The Chiriaco Family

Joseph L. Chiriaco came to California from Alabama in 1925. His work as a surveyor for the Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power and later for the Metropolitan Water District on the Colorado River aqueduct, begun in 1931, brought ...

The First Methodist Church

Here the first Methodist Church was organized, 1808, in the home of Thomas Sarchet, leader of the original settlers from the Island of Guersey.

Marker is at the intersection of Wheeling Avenue and 7th Street, on the right when traveling west ...

We Salute John “Snowshoe” Thompson / A Tribute From Three Luther

We Salute John “Snowshoe” Thompson

On his homemade snowshoes John carried the mail and supplies over the snowy Sierras for 20 winters. As he traveled, he saved the lives of seven people who were snowbound in mountain cabins. In 1866, ...

Site of the United States Fort Harmar

Built 1785

Garrisoned by U.S. troops 1785 to 1790

Headquarters 1786 and 1788 of

Gen. Josiah Harmar of PA.

General-in-Chief U.S.A.

Marker is at the intersection of Fort Street and Fort Square, on the right when traveling north on Fort Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Bodies of Three Confederate Cavalrymen

Here was laid to rest by the citizens of Washington under public authority the bodies of three Confederate cavalrymen killed during the Battle of Washington July 24, 1863, when a force in command of Confederate General John Morgan was overtaken ...

The Mount Royal Site

Mount Royal has been a favored location for people to live for thousands of years. Archaeological sites include a Native American burial mound, earthworks, village area, and evidence of a British plantation, as well as the remains of a Spanish ...

The Historic Southside Railroad Complex of Stevens Point

Once the rail hub of central Wisconsin, Stevens Point’s Historic Southside Railroad Complex still contains buildings, engines and tracks that evoke the time when the railroad was the dominant means of transportation in the country. The first train chugged into ...

The Lukens Mill - Early 1900s

The Lukens National Historic District

In 1891 Lukens installed its first two open hearth furnaces which were then quickly upgraded and complemented by four new 35-tons for a total of six. Lukens poured its first heat of steel on February ...

Albert Einstein - The Einstein Memorial

[Panel 1:] Albert Einstein, March 14, 1879 - April 18, 1955.

"As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance, and equality of all citizens before the law ...

I Found the Enemy in Great Force

About 9:30 a.m. the battle started to shift from the north end of the battlefield toward the Sunken Road, 180 yards to your right (south). Two divisions from the Union Second Corps moved across the Mumma and Roulette farm fields ...