Historic Lake Islands - Samuel De Champlain

These islands were first seen by a European in 1609, when Samuel De Champlain explored the Lake which bears his name and claimed them for the King of France. Ceded in 1763 to Britain, they became part of the Royal ...

Fort de la Presqu'ile

(French)

This was the first of four French forts built by Marin and Boishebert in Northwestern Pennsylvania to protect their claim to the Ohio Valley . Built in 1753 the fort overlooking the bay was 120 ft. square with squared log ...

Early Indian Trading Paths / The Goose Creek Men

Early Indian Trading Paths

One of the earliest major trading paths in the Carolina colony, dating from the first decade of English settlement 1670-1680, ran nearby. The colonists traded guns and ammunition, cloth, rum, and other goods for furs and ...

Town Creek Indian Mound

Has been designed a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

In commemorating and illustrating

The history of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1964

Marker can be reached from 509 ...

1899 Governor Theodore Roosevelt

1899 Governor Theodore Roosevelt signed bill establishing first state hospital for criminally insane - opened 1900

Marker is at the intersection of Cook Street (New York Route 374) and Thayer Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Cook Street.

Battle of Beech Creek / The Civil War Ends In S.C

(Front text)

Battle of Beech Creek

In April 1865 Confederates formed a defensive line along the high ground above Beech Creek to oppose Brig. Gen. Edward Potter's Federals advancing through Stateburg toward Camden. S.C. militia, the 9th Ky. Mounted Infantry, and ...

District of Columbia World War Memorial

[PANEL 1, northeast corner wayside.]

“This monument stands for men who fought not alone for their country, but to establish the principles of justice and peace. We pay tribute here to their valor. We honor them for their sacrifice.”

President ...

Quartzite Boulder

of the Glacial Age

Donated for Bicentennial Year

1976 by

Mr. and Mrs. William P. McNamee

from their farm located in

the SE 1/4 of Sec. 8 Twp. 10 R-22-E

Leavenworth County

Kansas

Marker is at the intersection of 4th Street (U.S. 73) and Walnut Street, on the ...

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys

Cadet U.S. Military Academy July 1 1827, Brevet Second Lieutenant 2d U.S. Artillery July 1 1831, Second Lieutenant July 1 1831, First Lieutenant August 16 1836, Resigned September 30 1836, First Lieutenant Topographical Engineers U.S. Army July 7 1838, Captain ...

Elizabeth Moore at Dorchester Academy 1925-1932

Dorchester Academy

In 1925, Elizabeth B. Moore began her six-year tenure as Dorchester Academy's only female, African American principal. She insisted that both parents and community accept responsibility for supporting the school. She believed that charity and tuition breaks should be ...