The Battle of Wahoo Swamp

The Battle of Wahoo Swamp occurred nearby on November 21, 1836. The 2d Seminole War, a seven-year clash caused by rivalry between Indians and settlers over central Florida lands, had begun almost a year before. By November, Indian forces had ...

The Power to Symbolize

As a living ancestral homeland to the Hopi, Zuni, Yavapai, Havasupai, Navajo, Western Apache, and Southern Paiute, Sunset Crater is remembered, revered, and cared for.

People return often, bringing prayers and engaging in timeless traditions. Through the land, the past comes ...

Father Marquette

Father Marquette

offered

the Holy Sacrifice of Mass

on this spot

November 1, 1674.

Marker can be reached from Hathaway Drive near Lakeshore Drive, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

El Campo Santo (The Holy Field)

El Campo Santo once included The Adobe Chapel on Conde Street, in which is buried Jose Antonio Aguirre and where funeral services were held for Maria Victoria Dominguez Estrillo, Cave Johnson Couts, and many distinguished early San Diegans, between 1849 ...

The Battle’s Aftermath

Although Stony Point and Verplanck’s Point became a focus of British strategy in 1779, they had shown interest in the Hudson Highlands before. On October 6, 1777, the British had landed here and attacked Forts Clinton and Montgomery, seven miles ...

Oak of the Golden Dream

* ? 9 Miles *

In Placeritas Canyon, March 1842, Francisco Lopez Y Arballo, while gathering wild onions from around an old oak, discovered gold particles clinging to the roots of the bulbs. It is estimated that $80,000 in gold ...

Oak of the Golden Dream

* ? 2 Miles *

In Placeritas Canyon, March 1842, Francisco Lopez Y Arballo, while gathering wild onions from around an old oak, discovered gold particles clinging to the roots of the bulbs. It is estimated that $80,000 in gold ...

One of The Original Milestones (# 97)

One of the original Milestones which marked the Trail from Vincennes to Chicago.

This stone was No. 97 which designated the number of miles from Vincennes.

Marker is on Illinois Route 1 south of Grapevine Road, on the left when traveling south. ...

Adobe Chapel of The Immaculate Conception

Originally built as the home of San Diego’s John Brown in 1850, the house was converted to a church by Don Jose Aguirre in 1858. Father Antonio D. Ubach , formally a missionary among the Indians, was parish priest here ...

One of The Original Milestones (# 93)

One of the original Milestones which marked the trail from Vincennes to Chicago.

This stone was No. 93 which designated the number of miles from Vincennes.

Marker is at the intersection of Illinois Route 1 and County Route 1625 N, on the ...