Travers Family Graveyard

John N. and Elizabeth Causins Travers established a 30-acre farm here in 1832, when Arlington was rural and had less than 1,500 inhabitants. Over the years the land was subdivided. Descendants and kin lived here, contributing to the life of ...

Hovgard Memorial Tower

This memorial tower is erected in honor of Christopher L. Hovgard D. D., distinguished Danish-born pastor whose wise counsel and courageous life have forever enriched the communities he served throughout Kansas. Beloved minister of this church from 1924 to 1933.

Marker ...

Changes in the Land

Liberty State Park

Prior to 1860, the area surrounding you was mostly brackish waters, salt marshes and mudflats of a tidal estuary. Known to the native Lenape as Communipaw Cove, these wetlands were a rich source of fish, waterfowl and shellfish. ...

Historic King's Road British East Florida

The King's Road, built by the British prior to the American Revolution, began at the St. Mary's River, passed through Cowford (Jacksonville), crossed the St. John's River, it is believed, at present day Liberty Street, approximately one mile east of ...

Shakopee Soldiers Monument

This monument is dedicated to those from Shakopee who died while in military service of our country.

[emblems of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies Auxiliary V.F.W., American Legion Auxiliary]

W. Lincoln •

A. Strehlow •

A. Moriarty •

R.Scherkenbach ...

Soldier's Monument

Lundy's Lane

[Front Side of Monument]:

Erected by the

Canadian Parliament

in honour of the victory

gained by the

British & Canadian Forces

on this field on the

25th day of July, 1814

and in grateful remembrance

of the brave men

who died on that day

fighting for the unity

of the Empire.

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1895

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[Left ...

Power System of Boston’s Rapid Transit

IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing

Power System of Boston’s Rapid Transit, 1889

Boston was the first city to build electric traction for a large-scale rapid transit system. The engineering challenge to design and construct safe, economically viable, and reliable electric ...

Peter Hammond

1798 - 1870

Under this oak is buried Peter Hammond, of Sweden, who founded Hammond, La., about 1818. Nearby are the graves of his wife, three daughters, and a favorite slave boy

Marker is on East Charles Street, on the right when ...

First Long-Distance Phone Call

From this site

on October 9, 1876

the first two-way long distance

telephone conversation was carried

on for three hours. From here in

Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson

spoke over a telegraph wire to

Alexander Graham Bell

at the office of the Walworth Mfg. Co.

69 Kilby Street, Boston Mass.

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Robert S. Davis

In 1884, Robert S. Davis recalled that the first building was a round-log cabin, about sixteen feet square, erected by the Pore brothers, James and William, in April of 1821. Davis identified four families living at the site at that ...