"Mother" Midway A.M.E. Church

Midway A.M.E. Church was organized on Sunday, June 10, 1865, a few weeks after the Confederate Army in Floirda surrendered to the Union Army. It was thus the first black independent church organized in Florida. William G. Steward was sent ...

Celoron's Expedition

In 1749 a French force under Celoron de Blainville entered the Ohio valley by way of Chautauqua Lake and Conewango Creek. A lead plate was buried at the mouth of the Conewango claiming the area for France.

Marker is at the ...

The Winston Churchill Memorial and Library

The Church of St. Mary Aldermanbury first mentioned in 1181, destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666, rebuilt by Christopher Wren, destroyed by bombing in 1940. The remaining fabric removed to Westminster College in 1966 and restored as ...

Soldier Tourists

The View from the Top

Both the Confederate and the Union soldiers who fought in and around Chattanooga were struck by the region's scenic beauty. During the Union army's occupation of Chattanooga (November 1863 - Summer 1865), countless men hiked up ...

Indian Paths

Across the river here paths led over the hills to Oil Creek. Each year, in spring, the Indians used to travel westward to gather petroleum from the oil pits, boil maple sugar and make bark canoes.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Seven-Mile Historic Bridge

Constructed between 1908 & 1912 as a railway bridge. The bridge was modified in 1935 for the use of automobiles until 1982.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 1 at milepost 73, on the right when traveling south on ...

Shepherd and McQuesten Building

1870

This building was built by L. W. Shepherd & B. C. McQuesten as a bank. It was the first location of Peoples National Bank, which bought the property in 1872 and then relocated to 137 S. Main around a ...

History of The Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home

The Walter P. Chrysler Home was built in 1889 by Walter's father Henry, his brother Ed, and Walter himself. Walter lived in the home from 1889 to 1897. During this period, the Kansas Pacific Railway employed Walter as an engine ...

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1815 - 1902

Pioneer For Women's Rights

Was Born in Cady Home Located

On This Site

Erected By New York State Education Department

And Johnstown Chapter, D.A.R.

1937

Rededicated Sep. 18, 1975

Marker is on North Market Street near ...

Buddhist Church

Built in 1935 and dedicated in 1936. First Buddhist Church in Orange County. In 1954 the Church was moved to Stanton then moved to present location in Anaheim in 1965.

Marker is on Bushard Street north of Swift Avenue, on the ...