Central Railroad of Georgia Freight Depot

The Southwestern Railroad of Georgia was the first rail line to connect with Eufaula when the railroad bridge between Georgetown, Georgia and Eufaula was completed in late 1865. In 1867 the Vicksburg & Brunswick Railroad Company was formed to build ...

Morgan County (Indiana) - Veterans

War Memorial

In

Honor

of

Morgan County's

Veterans

of

All Wars

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and East Washinton Street, on the right on North Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lincoln's Dentist

Americans had poor oral hygiene in Lincoln's era.

Rotten teeth and foul breath were common (halitosis was not yet a social evil). Calomel frequently prescribed by doctors for fevers caused many people to have loose teeth. Dentistry was plagued by ignorance ...

Old Court House

Here stood from 1773 to 1801 the old court house with jail connected for Gloucester County New York, which became Orange County Vermont. It was used for a meeting house until 1788. The Legislature of 1787 met in this building. ...

Rovensky Park & Its Neighbors: Open Space Preserved

Endowed with spectacular natural scenery and a gentle climate, Newport was a gardener’s paradise. This section of Bellevue Avenue reflects the rich horticultural heritage of the city and centuries of garden design, estate development, and land conservation. Beaulieu’s extensive ...

6-Mile Marker on the National Road

1787

This 6-miles-to-Baltimore marker was welcomed by thousands on horseback, in stagecoaches and wagons, who traveled this Frederick Turnpike. Some headed west to settle in the Ohio Valley, along with merchants selling their wares, while millers with their products, and farmers, ...

Confederate President Jefferson Davis

1808-1889

Friend of Texas. Visited first as officer Mexican War 1847. As U.S. Secretary of War in 1855, built up frontier forts to open West Texas to settlers. Camels imported for patrols, hauling.

His Postmaster-General and personal aide were Texans, as ...

USLSS/USCG Station Pea Island Memorial

1880 - 1947

Located south of Oregon Inlet, Lifesaving Station Pea Island was the only unit in the history of the Coast Guard manned by all Black crews. This marker is dedicated to the crews of Pea Island who risked their ...

Chateau-sur-Mer & Its Neighbors: A Victorian District Preserved

The buildings surrounding Chateau-sur-Mer capture the spirit of Newport in the High Victorian era. This block preserves one of the greatest concentrations of Victorian architecture and landscape design in Newport from the period 1850 to 1890. The residents of ...

Leathem and Smith Quarry

John Leathem and Thomas Smith established this dolomite quarry at the mouth of Sturgeon Bay in 1893. Though they produced dimension stone for building harbors around Lake Michigan, Leathem and Smith's quarry became a major operation by capitalizing on the ...