The President's House - Washington and Adams

Presidents Washington and Adams lived and worked in a house on this site from 1790 to 1800. Here they established traditions and protocols that our presidents follow to this day.

The Washington Years

Washington moved into the President's House in ...

201st Anniversary of the Marine Corps

1775 — 1976

This Monument Is Placed

On This Green By The

Members Of The

Silver City Detachment

Marine Corps League

Of Meriden In The Year

1976, To Honor All

U. S. Marines On The

201st Anniversary

Of The Marine Corps

Semper Fidelis

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Miller's Point / Cathedral Gorge

Miller's Point

Named by the Union Pacific Masonic Club February 22, 1935. Dedicated by St. John Lodge No. 18 F & A M August 18, 1935.

Cathedral Gorge

Named by Mrs. W. S. Godbe 1894. Designated a state park by Gov. Jas G. ...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition Across Missouri

“The Deer in the Morning & evening are feeding in great numbers on the banks of the River, they feed on young willow, and amuse themselves running on the open beeches or points.”

William Clark, June 25, 1804.

The Lewis and ...

The Sacramento, Placer and Nevada Railroad Right of Way

Here you can see the right of way of the Sacramento, Placer and Nevada Railroad. It was designed by Theodore Dehone Judah (March 4, 1826 – November 2, 1863) as Chief Engineer. Conceived in 1854 and constructed in 1861, it ...

To The Mormon Battalion

Which, under command of Col. Cooke, in the course of their 2,000 mile infantry march to the Pacific coast, arrived and raised the first American flag in Tucson.

December 16, 1846

Marker is on South 6th Avenue, on the right when traveling ...

The Marshall House

As part of a natural reorganization, the U.S. Army returned the headquarters of the Department of the Columbia from Portland, Oregon to Fort Vancouver in 1878. As a result, the Army funded construction of several new buildings on Officers Row, ...

In Memory of the Students of this School who Enlisted in the Arm

Killed in Action

Lee Rainbow * Wallace Antone

Honor Roll:

Charles Laws • Isaac Jese • Oliver Sneed •

Wm. T. Moore •

Joe McCarthy •

Peter Moore •

Charles Gougn •

Seth Oldman •

Harvier Adams •

George Bell •

Roy Left ...

The Home of a Hero

Captain Freeman McGilvery (1824-1864) captained two ships prior to the Civil War. At age 38, at sea, he learned of the "Southern Insurrection" and returned to Maine to offer his services to the governor. Assigned to command the 6th Maine ...

The American Surrender

Protected only by a picket fence, nearly 500 Kentucky militiamen fought off three British charges on their camp along the river and silenced the British cannon with their long rifles in the second Battle of the River Raisin, Jan. 22, ...