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Jersey Settlers

Erected, 1968, by Descendants of the New Jersey Settlers Organization (formed 1940) in memory of settlers of 1772 & their descendants who rest in Caleb King & Daniel Farrar Cemetery, Kingston Plantation.

Erected, 1968, by Descendants of the New Jersey Settlers Organization (formed 1940) in memory of settlers of 1772 & their descendants who rest in Caleb King & Daniel Farrar Cemetery, Kingston Plantation.

  • missisippi

Metairie Ridge School

On this site in April 1909, the first public school in Metairie opened and Metairie Ridge School. Land donated by Alfred E. Bonnabel who is often referred to as "The Father of Education" in...

On this site in April 1909, the first public school in Metairie opened and Metairie Ridge School. Land donated by Alfred E. Bonnabel who is often referred to as "The Father of Education"...

  • louisiana
  • education

Peck Village

Peck Village is a village and mound site where Indians lived between 100 BC and AD 1200. Archaeologist James A. Ford excavated here in 1933. He used a method called seriation to study the changes...

Peck Village is a village and mound site where Indians lived between 100 BC and AD 1200. Archaeologist James A. Ford excavated here in 1933. He used a method called seriation to study the changes...

  • louisiana
  • native american

Peck Mounds

The Peck Mounds site has 5 mounds built along the bluff above Lake Louie. Only 4 mounds are visible today. The largest is platform shaped and measures 18 feet tall and 165 by 180 feet at the base....

The Peck Mounds site has 5 mounds built along the bluff above Lake Louie. Only 4 mounds are visible today. The largest is platform shaped and measures 18 feet tall and 165 by 180 feet at the base....

  • louisiana
  • native american

Harrisonburg Mounds

Two Indian mounds make up the Harrisonburg Mounds site. The well-preserved conical mound that can be seen from here was built around AD 200. It is 10 feet high and 115 feet in diameter. The other...

Two Indian mounds make up the Harrisonburg Mounds site. The well-preserved conical mound that can be seen from here was built around AD 200. It is 10 feet high and 115 feet in diameter. The...

  • louisiana
  • native american

Lamarque Landing Mound

Lamarque Landing is a conical mound that is 6½ feet tall and 115 feet in diameter. Indians built the mound about AD 1000. Excavations at the site revealed that the mound was built in 3 separate episodes.

Lamarque Landing is a conical mound that is 6½ feet tall and 115 feet in diameter. Indians built the mound about AD 1000. Excavations at the site revealed that the mound was built in 3 separate episodes.

  • louisiana
  • native american

Cypress Grove Mound

Cypress Grove is one of the best-preserved conical mounds in northeast Louisiana. This 10-foot-tall mound is 115 feet in diameter at the base. It was built in a single episode around AD 750. The...

Cypress Grove is one of the best-preserved conical mounds in northeast Louisiana. This 10-foot-tall mound is 115 feet in diameter at the base. It was built in a single episode around AD 750. The...

  • louisiana
  • native american

Jersey Settlers

Erected, 1968, by Descendants of the New Jersey Settlers Organization (formed 1940) in memory of settlers of 1772, including Captain Amos Ogden. The Swayzes, Thorns & others now rest in the...

Erected, 1968, by Descendants of the New Jersey Settlers Organization (formed 1940) in memory of settlers of 1772, including Captain Amos Ogden. The Swayzes, Thorns & others now rest in...

  • mississippi

Kingston

 S.E. 1 mile is site of Old Jersey Settlement now known as Kingston. Here settlers from New Jersey organized first Protestant church in Mississippi with Samuel Swayze as pastor.

 S.E. 1 mile is site of Old Jersey Settlement now known as Kingston. Here settlers from New Jersey organized first Protestant church in Mississippi with Samuel Swayze as pastor.

  • mississippi

The Battle of Irish Bend

Part of the Union advance through La. was known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this site...

Part of the Union advance through La. was known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this...

  • louisiana
  • civil war

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (1856-1915)

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

    Radford

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

    From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by chrisinplymouth, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

      NC historical marker Cape Fear Baptist Church

      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

      From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

        Sculpture

          Eight Sided Tabernacle Sign in Falcon, NC

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

          From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Gerry Dincher, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

            Hemingway

            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

            From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Crawford Brian, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

              Romero Overlook - San Luis Dam and San Luis Resevoir

              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

              From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License

                Historic Mukilteo Model of Racial Harmony

                HISTORIC MUKILTEO Model of Racial Harmony   COMMEMORATING The hospitality of early Mukilteo-residents to families of Japanese workers at Crown Lumber Co   The Japanese lived near this marker in ...

                HISTORIC MUKILTEO Model of Racial Harmony   COMMEMORATING The hospitality of early Mukilteo- residents to families of Japanese workers at Crown Lumber Co   The Japanese lived near this marker in ...

                • crane
                • mukilteo
                • japanese-american
                • 1930s

                School Street Political Life

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

                From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Jason Riedy, full page.License is Attribution License

                  La Jolesia De Nuestra Senora La Reina De Los Angeles

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution-ShareAlike License

                  From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by tkksummers, full page.License is Attribution- ShareAlike License