The Roads to Utah’s Dixie

The Black Ridge .

The toughest, heartbreaking barrier to the colonization of “Utah’s Dixie” was the Black Ridge between New Harmony and Pintura, north of Toquerville, Utah.

A deep, rough, lava flow clogged the valley from the base of the towering ...

The Ox Ford Road

May 23, 1864 11:00am - 8:00pm

At 11:00 a.m. six cannon of Major John Lane’s Georgia artillery battalion, followed closely by Brigadier General Edward A. Perry’s weakened 270-man Florida infantry brigade, moved down this road to cover the vital crossing of ...

The Great Railroad Boom

"...a handsome building...in the French Renaissance style."

Left Column

The Wilmington Morning News of June 8, 1888, reported that the proposed new B & O passenger station, had been designed by Frank Furness of Furness, Evans and Company in Philadelphia. In addition ...

The Old Hull Road

"The Old Hull Road"

over which

The American Troops

were driven by the

English & Indian Allies

Jan. 22, 1813

Marker is at the intersection of Kentucky Avenue and East 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Kentucky ...

Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System

Elevation 3095 feet. Maryland State Roads Commission. J. N. Mackall, Chairman & Chief Engineer; L.T. Downey, District Engineer. Contractor: T. D. Claiborne Co. Inc., August Mencken.

Marker is on George Washington Highway (U.S. 50) east of Table Rock Road, on the ...

The Great Platte River Road

1841- 1866

When gold was discovered in 1848, California became the main destination. After 1849 many emigrants and gold seekers began traveling the trail on the north side of the Platte. Throughout the peak migration years, the trail to Oregon or ...

The Great Platte River Road

1841- 1866

When gold was discovered in 1848, California became the main destination. After 1849 many emigrants and gold seekers began traveling the trail on the north side of the Platte. Throughout the peak migration years, the trail to Oregon or ...

The Historic Southside Railroad Complex of Stevens Point

Once the rail hub of central Wisconsin, Stevens Point’s Historic Southside Railroad Complex still contains buildings, engines and tracks that evoke the time when the railroad was the dominant means of transportation in the country. The first train chugged into ...

Forks of the Road

Three miles north lies the Mojave River and the site of Forks of the Road. This was the junction of two major travel routes: The Old Spanish or Salt Lake Trail and The Ancient Mojave River Trail. In the 1830s ...

The Mojave Road

Long ago Mohave Indians used a network of pathways to cross the Mojave Desert to reach the Pacific Coast from their homes along the Colorado River. In 1776, the Spanish Missionary Francisco Garces became the first non-Indian to trek these ...