Welcome to the Edgewood Park and Pleasure Drive

The Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, incorporated in 1894, was granted an easement from the Dominican sisters of Sinsinawa for a road connecting Vilas Park with Woodrow Street.

The road was constructed in 1904 to provide a place to enjoy ...

Site of The Village of Richmond

Founded August 27, 1836

On this spot stood the Clapboard Inn, General Store, and Post Office of the early settlers, including the Lincoln family.

The survey of the Village shows thirty-seven lots. Main Street, sixty feet wide, ran immediately with the State ...

The Reuben Moore Home

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“This will certify that the foregoing plot of the town of Farmington laid by me as proprietor is correct.

Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of April 1852.”

J. J. Adams

John Adams laid out this ...

The City of Montreal

Site of the World’s Deepest Iron Mine

The City of Montreal, incorporated in 1924, known for a short time as the Village of Hamilton, is a combination of the communities of Montreal and Gile.

Gile, on the river, was the center of ...

The Charleston Museum's Joseph Manigault House

Planters commonly maintained homes in the city and on their plantations. Joseph Manigault - planter,

buisnessman, slave-owner and legislator - built this elegant townhouse in 1803.

  At that time this neighborhood (Wraggborough) was concidered the "country," a suburb beyond the ...

The Battle of Monterey Pass

As Confederate Captain George Emack's men held the approach of Monterey Pass, Union General George Custer, supported by artillery began his attack toward the intersection where the wagon train was retreating. Captain Emack, fearing that he could not hold another ...

Theron J. Hendrix Memorial Highway

Honoring

Theron J. Hendrix

Engineer with

South Carolina State

Highway Department

1927--1970

State Highway Engineer

1962--1970

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 101 and Gateway Drive, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 101.

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Mast of the USS Maine

The United States Battleship MAINE exploded and sank in Havana Harbor, Cuba on February 15, 1898. The rallying cry, "Remember the MAINE" swept the nation, inciting public opinion and precipitating the Spanish-American War. In March, 1915, 229 victims of the ...

Merced Theatre

El Pueblo de Los Angeles

The Merced Theatre was built in 1870 and is one of the oldest structures erected in Los Angeles for the presentation of dramatic performances. It served as the center of theatrical activity in the city ...

They Laboured that Millions might see a Brighter Day

In Memory of our Fellowmen who lost their lives in the construction of this dam.

Marker is on Nevada Route 93, on the right when traveling west.

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