Death of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

At or near this spot fell

Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon

Born Ashford, Conn. 1818

Graduated U.S Military

Academy, 1841. Commander

of the Federal forces

In The Battle of Wilson Creek

August 10, 1861

This marker is erected by

The University Club of

Springfield, MO. In honor of

General Lyon and ...

Dr. Charles Hard Townes

Born in Greenville, S.C. 1915.

Graduate of Furman University 1935.

Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics 1964.

Templeton Price Winner 2005.

Designated one of the world's most

influential 1,000 men

of the past 1,000 years.

Depicted at the moment of his “revelation” of the equation

for the laser and ...

The Osceola Times Building

This 1901 office was the first building in "New Town," having been used continuously as a newspaper office since that time and remains the oldest and tallest commercial building in the city. The "Osceola Times," reporting on life along the ...

Hay Craft and Learning Center - 1987

This building, dedicated in the spring of 1987, was named in honor of Raymond Hay as a lasting memorial to the late Coshocton businessman for the many contributions he made to the Roscoe Village restoration and to Coschocton County. It ...

The Churchyard Wall

Kells Heritage Trail

This wall marks the boundary of the original monastery and was rebuilt in 1714. When part of the wall collapsed after heavy rains in 1997, it was discovered to have no foundation. It was rebuilt again in 1998, ...

The Upper Bridge

When completed in 1908 the Upper Bridge, today known as the Currie Parkway Bridge, replaced its wooden predecessor as the main crossing over the Tittabawassee River. The Joliet Bridge and Iron Company of Illinois constructed the bridge for $7,500. It ...

Featherston’s Brigade

Gen. W.S. Featherston’s Mississippi brigade of Loring’s div., Stewart’s A.C., [CS] together with Scott’s brigade (on his left), advanced from trenches at & near Loring’s Hill, .9 miles S.W. Traversing a broken area of tangled forest, the brigade crossed Tanyard ...

Tucson Old Walled City

Founded 1776

by the Spanish Government

as a Presidio.

Became part of U.S. after

Gadsden Purchase 1853

Marker is on West Alameda Street near North Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Martin Delany

(1812 - 1885)

Delany was an influential abolitionist, civil rights activist, Army officer, and prominent physician. The son of an enslaved father and free mother received his education in Chambersburg. He went on to publish and anti-slavery newspaper, "The Mystery." He ...

Old State Capitol

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A reproduction of Georgia’s State Capitol 1807-1867 stands on the original site. Wings to the main building were added in 1828 and 1837. Here the Secession Convention met Jan. 16, 1861 and after three days of bitter ...