Dresser's Battery

Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Dresser's Battery,

"D" 2d Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery, with two guns, was engaged here from 11.30 A.M. to 2 P.M. April 6, 1862. It retired to left ...

Granary Burying Ground

1660

Within this ground are buried

John Hancock, Samuel Adams

and Robert Treat Paine,

signers of the Declaration of Independence;

Governors

Richard Bellingham, William Dummer,

James Bowdoin, Increase Sumner,

James Sullivan and Christopher Gore;

Lieut. Governor Thomas Cushing;

Chief Justice Samuel Sewall;

Ministers John Baily, Samuel Willard,

Jeremy Belknap and John Lathrop.

Marker ...

Alexander Mebane

Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His home stood nearby.

Marker is at the intersection of East Center Street and South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on East ...

Elroy – Sparta State Trail

This 32 mile state trail was formerly the mainline of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The conversion from “rail to trail” represented a new concept in recreational development. Utilizing the abandoned railbed, it was the first trail of its ...

Columbus Waterworks

In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. A fire ...

Meet the American Army of 1780

The Americans who fought the Revolutionary War reflected colonial society: an array of backgrounds, ages and skill. Professional soldiers mixed with non-military tradesmen, idealistic Europeans shared battlefields with illiterate farmers, Native Americans, slaves and freedmen.

Marker can be reached from Flat ...

Atascadero Administration Building

This building, dedicated in 1914 and completed in 1918, was the headquarters for the Atascadero Colony, a model community envisioned by Edward G. Lewis. Designed by Walter D. Bliss of San Francisco and built of reinforced concrete and locally produced ...

‘Miike Maru’

Historical Point of Interest

At this site on August 31, 1896, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha Steamer ‘Miike Maru’ arrived with her cargo of tea. This was the first regularly scheduled steamer service between the Orient and Seattle and marked the ...

46th Illinois Infantry

Veatch's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

46th Illinois Infantry,

Veatch's (2d) Brig., Hurlbut's (4th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This regiment reformed here at 11:30 A.M. April 6, 1862 and advanced, fighting, 200 yards. At 1 P.M. it retired to camp.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Paul Revere Buried in this Ground

This tablet as a memorial to Paul Revere

is erected by the

Paul Revere Memorial Association to

commemorate the opening to the public

on April 19, 1908

of his old house at No. 19 North Square

in this city.

May the youth of today when they visit

this ...