Empire City

1 mile south of this spot is the site of Empire City. Founded 1850 by John G. Marvin . Head of navigation on the Tuolumne River, military supply depot and 2nd county seat of Stanislaus County. Destroyed by flood ...

Taylor's Ferry

When Jim Taylor acquired his ferry in 1922, he had just completed his connecting, hand-made highway on both sides of the Colorado River. His plan to attract the Los Angeles to Phoenix traffic had faded with the continued success of ...

A Daring Plan

Outnumbered and with little hope of getting reinforcements, Lord Rawdon believed that it would be foolish to sit passively behind Camden’s fortifications. Instead, after an American deserter reported that Greene had no artillery, Rawdon chose to attack despite the Americans’ ...

Wilbour-Ellery House

1801

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of

Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Touro Street and Clarke Street, on the right when traveling east on Touro Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Palo Verde Irrigation District Diversion Dam

1957 – 2007

Dedicated to the many pioneers that recognized the potential and value to our Valley of a gravity irrigation system, and the sacrifices made obtaining it.

In particular, to honor the following three persons, whose contributions uniquely contributed to the ...

Remembrance Rock

About 20,000 years ago this pink granite boulder was brought from Canada by the Wisconsin Glacier and deposited near here, along the Great Miami River.

Marker is at the intersection of Verity Parkway (Ohio Route 4/73) and Main Street / Tytus ...

Battle of Hobkirk's Hill

Along this ridge, American and British armies clashed on April 25, 1781, in the Revolutionary War Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill. Major General Nathanael Greene’s American troops had occupied the hill to threaten Camden, the most important British post in the ...

Samuel Francis Du Pont

MDCCCIII - MDCCCLXV

Rear Admiral

United States Navy

Statue was erected

by the Congress

of the United States

in recognition of his

distinguished services

Originally placed in

Du Pont Circle

Washington D.C.

it was removed

to this site

A.D. MCMXX

Desert Strike

In May 1964, U.S. Strike Command (STRICOM) launched the largest military war game since World War II. Known as Joint Exercise Desert Strike, this two-week training exercise simulated a nuclear air and ground battle between the mythical governments of Nezona ...

The First Hawaiian Christian

The first Hawaiian Christian,

Henry Opukahaia,

died at Cornwall, Conn. 1818

The first Christian

missionaries to Hawaii,

Bingham, Thurston, Whitney,

landed at Kailua, April 12, 1820

with their Hawaiian comrades

Hopu, Kanui, Honoli.

Marker is at the intersection of Alii Drive and Sarona Road, on the right when traveling ...