The Wild Ponies

Hardy, compact, and spirited - the horses on Assateague Island run freely over a range bounded by ocean and bay. Bands of mares and young led by protective stallions graze on marsh grasses, drink at freshwater ponds, and retreat into ...

Fort Ancient Dwelling

The Fort Ancient people who occupied this area between about AD900 and AD1600 lived in larger communities than the Hopewell people did. Their villages of 200 to 500 people were truly agricultural; they cultivated beans, corn, squash, and tobacco. This ...

Escudilla Mountain

Due south rises the 3rd tallest peak in AZ, revered by conservationist, Aldo Leopold Escudilla was home to Ike Clanton of OK Corral fame & Arizona's last grizzly bear. In fall, the north slope is golden with Aspen covering the ...

Mary Surratt's Boarding House

Civil War to Civil Rights

"The nest in which the egg was hatched."President Andrew Johnson, April 1865.

The building at 604 H Street, today Golo’s Chinese Restaurant, is intimately connected with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater, just five ...

De Anza Expedition 1775 - 1776

Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza and party crossed this area in March 1778, in route to select sites for the Presidio and the Mission of San Francisco.

In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris ...

Andrew Ponton

Born in Virginia to William and Isabella (Mooreland) Ponton, Andrew Ponton came to Texas in December 1829 and settled in Green DeWitt's Colony, receiving a land grant near Hallettsville. He became active in area politics, and in 1834 he was ...

Rutan-Terhune-Bidwell House

Built by Jacobus Rutan, a farmer, on 32 acres of land about 1794-95. In 1800 his widow and son sold the house to Cornelius H. Zabriskie, a blacksmith and farmer. In 1856 he deeded the house to his grandson, Cornelius ...

Dexter Avenue

Formerly Market Street

This street was named to honor Andrew Dexter one of the founders of Montgomery

Along this street moved the inaugural parade of Jefferson Davis when he took the oath of office as President of the Confederate States of America ...

Historical Site - Switzerland County Courthouse

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Martha A. Graham

( Drawing of the River Paddle-wheeler. )

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Designed in the Greek Classic style by David Dubach, Architect, and built by John Haley c. 1864, with restoration completed c. 1992. It is said the ...

3rd Massachusetts Battery

5th Corps Artillery

3rd Mass. Battery

5th Corps Art'y.

July 2, 1863.

Marker is at the intersection of Wheatfield Road and Crawford Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Wheatfield Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org