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 ...

Stone Road

Blue stone sections from the “Stone Road” now Route 28A. Used by wagons to transport bluestone from the quarries in Old West Hurley to the docks in Wilbur. Only the “down” track of the road was stoned. Wagon wheels ...

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 ...

Amsterdam Historic District

Circa 1750. Settled by pioneer tenant farmers, Amsterdam developed by the mid-1800's into a hamlet featuring a general store, blacksmithy & shoe makers shop.

Marker is on Church Street 0.1 miles east of Amsterdam Road, on the right when traveling east. ...

August 17, 1945 B-29 Crash

On the night of August 17, 1945, two B-29 "Heavy Bombers" collided above this site killing 18 of the 20 airmen aboard. The spectacular event could be seen as far away as Gainesville, Greenville, and Cisco as both planes exploded ...

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 ...

Confederate Torpedo Boat David

Tomb

In Memory of my

shipmates of the

Confederate

Torpedo Boat David

Charleston S.C. Oct 5, 1863

Lieut. W.T. Glassell, C.S.N.

Pilot W.J. Cannon, C.S.N.

Fireman Jas.Sullivan, C.S.N.

Chief Engineer

James Hamilton Tomb, C.S.N.

Marker can be reached from Winona Drive near N. Liberty Street, on the left.

Courtesy ...

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.

Courtesy hmdb.org

One Hundred and Twentieth Infantry New York Volunteers

To the undying renown

of the rank and file

of the

One Hundred and Twentieth

Infantry

New York Volunteers.

One of

“Three Hundred Fighting Regiments”

in the

War for the Union.

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By the Colonel of the Regimant.

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1896.