The Bohn Building

John Augustus Bohn

Architect and driving force behind the modernization of Highway 780, the first State Capitol Building, the Benicia State Park, First Street Development, the Benicia City Water System, and the Benicia Industrial Park.

He gave his vision, his determination, and ...

15-inch Rodman Smoothbore

Among the largest cannon used in the Civil War

Monumental in size, these two immense guns remain as sentinels ready to repel an attack on the Nation's capital. With their extended range and commanding location above the river, they were the ...

The Defenses of Washington

At the start of the Civil War, Washington was protected by only one fort, Fort Washington guarding the Potomac River approach. The capital city was uncomfortably close to Confederate forces operating in Northern Virginia.

by 1864, a system of earthen fortifications ...

APA das Pontas de Copacabana e Arpoador

Environmental Protection Area of Copacabana and Arpoador Promontories

[The text on the right of the marker is in English]:

The Environmental Protection Area (APA) of Copacabana and Arpoador Promontories was created by Municipal Law No. 2.087/94 to protect its rocky coast and ...

West Jordan Pioneer Church

In 1859, to replace a log church house, Bishop Archibald Gardner chose Elias Morris as architect of this red sandstone and granite church. On May 15, 1861, the cornerstone was laid. Proceeds from a military ball attended by L.D.S. authorities ...

Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley

Born in New York, January 8, 1801. Died in Bastrop County, Texas, October 31, 1853. Doctor-lawyer, soldier, legislature.

Delegate to the Second Convention

of Texas, 1833 * Physician in

the Army of Texas, 1835 - 1836 *

Signer of the Declaration ...

Troup County Academy

The first school in Troup County opened in LaGrange in 1828, just months after the county’s organization. Located just east of this spot, Troup Academy shared the lot with Hill View Cemetery. The county owned the building while a Board ...

The Gault Homestead

Included as part of a 320-acre land grant awarded to J.P. Whelin in payment for his service to the Republic of Texas Army, this property has had a long and varied history. Soon after he was granted the land, Whelin ...

Petrified Trees

Fossils Give Clues to Wyoming's Paleo-Past

Giant cypress trees growing today in swamps (or forested wetlands), such as these found in Louisiana's Pointe Lake, used to grow in Wyoming back when it was a warm, subtropical swamp - about 55 million ...

United States Battalion of Engineers

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

United States Battalion of Engineers

Captain George H. Mendell commanding

With the Army of the Potomac in the Gettysburg Campaign from the Rappahannock to the Potomac and engaged in arduous duties from June 13th to July ...