Great Barrington Civil War Memorial

A Tribute

Of honor and Gratitude

To Her Citizens Who Fought

For Liberty and Union

1861. – 1865.

Erected by the Town of

Great Barrington.

1876.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) and Castle Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. ...

Tennessee River and Moccasin Bend

You are now looking to the north

Here the Tennessee River makes a sweeping, clockwise loop around Moccasin Bend. In 1863, vital supplies were brought to the besieged Federals in Chattanooga across the "neck" of Moccasin Bend, using pontoon bridges at ...

New Market Battlefield Park

has been registered as a

Virginia

Historic

Landmark

pursuant to the authority vested in the

Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission

Act of 1966

[ Lower Marker : ]

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on George R. Collins Parkway ...

F and G Headquarters

Site of

The Headquarters of the

Fonda, Johnstown and

Gloversville, Rail Road

1870 -1984

Fulton County

Historian 1995

Marker is on West Fulton Street (New York Route 29A), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

James Allin Inn

This Tablet is Erected by the Montgomery County Historical Society. To mark The James Allin Inn where was held the initial meeting for the organization of the Town of Amsterdam on the first Tuesday in April 1794. Also where the ...

James A. Maple

P. E. Arctic Pipeline Pioneer

Dr. Maple was a structural engineer and principal designer of the trans-Alaska pipeline. He holds three patents for his development of innovative pipe supports that enabled the warm oil pipeline to safely traverse areas of permafrost. ...

Étretat

Left panel:

Étretat

Où pendant la guerre 1914 - 1918

fonctionnèrent un hôpital britannique,

puis un hôpital américain,

où reposent pour toujours

549 combattants britanniques

de la première guerre mondiale,

où, le 2 septembre 1944,

arriva en libératrice

la 51e division de Highlanders

des armées du Général Eisenhower,

et où fut installé, ...

Who Was Sir William Johnson ?

Sir William Johnson (1715-1774) came from Ireland in 1738 to administer his uncle's lands in the Mohawk Valley. Johnson became a planter, trader, military officer, land speculator, statesman, Indian agent and churchman. He built a store to trade with his ...

The Buena Vista

A Masterpiece of Masonry & Mechanics

The Buena Vista shaft commenced on July 5, 1882. It became the deepest sunk into the Quicksilver Mining Company’s lands, eventually reaching a depth of 2,300 feet, 600 below sea level.

Though not itself a significant ...

Maine Solar System Model

Scale: 1:93,000,000

You are part of Northern Maine’s Aroostook County 40-mile long scale model of the Solar System. At this scale, one mile along U.S. Route 1 equals the distance from the Earth to the Sun, known as an “astronomical unit”. ...