The Standard Time System in the United States

Adopted on this Site – October 11, 1883

Chicago’s famous Grand Pacific Hotel, then on the site of the present Continental Bank building, was the location of the General Time Convention of 1883 which, on October 11 of that year, adopted ...

Patent Office Building

This building was designed by

Robert Miles, Architect,

pursuant to an Act of Congress, approved July 4, 1836

for a Patent Office Building

occupied by

Department of Interior

1852-1925

United States Civil Service Commission

since 1932

Marker can be ...

Continental and Commercial Bank Building

D.H. Burnham & Co. ; Graham, Anderson Probst & White, architects

Chicago Landmark

This massive block-long office building was built to house one of Chicago’s leading banks and exemplifies the large commercial buildings that define the distinctive LaSalle Street “canyon.” Architect Daniel ...

44th Indiana Infantry

Lauman's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

(front)

44th

Regiment

Infantry

Commanded by

Col. Hugh B. Reed

3rd Brigade - Gen. Lauman -

4th Division - Gen. Hurlbut -

Army of the Tennessee.

Indiana

(back)

44th Infantry,

Commanded by Col. Hugh B. Reed.

This regiment formed in this line Sunday, April 6, 1862, at ...

The Daguerre Monument

[Inscription on Monument's front, 1890]:

DAGUERRE

[Inscription on 1890 monument's south side]:

To commemorate the half century in photography 1839 - 1889. Erected by the photographers association of America Aug. 1890.

[Inscription on 1890 monument's north side]:

Photography, the electric ...

31st Indiana Infantry

Lauman's Brigade - Hurlbut's Division

(front)

31st Regiment

Infantry

Commanded by

Colonel Charles Cruft

3rd Brigade - Gen. Lauman -

4th Division - Gen. Hurlbut -

Army of the Tennessee.

Indiana

(back)

Commanded by Col. Charles Cruft.

(Wounded)

Lieut. Col. John Osborn.

This regiment took this position Sunday, April 6, 1862, ...

Sherman Receives News of Lee's Surrender in Smithfield

Johnston County Courthouse

In the early morning hours of April 12, 1865, two Union officers arrived here and delivered a telegram from General Ulysses S. Grant to General William T. Sherman, who was quartered in the Old Johnston County Courthouse, which ...

Fort Defiance, 1794

Here in 1794 General Anthony Wayne built Fort Defiance during the Indian Wars prior to the Battle of Fallen Timbers.

Fort Winchester was built south of here during the War of 1812.

Down river from here is Preston Island, former site of ...

Fort Bayard

Has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

For the important role it played in the military and medical history of southwest New Mexico

This fort possesses National Significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America

Marker is ...

First Road to Southern California

Here crossed the first road to Southern California opened for wagons by Capt. Cooke, who passed here in command of the Mormon Battalion, Nov. 1846 – later it became the California Emigrant Road – from 1858-1861, the route of the ...