In Memory of the Garrison Defending Fort Sumter During the Bombardment

Rock Island Arsenal Museum

U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Rock Island Arsenal Est. July 11, 1862 Rock Island Museum established July 1905 by order of the Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army. Dedicated Nov. 4, 1959 To the memory of John...

John M. Browning

John M. Browning 1855 – 1926 Great American Father of Modern Firearms In grateful appreciation and recognition for the important contributions through his inventive genius to the military services...

First bridge across the Mississippi River

First Bridge Across the Mississippi River Upon this pier rested the first bridge to span the Mississippi River, forming the original connecting link for uninterrupted railroad traffic between the...

Davenport Bridge of 1856

Davenport Bridge of 1856 Near this spot and upon these stones rested the first bridge to span the Mississippi River. The first train consisting of a locomotive and eight cars passed over the...

Davenport Homesite

Welcome to the homesite of Col George Davenport He arrived on this island in 1816 under contract to provide food to the soldiers building Fort Armstrong. And he, thus, became the first permanent...

Denkmal

KIEPENKERL - DENKMAL 1896 VON AUGUST SCHMIEMANN GE- SCHAFFEN, 1945 ZERSTÖRT, 1953 ALS NACHGUSS WIEDER AUFGE- STELLT. DER TYPISCHE KIEPENKERL WAN- DERTE NOCH BIS IN DIE 20ER JAHRE ALS...

Rathaus

RATHAUS SEIT ETWA 1250 AN DIESER STELLE. RÜCKWÄRTIG DIE RATSKAMMER FÜR DAS HOHE GERICHT (FRIEDENSSAAL VON 1648), DAVOR VERSAMMLUNGSRAUM DER BÜRGER- SCHAFT (BÜRGERHALLE), IN DER VORHALLE SITZ DES...

Plaque Dedication Invitation

THE ALAMEDA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Invites You to their PLAQUE DEDICATION Marking the Site of OAKLAND S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL at Fourth and Clay Streets in Oakland 11:00 a.. Saturday, Oct....

oakland
invitation
public school
dedication
1976
11am saturday

Covert Park

Mount Bonnell was part of a 54-acre tract of land owned by F.M. Covert, SR. a pioneer Austin businessman. Negotiations to give the summit of Mt. Bonnell, to be known as Covert Park, to the people...

covert park
park
austin
mount bonnell
mt. bonnell

Laguna Gloria

This Mediterranean style villa was built in 1916 for Henry H. and Clara Driscoll Sevier. Named Laguna Gloria for a nearby lagoon off the Colorado river, the stuccoed home features a...

laguna gloria
austin
texas

Jackson, CA, Hangman’s Tree

Here stood in early days the hangman’s tree This marker placed by Ursula Parlor No. 1 N.D.G.W. July 24th, 1937 Submitted by @adeleseelke

Tongva Peak

Tongva Peak Gabrielino~Tongva Community of Wiqanga Elevation 2656' Dedicated 2003 AD

peak
native ameri...

Bronx Zoo

THiS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH CONTAINS A SECTION OF WATER PIPE 2000 YEARS OLD, FROM POMPEII WHICH AN ITALIAN LEGEND ATTRIBUTES GOOD HEALTH AND GOOD FORTUNE TO ALL WHO DRINK THEREFROM THE PIPE WAS...

fountain of youth
pompeii
1953
200 years old

The Bone Trail

THE BONE TRAIL Traces of the Bone Trail may be seen just west of this marker. It was used to collect buffalo bones after the railway came to Saskatoon in 1890. The bones were processed...