The Richmond-Petersburg Railroad Bridge

The expansion of railroads in the 1830s fueled the growth of iron works like Tredegar, and by the Civil War, five railroads had come into Richmond. The Richmond-Petersburg was the first railroad bridge in the city. It was built by ...

Jacques Timothe Boucher de Montbrun

(Timothy Demontbreun)

French Canadian fur trader and explorer

Officer of the American Revolution

Lieutenant Governor of the Illinois Territory

Honored as Nashville's "First Citizen"

Sculptor: Alan Lequire

Plaque donated in memory of: Dr. Truman Weldon Demunbrun, President of the Timothy Demonbreun Heritage Society 1977 - 1996.

Marker ...

The Thirty-Fourth Regiment

New York State Volunteer Infantry

This tablet is erected by the people

of the County of Herkimer

in grateful remembrance

of the valiant and distinguished services

of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment

New York State Volunteer Infantry

in the War of the Rebellion

under the command of

Colonel James A. Suiter

Enlisted ...

Pamplin Historical Park & The National Museum of the Civil War S

Lee's Retreat

Here, the Union’s Sixth Army Corps broke through the Confederate line defending Petersburg, causing a series of actions which eventually led to the evacuation of the city by Lee’s army that evening. Nearby, Confederate General A.P. Hill was ...

The Centennial Stump

Diameter – 24 ft.

This tree was cut in 1875, and a 16 ft. section sent to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. Only the outer shell was exhibited, the parts being reassembled after shipment. Eastern people refused to accept the ...

Attempt On The Life Of Jose Marti

1893

In a small isolated cottage located in this vicinity, an attempt to poison Jose Marti, the leader of the Cuban Insurrection of 1895, was made by two Spanish agents. Marti's intuition saved his life. The traitors repented and Marti forgave ...

Site of the Mission San Lorenzo De La Santa Cruz

Founded by the Franciscan Missionaries among the Lipan Apache Indians in 1762 • Abandoned in 1769

Marker is on SR 55 ½ mile north of Ranch Road 337, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Hempst

Erected Oct. 1925

Site of the

First Reformed

Protestant Dutch

Church

of New Hempstead

Organized Jan. 12, 1750

First consistory Chosen Apr. 22 1750

First Stone Laid Jun. 11 1751

Dedicated Sep. 8 1751

Rebuilt in 1826

Name changed to

First Reformed

Protestant Dutch Church

in Clarkstown May 6 1840

Building destroyed ...

Grand Army of the Republic

Albert Woolson

(Front):Memorial to the

Grand Army of the Republic

(Left):Senior Vice Commander in Chief

of the G.A.R.

Albert Woolson of Duluth, Minnesota

the last survivor

(Right):Dedicated on September 12, 1956

by National Auxiliary to

Sons of Union Veterans

of the Civil War 1861-1865

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the ...

The Impregnable Fortress

You are now at the western end of Fort Mulligan. The acute angles at this end of the works were clearly designed to be occupied by several artillery pieces to fend off attacks from the Seneca Road and the ravine ...