Brown Hotel

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Circa 1896

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 75) and 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.

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Doolittle's 1922 Record Flight

Aviation pioneers were attracted to Northeast Florida's hard, wide beaches. Pablo Beach, as Jacksonville Beach was known until 1925, served as takeoff or terminal point for several early coast-to-coast flights. The first of these, in 1912, required 115 days to ...

First Settlers At Ruby, Florida

In 1883 construction of the Jacksonville and Atlantic Railroad was begun to serve this undeveloped area. The track was narrow-gauge, running 16.54 miles from the south bank of the St. Johns River to the beach. The first settlers were William ...

Opening of the Mid-Continent Oil Field

Kansas has long been oil country. There are legends that Indians held council around the lights of burning springs. Emigrants, it is known, skimmed "rock tar" from such oil seeps to grease the axles of their wagons.

A mile southeast is ...

Duval County

1784      1915

Duval County

Created August 12, 1822, named for

Governor William Pope Duval

Born 1784-Died 1854. Captain Mounted Rangers, War of 1812.

1813-1815, U.S. Congressman from Kentucky

1821-1822, U.S. Judge, Eastern Florida.

1822-1834, First Civil Governor of Territory of Florida.

Yolo County War Memorial

"From these honored dead, we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave their last full measure of devotion, that we highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain."

World War I

Virgil W. Agard • Charles ...

Hurley Roadbed

Section of roadbed (now Rt. 28) between bluestone quarries of Glenford, West Hurley and Hurley and docks at Roundout Creek in 19th century. Grooves were worn by heavy wagons.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (County Route ...

Hotel District

(of Asheville, N.C.)

An ornamental eagle perched high in front of

the Eagle Hotel one block south. Irish

immigrant James Patton opened the hostelry in

1814. Almost opposite the Eagle, the

Swannanoa Hotel began operation in 1878,

making South Main Street - now Biltmore

Avenue - a ...

Roger Williams Landing 1636

Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island, was born in London in 1603. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1627, Williams took holy orders in the church of England. In 1630 he emigrated to the New World and settled in ...

Olney Street Riot 1831

The Site of the Second Major Riot in 19th century Providence between Afro-American residents and white workers.

Marker is on Olney Street, on the left when traveling east.

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