Fort Humboldt

By the early 1850's, newly arrived white settlers had moved into the Humboldt Bay area, causing conflict with the native inhabitants. To protect both Indians and settlers, Fort Humboldt was established in 1853 and operated until 1866. It became a ...

Reese

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Reese

Originally, the community of Reese was known as Ebenezer, and it has been identified as a community that grew up along an old post ...

Orange World War I Memorial

Dedicated in loving and grateful memory

of those who sacrificed their lives

in the World War 1914 – 1918.

Ackerman, Harry T. • Baldwin, Ralph N. • Bauer, William H. • Bennett, John W. • Byrne, Edward M. • Brown, William H. • ...

Black Bridge

1904

Fabricated by the Iowa Iron Company, the early well known bridge was built like a railroad trestle with black overhead supports. It served as the area's only route across the Yahara River. Nearby speakesies and its edge-of-town location gave the ...

“Journey For Lives”

Stephen Fonyo

In commemoration of Stephen Fonyo’s run across Canada to raise money on behalf of the Canadian Cancer Society, for cancer education, patient care and research.

His “Journey For Lives” covered nearly 8,000 kilometers, starting in St. John’s, Newfoundland, March 31st, ...

Terry Fox

1958 – 1981

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a community near Vancouver on Canada’s west coast. An active teenage involved in many sports, Terry was only 18 years old when he was ...

A Heroine of ‘76

1781 – 1902

Mrs. Keren Happuch Turner

mother of Elizabeth

the wife of Joseph

Morehead of N.C., and

grandmother of Captain

James and of John Morehead,

a young N.C. soldier under

Greene, rode horse-back from

her Maryland home and at

Guilford Court House nursed

to health a badly wounded son.

Marker can ...

The Bell Tower

You are standing in Bastion Square. The Hudson’s Bay Company, whose legacy continues at the store on Government Street, established Fort Victoria here in 1843.

Acting on behalf of the British Columbia Government, the company sold the surrounding land to pioneers ...

Garard/Martin Station, 1790

Marker Front:

Site of the first fortified settlement in Anderson Township and one of the first in the Virginia Military District. John Garard and Joseph Martin were the founders of this Station, who, with Elias Garard, Joseph Frazee, and others, ...

Boomerang Court and Chancery Lane

You are standing in Bastion Square, a public space dating back to the Victorian Era.

There are many alleys and walkways to explore, connecting Bastion Square to nearby streets to see the heart of Victoria’s Old Town Historical Site.

Chancery Lane warps ...