First Mission and Pueblo in Texas

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

Established by

Don Antonio de Otermin

and

Fray Francisco Ayeta O.F.M.

in 1682

Maintained by

Franciscan missionaries

for the civilizing and Christianizing

of the Tigua Indians,

Pueblo Revolt refugees

Marker can be reached from Alameda Avenue when traveling south.

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Packer John's Cabin

John Welch -- always known as Packer John -- hauled supplies from Lewiston to Idaho City during a major Boise Basin gold rush of 1863-1864.

He built a cabin (1/4 mile north of here) that immediately became an historic Idaho landmark. ...

Minister's Home / Dr. Martin Luther King

Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church

Side A

House built circa 1912. It has been the home of the ministers of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church since 1919. Its most famous occupant, Dr. Martin Luther King , lived here from Sept. 1954-Feb. 1960. ...

Calvary Church / Glenn Springs

Calvary Church

The Reverend John D. McCullough was the first rector of this Episcopal Church, which was established in 1848. The original building, consecrated in 1850, stood at the cemetery about 1/2 mile to the north. The congregation's present house of ...

Swayne College / Booker T. Washington School

Side A

Named for Union General and Freemen’s Bureau Agent Wager Swayne, Swayne College was dedicated 21 April 1869. The Bureau appropriated $10,000 for the building and the local black community purchased 3.5 acres for the site. Future officeholder Elijah Cook ...

Revolutionary War Site - Shabakunk Creek

Under the command of Colonel Edward Hand a successful delaying action, fought at the Shabakunk Creek, prevented British forces fron reaching Trenton before nightfall where the Second Battle of Trenton took place at the Assunpink Creek January 2, 1777.

Marker is ...

Selecman’s (Snyder’s) Ford

Near here on the Occoquan River was Selecman’s Ford, a rocky, narrow river crossing used by both sides during the Civil War. The 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry with 100 men of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry crossed this ford on December 19, ...

Riddick’s Folly

Avant-Garde Greek Revival Masterpiece

The restored Greek Revival house before you is Riddick’s Folly. It was constructed in 1837 by Mills Riddick, a grandson of local Revolutionary War hero Willis Riddick. Mill’s contemporaries soon ridiculed the house and labeled the building ...

"...the pathos of those poor wounded men..."

Completed in 1836, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church's building is the oldest in Gettysburg used continuously for religious worship.

During the battle of Gettysburg it became a haven for serving humanity. When the first wounded appeared along Chambersburg Street, the church's doors ...

J. Hummelbaugh Farm

Civil War Hospital

J. Hummelbaugh Farm

? First & ? Second Corps

July 2-3, 1863

Marker is on Taneytown Road (Pennsylvania Route 134) near Pleasonton Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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