The Site of Camp Worth

This stone marks the site of Camp Worth, a United States Military Post named in Honor of General William J. Worth and Commanded by Major Ripley A. Arnold 1849-1853. The camp protected the frontier against Indians, and was the beginning ...

Site of the First Masonic Hall in Fort Worth

After many years of debate, Fort Worth researchers identified this site in 1957 as the location of the city's first Masonic lodge. For more than twenty years, lodge members met in a two story hall at this location. The group ...

The Tuskegee Airmen

(Top left picture):

In April of 1944, Walterboro Army Airfield stopped training fighter groups and switched to advanced individual air combat training. Over 500 black airmen from the training program at Tuskegee trained at the airfield between 1944 and October 1945.

Class ...

Esther Martinez - P'oe Tsáwä (1912-2006)

Ohkay Owingeh

Esther Martinez served her community as an educator, linguist and storyteller. Her foremost contributions to our state are documenting and preserving the Tewa language and the art of storytelling. Esther was named a national heritage fellow in 2006 by ...

The Main Line of Defences

Upon this site and across these heights stood the main line of defences thrown up by Washington’s Army September 1776. It was held until Fort Washington fell on November 16th, when part of the fighting occurred at this point.

Marker is ...

The British Attempt to Divide the Colonies during the War of Ind

In 1777, the British attempted to divide the colonies by gaining control of the Hudson Valley. This campaign ended with the first overwhelming defeat of the British army and a turning point for the American cause.

General Burgoyne planned to proceed ...

The Moody Home

Family residence, W.L. Moody, Jr, built about 1894, and for many years home of Mr. Moody prominent financier and philanthropist who established the Moody Foundation.

Late Victorian architecture, said to have been Texas residence built on steel frame. Has magnificent ...

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

In 1636

The Church in Newtown, Massachusetts

Thomas Hooker, Minister

was transplanted to this locality, called

Meeting House Yard,

Old State House Square

City Hall Square.

Near this site on May 31, 1638.

Thomas Hooker preached his

Famous Sermon:

"The Foundation of Authority is Laid

In the ...

Edgefield United Methodist Church / The Reverend Joseph Moore

Edgefield United Methodist Church

By 1841, this congregation was established and was a member of the Edgefield circuit. The present structure was dedicated in November of 1892 by Bishop W.W. Duncan. The Reverend Joseph Moore sold to the church the land ...

The Site of the Residence of Dr. William Beanes

On the site of the Marlborough High School stood the residence of Dr. William Beanes. Here General Ross made his headquarters August 22, 23, 1814, on his march to Bladensburg and Washington. Here Dr. Beanes was made a prisonor for ...