Firepower on the Potomac

Fort Washington Park

(Left Panel):

Three pair of these large 10-inch caliber disappearing guns were the key feature of the 1890s river defense system. Each weapon could direct its 650-pound projectile at enemy ships within a seven-mile range. Battery Humphries is one ...

Madonna of the Trail

This 10 foot high, 5 ton statue cast by St. Louis sculptor August Leimbach is one of 12 identical monuments to the bold spirit of the pioneers erected in 1928-29 along the National Old Trails Road from Maryland to California.

Marker ...

The Frampton Lines

John Edward Frampton House

(Obverse): Remnants of a large earthwork originally more tha 100 yards long are still visible south,west and northwest of the Frampton House. This battery,constructed in 1861~62 by Confederate troops in the Department of S.C. and Ga., was ...

Bonner Shaft of the Gould & Curry Mine

Comstock Historical Marker No. 13

The Bonner shaft was named in honor of mine superintendent, Charles S. Bonner and began operations in the mid-1860s to explore the lower levels of the Gould & Curry Mine. This four compartment shaft reached ...

Harmon Luther Lowman

Seventh President of Sam Houston State University

A native Texan, Lowman saw World War I military service before attaining a bachelor's degree at Southwest State Teachers College in 1923, a master's degree at the University of Texas, and the Doctor of ...

Mathews Mill Veterans Monument

West Side:

Forever Honour'd Forever Mourn'd

This tablet is reverently dedicated to the memory of

Thomas L. Hitt

Carl Henry Holder

who gave their lives for their country in the Korean Conflict

South Side:

Erected 1947

by

Employees and Management of

Mathews Mill

East Side:

In Memoriam

Here in enduring bronze are

recorded the ...

This Stone Marks the Site of the Fort at McDowell's Mill

Erected by John McDowell before 1754. It was used as a base of supplies and as a magazine until the erection of Fort Loudon in 1756. The military road from Pennsylvania, connecting with the Braddock Road at Turkey Foot, was ...

Dedicated to the Memory of Pony Express Riders

1860 The Knights of the Saddle 1861

William Hamilton, the first Pony Express rider to reach Benicia on the final relay. Carrying the mail from St. Joseph, Missouri to California. Arrived in this city April 23, 1860, at 7 a.m. Thomas ...

Original Site of The Steamboat House

Dr. Rufus W. Bailey, a teacher, minister and attorney educated in New England, came to Huntsville as a language professor at Austin College in 1855. He acquired an eight-acre tract on this site and erected a house which he named ...

Site of First Game in the NFL

On October 3, 1920 the first game matching two professional teams of the American Professional Football Association, a league that would become the National Football League (NFL), was held on this field within Triangle Park. In that game, the Dayton ...