Featured Plaque:

On This Site Lie Buried

On this site lie buried Joseph ErwinRevolutionary Soldier, N.C.1762-1829Lavinia T. ErwinWife1763-1836Eliza E. WilsonDaughter1793-1834

• louisiana
• revolutionary war

St. John The Baptist Church

1770.  From which civil parish was named. First church on second German Coast when Louisiana was a colony of Spain. Served west and east banks of river until 1864. Old cemetery contains wife...

• louisiana
• church

Original Site of the First Presbyterian Church

Organized May 27, 1827, after twelve years of missionary work by the Presbytery of Mississippi, John Dorrance first minister. Sanctuary dedicated in 1829. Rebuilt in 1854 on the same site and...

• louisiana
• baton rouge
• church

Killed When A Span of The Westgate Bridge Collapsed

Plaque reads: 'Construction workers employed on Westgate bridge erected and dedicated this memorial to their co-workers who were killed when a span of the bridge collapsed during construction At...

• melbourne
• bridge
• australia
• industrial accident
• construction

Site of Blossom Rock Navigation Trees

Site of Blossom Rock Navigation Trees Until at least 1851, redwood trees on this site were used as landmarks to avoid striking the treacherous submerged Blossom Rock in San Francisco Bay west of...

• east bay yesterday
• redwoods
• navigation tree
• blossom rock

Buckhead MARTA

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

Mission San Miguel Arcangel

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

Wheeler's Cav. at Decatur

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

Shire Oak

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by Tim Green aka atoach, full page.License is Attribution License

Allegheny Arsenal

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by sportsedit15224, full page.License is Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

Town Hall Clock Repairs

Town Hall Clock Repairs 2015 Funded by a kind donation from the DENT-BROCKLEHURST FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST Submitted by @caddickbrown

Queen Anne Cottage

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

Mojave Road

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

CHL# 156 Los Angeles Plaza (Olvera Street)

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

Long Sands Historic Marker

From the Flickr group Historical Markers, photo by InAweofGod'sCreation, full page.License is Attribution License

Blue Star Memorial Highway

A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America Sponsored by Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Memphis and Shelby County Council of Garden Clubs...

• shelby county
• tennessee
• blue star

Modern Movie Making In Memphis

On this South Main Street corner in 1988 the modern wave of Memphis movie making was born, in great measure through the efforts of the Memphis & Shelby County Film Commissioner Linn Sitler...

• shelby county
• tennessee

Water Wheel

WATER WHEEL  TAKEN FROM A GRIST MILL BUILT IN OLD TOWN OF OAKLAND BY DR. DORREY[?] S. BAKER[?] IN 1861. IT TURNED THE GRINDING STONE THAT GROUND THE GRAIN TO MEAL AND FLOUR SHIPPED BY BOAT...

• in the olden days
• shipped by b...
• grist

Face-off

U.S. Marshal Orville Webster and Memphis police detective Will Smiddy, who was a bootlegger, shot each other outside Smiddy's saloon in a face-off during the early days of Prohibition....

• shelby county
• tennessee

Plaza Substation

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