Site: Hardy Pace’s Res. Howard’s Headquarters

Hardy Pace (1785-1864), operated the Chattahoochee River ferry at site of bridge where Pace’s Ferry rd. crosses. Federal forces occupied Vining’s Station, July 5-17, 1864, while preparing to cross at Pace’s & Power’s for the move on Atlanta. Gen. O. ...

Toll Road Stake

Across the street from this location is a tree stump in which the original stake exists that was used to close off the passage to travelers from Grass Valley to Penn Valley. Drivers who frequented this road had to stop ...

Bayou Vermilion

Battle of Pinhook Bridge April 17, 1863

Battle of Bayou Vermilion October 9, 1863

We honor the memory of those soldiers who valiantly fought on these banks.

Marker is at the intersection of West Pinhook Road and La Rue France, on the right ...

Commemorate the 1st crossing from east to west and the 1st doubl

To commemorate the first crossing from east to west and the first double crossing of the Atlantic by air accomplished by the British airship R34

which left East Fortune Scotland on July 2nd 1919, landed Mineola Long Island on July ...

Civil War Memorial - Vigo County

Terre Haute, Indiana

[ Front (East) Plaque ]

In Memory

of the

Patriotism and Valor

of the

Soldiers and Sailors of Vigo County

in the

War of 1861 - - 1865

[ Right (North) Plaque ]

“On Fame’s eternal camping ground

their silent tents are spread

and Glory guards with solemn round

the ...

Grand Carousel

This "Grand Carousel," manufactured in 1914 by the William I. Mangels Company with wood horses carved by the Marcus Illions Company, was first located at Olengtangy Park, an interurban-era amusement park in Clintonville. In 1938, the Mangels-Illions carousel was relocated ...

The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland - Mount Welby

[Panel 1:] The DeButts Family Comes to Maryland

Samuel DeButts was born in Ireland in 1756. He began a career as a doctor in England and there met and married his wife, Mary Welby, in 1785. Samuel’s medical practice was ...

Frisco Depot

Seeking a rail line to speed marketing of their livestock, residents of this area in 1909 asked the Ft. Worth & Rio Grande Railroad, a branch of the Frisco System, to extend track from Brady (40 mi. NE) to Menardville. ...

Lester Allen Pelton

On this spot in 1878

Lester Allen Pelton

Invented the Pelton Water Wheel

Marker is on Cleveland Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mother of Georgia's Pecan Industry

Recognized officially and designated in 1923 by the American Tree Association as “The Mother of Georgia’s Pecan Industry,” the giant seedling just west of this marker was planted in 1848 in the flower and fruit garden of Judge and Mrs. ...