1 E 111GeneralClifton Bledsoe Cates 1893-1970United States Marine Corps Born in Cates Landing, Tennessee, on August 31, 1893, Clifton B. Cates attended school in Tiptonvile and the Missouri...
1E 67DEATH OFGEN. WILLIAM P. SANDERSBrig. Gen. William P. Sanders, usingdismounted cavalry to hold off theConfederate advance from the west,was fatally wounded on this ridge,Nov. 18, 1863,...
1E 43 BLOUNT MANSION Built in 1792, this was one of the first frame houses west of the Alleghenies. It served as both the residence of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the River...
1E 70Fort Byington"The Hill", dear to University ofTennessee alumni, was protected bya battery of Federal cannon anda brigade of infantry duringLongstreet's siege of Knoxville, inNov., 1863. A...
1E 82FORT DICKERSONLinking with other hills south ofthe river, this Union position wasa major factor in the defense ofKnoxville. Occupied on Nov. 1, 1863,by the 2nd Brig. (Col. Daniel...
"Doodlebug" July 31, 1940. On an average summer day, a passenger shuttle that ran from Hudson, Ohio to Akron, Ohio collided head on with a 73 car freight train. There were 46 passengers...
This plaque is located next to the front door of the DCA/DCPR Building in downtown. The building is the former Griffin Funeral Home, and it is now a mixed-use property (commercial and...
Site of New York Central Lake Shore Limited wreck of April 19, 1940. Erected by Gulf Curve Chapter, NRHS, in memory of 31 who died and those who labored to rescue survivors. 1990
THIS PEACE PRAYER POLE IS PART OF A WORLDWIDE TRADITION OF SIMILAR POLES MEANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISUALIZE, PRAY AND WORK FOR WORLD PEACE. THE TRADITION, SUPPORTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS,...
DUNNING'S SPRING PARK GIVEN TO DECORAH BY FRED BIERMANN IN 1946. HERE F. DUNNING HAD A GRIST MILL ABOUT 1860. LATER DECORAH MARBLE WAS QUARRIED SAWED AND POLISHED IN DUNNING'S MILL THE DEORAH...
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TO MARK THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE NOTED AUTHOR JACK LONDON JANUARY 12, 1876 THE ORIGINAL HOME ON THIS SITE THEN KNOWN AS 615 THIRD STREET WAS DESTROYED IN THE FIRE OF APRIL 18, 1906 PLACED...
It's a plaque on a rock in Inwood Hill Park in the most Northern tip of Manhattan. The text on the plaque reads: "ACCORDING TO LEGEND, ON THIS SITE OF THE PRINCIPAL MANHATTAN INDIAN VILLAGE,...
A new historic marker placed at #BarneyAllisPlaza commemorating #LGBT strides made in KC. Submitted by @MDReeb