Ships of the Nevada Desert

Camels first arrived in Virginia City in April, 1964. The U.S. Camel Corps was disbanded in 1863, and the animals sold to Nevada traders. Camels were used for hauling freight, firewood, and marsh salt use in refining silver ore. Although ...

Olin Miller Dantzler

Olin Miller Dantzler (1826-1824) was a native of South Carolina. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in Virginia in 1846. He married Caroline Clover on July 10, 1850, and they had five children. Prior to the war Dantzler served as a ...

Virginia and Truckee Railroad

“Do it at once”

“Do it at once” was the order given to I. E. James by William Sharron to build the V & T Railroad.

Construction to Carson City was completed in November 1869. By November 1871, Reno was connected to ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Railroad at WAR!

The Milwaukee Road transported tons of war material and thousands of troops during World Wars I and II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

During World War I, the Federal Government seized railroads in the United States including the Milwaukee. ...

Site of Old Fort Severn

Erected 1808.

Transferred to the Navy Department 1845.

Demolished 1909.

In memory of men who served at Fort Severn during the War of 1812.

Marker is on Cooper Road 0.1 miles south of Santee Road.

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Battery Dantzler

A half-mile northeast stands Battery Dantzler, named for Col. Olin Miller Dantzler, 22d South Carolina Infantry (killed in action nearby on 2 June 1864), and constructed in May-June 1864 to block the Union navy's approach to Richmond. The battery anchored ...

Soldier Hut

At Fort Lee, “hutting” – the building of permanent huts – was started at General Greene’s command to:

“Fix proper places for barracks, none to be nearer the fort than 50 rods…build timber huts…boards are to be had only for the ...

Richland and Pulaski Civil War Soldiers Monument

In honor of the

soldiers and sailors

of the town of

Richland

who nobly defended

the Union

Marker is at the intersection of South Jefferson Street and Bridge Street on South Jefferson Street.

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Claudia Taylor Johnson Hall

The University of Texas System

Constructed during the period 1912-1914. This building was the seventh United States post office location in Austin, Texas. The supervising architect for the Neoclassical revival style structure was James Knox Taylor of the U.S. Treasury Department. ...

Here is peace and quietude

“Here is peace and quietude.”- President Herbert Hoover

Shortly after his election in 1928, Herbert C. Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry, expressed the desire for a weekend retreat – a place where they could find respite from the demands of ...