Site of Edward Mandell House Home

Edward Mandell House (1858-1938), heir of a wealthy Houston businessman, moved to Austin in 1885 to be at the center of state politics, his primary interest. He managed the successful campaigns of four Texas Governors and became an important figure ...

Hotel Provident and Heierman Building

Built in 1887, apparently as a hotel, for Tom Smith. Contractor was Austin Mayor Joseph Nalle. The “Hotel Provident” operated under various names until the 1920s. In conjunction with the hotel, the lower floor housed numerous businesses, including a newspaper, ...

St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral

Begun in 1870-1871, Completed 1882-1902.

Architect Richard Upjohn, founder of A.I.A.

Utah's oldest non-Mormon church

in continuous use.

Marker is on 100 South west of W 300 E, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Historic Indians

Five Historic Indian tribes lived in this area. By 1701, The Yuchi were living at the shoals on the Tennessee River. In early 1700s the Yuchi left, some moving to the Cherokee Nation on the Hiwassee River, TN and others ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Bridging the Gaps

Wood to Steel

The Milwaukee Road built temporary wood trestles at all but Kelly Creek and Clear Creek. Fire danger prompted the railroad to immediately begin replacing the wooden structures with earth-filled embankments or building steel bridges inside and over them.

The ...

Fort Ward

1861-1865

This stairway leads up the west wall of Fort Ward between the Northwest Bastion (to the left) and the Southwest Bastion (to the right). Fort Ward had 14 cannon emplacements along this area of the wall that created overlapping fields ...

Nike-Ajax Missile Radar Control Site N-75C

The Cold War and Nike-Ajax Base N-75

Here was located site N-75C (C for control) and the counterpart site N-75L (L for launch) was located at Carrollton Nike Park.

The “Cold” War (1949-1990) is so named because no actual armed conflict took ...

Site of First Iron Foundry in America

Site of First

Iron Foundry in America

Established in 1619

Marker is on Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) 0.4 miles from Chippenham Parkway, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle At Rivers Bridge / Rivers Bridge Memorials

Battle At Rivers Bridge

On February 2 ~ 3, 1865, as Gen. W.T. Sherman's

Federals advanced toward Columbia, units of

Gen. F.P. Blair's XVII Corps attempted to cross

the Salkehatchie River at Rivers Bridge. The

Confederate defenders there, in Gen. Lafayette

McLaws's division of ...

The President’s Quarters

Although Camp Hoover was rustic, it was comfortably furnished with a mixture of styles. The Hoovers had many Navajo rugs which they used throughout their cabin. Above is a sunporch and below the Hoovers’ bedrooms.

Marker can be reached from Rapidan ...