 1792-1833 7th Street between Market & Arch

Second Mint: ...