N.E. Corner Adobe Wall of Spanish Presidio of Tucson

N.E. Corner

Adobe Wall of Spanish

Presidio of Tucson

Marked 1926 by D.A.R.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of North Church Avenue and Washington Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

De Anza Expedition 1775 - 1776

Lt. Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza by decree of Carlos III of Spain led an expedition to this site – The mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area.

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

Theodosia Burr Alston

Daughter of Aaron Burr and one of the most learned women of her era; wife of Governor Joseph Alston, who is buried west of here, with Aaron Burr Alston, their ten-year-old son; sailed from Georgetown on Dec. 30, 1812 on ...

San Leandro – Cherry Festivals

West side of marker:

San Leandro’s farmers expected a bumper crop of cherries in 1909. Why not celebrate and promote the city and one of its wonderful crops? The first cherry festival took place that spring. The Oakland Enquirer reported that ...

The Druid Monument

The Druids of California

Erected

This Memorial

to

Frederick Sieg

Who Instituted

the Order

in this State

A. D. 1859

Presented to the City of Placerville

Sept. 5, 1926

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Cedar Ravine Road, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.

Courtesy ...

Confederate Heroes Monument

(Left Side):Would it not be a blame for us

if their memories part

from our land & heart

and a wrong to them & a shame for us

the glories they won shall not wane for us

in legend & lay

our heroes in gray

shall forever ...

Jennie Wade Birthplace

In this modest weatherboard house, constructed ca. 1820, Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade was born on May 21, 1843. Wade, the second of six children of James and Mary Filby Wade, spent her childhood here, attending local schools and helping with ...

City of Bloomfield

Prehistoric farmers established major communities along the rivers of this region in the eleventh century. Eight hundred years later, historic settlement was also made possible by abundant water. Bloomfield was established in 1879 near a site which afforded a sage ...

Jackson’s 2nd Corps Established

Stonewall Dons a New Uniform

Having remained with his command

in the vicinity of Winchester since the

Battle of Sharpsburg/Antietam, by

November 22, 1862, Gen. Thomas J.

“Stonewall” Jackson was again on

the march. With more than 32,000

soldiers, Jackson’s force made its

way up the snow-covered Shenan

doah ...

Switzerland County Courthouse

The first brick courthouse on this site was built in 1816. The present courthouse was completed in 1864 by John Haley at a cost of $26,135.40. The annex was added in 2005. The courthouse was listed on the Indiana Register ...