Portage Trail

Past this spot ran the portage trail from Irondequoit Bay to Red Creek in Genesee Valley Park.

Its eastern end was at the Indian Landing. The portage followed the direction of Highland Avenue and skirted the base of Mt. Hope. ...

Major Simeon Hart

1816-1874

Born New York moved to El Paso 1861, founded Hart's Mill that ground out 100 barrels flour a day and sold to buyers from Arizona to San Antonio. When the Civil War came he was the main source for securing ...

Fort Huachuca

Est. 1877

National Historic

Landmark

Marker is at the intersection of Grierson Avenue and Boyd Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Grierson Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Walk in Their Shoes

What was it like to be a homesteaders? To get an idea, take a walk. The flags around the parking lot enclose an acre.

It may not seem huge. But plowing an acre meant walking about 10 miles. Over uneven soil. ...

U.S.S. Slater

(DE-766)

Time: The Second World War, 1942

During the “dark days” of 1940, after the German conquest of France and prior to the U.S. involvement in World War II, England stood alone against the threat of Nazi world domination. An ...

Jennings-Brown House

In 1826 Dr. Edward W. Jones bought a lot at S. Marlboro and present E. Main and built this house thereon shortly after. Owned by Dr. J. Beatty Jennings when Union forces occupied Bennettsville 1865, the house is said to ...

South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company

Original Track Location

Began first successful scheduled steam railroad service in America on December 25, 1830, and by 1833

its 136 miles from Charleston to Hamburg made it the world’s longest railroad.

Now part of the Southern Railway System.

Marker ...

Apache Scout Memorial

Eyes of the Army

Presented by the

Huachuca Museum Society

1995

Sculpted by Dan Bates

Marker is on Grierson Avenue north of Hungerford Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Camino Real

For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa Fe and Taos. First traveled by Juan de Onate during his 1598 expedition to ...

The Homestead Heritage Center

The Homestead Act of 1862 affected millions of lives in the United States and across the world. Homestead National Monument of America exists to document and present these powerful stories of transformation.

The Homestead Heritage Center keeps these stories relevant in ...