Waldorf, Maryland.
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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House circa 1830 placed on the National Register of Historic Places
(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House circa 1830 placed on the National Register of Historic Places(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Admiral, United States Navy February 26, 1882-May 14, 1968. Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
Erected on land donated in 1868 by the Liberty Masonic Lodge, this Confederate monument was designed and built by A.J. Lewis. The shaft is inscribed with the names of 279 Amite County Confederate soldiers who died during the Civil War. Dedicated in 1871, it is the first such monument erected in the state and among the first in the nation.
In 1919, Charles Erskine Scott Wood and Sara Bard Field purchased a beautiful 34-acre site overlooking Los Gatos to establish a refuge for their creative pursuits. Here they commissioned Robert Treat Paine to create two large statures to mark the entrance. The cat statues, complete in 1922, are made of cast concrete originally tinted a soft brown for a natural, unpainted appearance. Wood and Field retained architect Walter Steiberg to design their house, an Italian-inspired villa completed in 1925. The named the new home "The Cats." 
Effective discoverer of the Calaveras Big Trees 
Founded in 1872 and known as the reservation, Alum Rock Park is the oldest municipal park in California. It was named for a large rock formation believed to contain alum. Even after it was discovered to have been incorrectly identified, the name persisted. The park was a tremendously popular recreational destination, famous for its mineral springs. 
Surveyor of Yerba Buena - 1839 
The Bascoms arrived in San Jose in 1849. Their residence and boarding house, Slapjack Hall, was a center of activity and grandma sewed the famous blue tent used as both a school and first protestant church. Dr. Bascom practiced medicine but preferred farming. Grandma took as boarders members of the first state legislature. Her wonderful record of early life in San Jose appeared in a national publication in 1887, "The Overland Monthly." They relocated to their farm at Somerville Lodge in Santa Clara where Bascom Avenue is today.
Site of capture of the assassin Jack McCall who shot "Wild Bill" Hickok Aug 2, 1876
Honors Lt. William Bruenig killed in a flight training accident 8-28-1942 Stewart Field after bailing USMA Aviation Cadet to safety.
In 1865 General Patrick E. Connor led the “Powder River Expedition” into this area. This expedition was a part of a broad military program to bring the Indians north of the Platte River under control and halt their depredations along the Western Trails.
At this site Conner’s command located and attacked a large party of Arapaho under Black Bear and Old David, destroying 250 lodges. Much of the fighting was hand-to-hand combat and many women and children were killed and captured. Later events proved the campaign of 1865 to be indecisive.
Built in 1916 For
Anthony Burns was born into slavery in Stafford County. In 1854 Burns escaped from Richmond, where he had been hired out, to Boston. His owner demanded his return under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Burns' arrest on 24 May 1854 inspired abolitionists to attempt his rescue. They were unsuccessful, and a judge ruled that Burns must be sent back to his owner. The episode increased antislavery sentiment across the North. Activists, including African American Bostonians, freed Burns through purchase in 1855, after which he attended Oberlin College. He became a minister and died in Canada West (later Ontario) in 1862.
Verified Rider of the Pony Express 1860-1861
In 1791 Early Settlers
Found Evidence Of This
Fort Having Been In Use
For Many Years
