Church of the Redeemer

This was Lot 44 of the original town plan. A log church was built here in 1815. The Presbyterians used it, and built the present church in 1817. In 1856, a Catholic congregation bought the building, selling to the Northern ...

The Jemison Home

Built by Robert Jemison Jr. Completed 1862, the 26 room Italian Villa style mansion is distinguished by its octagonal cupola and delicate carved fretwork. Jemison, a member of Alabama Legislature for 20 years (1840-63), 1861 Secession Convention (he voted against ...

The Marshall Family

The Thomas Marshall family lived in the backwoods of the Virginia frontier.

Thomas Marshall of Fauquier County served as a vestryman, High Sheriff, and member of the House of Burgesses. He was a close boyhood friend of George Washington, who helped ...

The Benjamin Rush Campus of Dickinson College

Named for Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) of Philadelphia, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the most eminent physician of his day. Prime mover in securing the college charter.

Marker is on W High Street (U.S. 11), on the left when ...

In Honor of Brigham Young and the Pioneers

In Honor Of

Brigham Young

and

The Pioneers

[ Second Plaque Mounted on the Monument: ]

The Names of the PIONEERS Who Arrived in this Valley,

July 24, 1847,

* Signifies Those Now Living. The Unmarked Ones Are All Deceased

[Column One:]

Brigham Young • Clara Decker Young • ...

The End of the Mission Trail

1523 – 1823

The Mission Trail marked the three hundred years of Spanish-Mexican settlement. It travelled as far south as Guatemala and traversed Mexico to advance through eleven of our present day United States. In 1823 Mission San Francisco Solano was ...

The Sonoma Cheese Factory

This building is dedicated to Celso Viviani,

an Italian immigrant who came to Sonoma, California in 1910

Celso began making cheese in 1921 and started his cheese making business in 1931. He constructed this building in 1944 and opened the cheese factory ...

Headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia

C.S.A.

In this field was located

headquarters of the Army of

Northern Virginia

July 1. 2. 3. 4. 1863

"My headquarters were in tents in an

apple orchard back of the Seminary

along the Chambersburg Pike"

Robt. E. Lee

Marker is on Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30), on the right ...

Mount Pleasant Press - The J. Horace McFarland Company

Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous national figures during the first ...

Starting Point of the First Traditional New Orleans Mardi Gras P

From this corner on February 24, 1857, the Mistick Krewe of Comus began its first parade, heading up Julia Street toward St. Charles Avenue. With that parade, Mardi Gras was solidified as a New Orleans tradition that ultimately influnced Carnival ...