Coming of the Railroad

Efforts to establish rail transportation in Delaware were realized in 1832 with the completion of the New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad connecting shipping traffic on the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River. The promise of railroads was clearly demonstrated, and in ...

Spanish American War Memorial

West Side

Illinois Volunteer Regiments

7th Infantry • Colonel Marcus Kavanaugh

8th Infantry • Colonel John R. Marshall

9th Infantry • Colonel James R. Campbell

1st Cavalry • Colonel Edward G. Young

Battery A Light Artillery • Captain Oscar ...

General John and Annie K. Bidwell Gravesite

This marks the location of

General John and

Annie K. Bidwell’s

Gravesite

Founders and Benefactors of Chico

Marker can be reached from Mangrove Avenue near 881 Mangrove Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cold War Submarine Memorial

1947 - 1989

A Tribute to Professional Excellence

Dedication, Sacrifice, and National Will

Our submarines went to sea a silent invisible force solemnly dedicated to maintaining peace, but ready to fight if necessary to defend our nation and allies

Constructed ...

Log Cabin to Victorian Parlour

As the Helmcken family grew, so did this house. You can see three stages in the structure.

[Right section]

The original 1852 log cabin was built in a fur trade post-in-sill style with hand hewn squared logs and cedar shingles. Hearths in ...

Albright Training Center History

The Horace M. Albright Training Center is a National Park Service facility for employee development. Established in 1963 and named for the National Park Service's second director, the training center serves as an educational program center for employees throughout the ...

Dr. Florence Seibert

(1897-1991)

Birth site of the renowned biochemist. In spite of the handicap of polio, she developed in the 1920s a safe process for intravenous therapy. Later, in 1934, she refined the tuberculin skin test that was ultimately adopted worldwide.

Marker is on ...

Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken

John Sebastian Helmcken was born in London in 1924. He trained to be a doctor at Guys Hospital, London.

He arrived in Victoria as a surgeon and clerk for the Hudson Bay Company on March 24, 1850.

Dr. Helmcken entered politics in ...

Hanover House

Built in Berkley County 1716

by Paul De St. Julian

Rebuilt at

Clemson College

Marker can be reached from Perimeter Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of Whatcoat Church

In 1791 Daniel Lowber granted permission for “the society of people called Methodists” to erect a “meeting house” at this location. The site was formally conveyed to church trustees in 1796. Adjoining land was obtained in 1813 for use as ...