Cheyenne, Wyoming.
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There are six plaques on this rather large monument. Prehistoric Cheyenne Those First to Life Here There is evidence of prehistoric man living in Wyoming more than 12,000 years ago before present (YBP). These early . . .
(Native Americans • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
There are six plaques on this rather large monument. Prehistoric Cheyenne Those First to Life Here There is evidence of prehistoric man living in Wyoming more than 12,000 years ago before present (YBP). These early . . . (Native Americans • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Anthropology) Includes complete text, location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Here, during the night of July 16-17, 1812, a small force of British regulars and several hundred voyageurs and Indian allies from St. Joseph Island landed. They occupied a height that overlooks Fort Mackinac and demanded . . . 
In 1670, Jesuit Father Charles Dablon founded a birchbark mission chapel on Mackinac Island. The following year, Father Jacques Marquette relocated the mission at Saint Ignace. Abandoned in 1706 and restablished at Fort . . . 
He held the middle-weight, light heavy-weight and heavy-weight titles in the "Golden Age" of wrestling, 1896-1919. Dethroned the great Frank Gotch in 1906. Killed by gangsters August 5, 1933, while serving as a police . . . 
Captain of the Heil Team, National and International Bowling Champions. A member of ABC-State and City Title Teams. In golf, he won the State Publinx Title and was a State Amateur finalist 4 times, qualifying a record 20 . . . 
Oldest historically black institution of higher education in Maryland. Established in 1865 in Baltimore as a school for freed slaves. In 1867 became Baltimore Normal School for the education of colored teachers. Relocated in . . . 
Explosions at Fort Washington August 27, 1814, surprised British and Americans alike. A British squadron slowly making its way up the Potomac expected resistance from the well-positioned fort. Alexandrians, fearing they were . . . 
On 10 April, 1963, all 129 U.S. Navy sailors and civilian workers aboard the USS Thresher perished when the nuclear attack submarine sank more than 200 miles off the New England Coast. The Thresher was designed and build at . . . 
Living where the land meets the water gives us everything we need: shelter in the woods, food to eat, and clean water to drink. Our climate promises a good life for the 15 million people and the more than 3,000 types of . . . 
Front Kittery honors its veterans Rear The monument committee Bibb Longcrier • Norm Leon • David Burke • Allen Carter • Hampton McDaniel • Mark Schremmer • Sally Palmer • John Navish There are two 4 sided obelisks as . . . 
The Broad Street bridge is a significant part of the history of Columbus and the National Road. Until 1816, the only ways to cross the Scioto River were to ford the river during low water or to use the ferry. From 1816 to . . . 
On the west bank of the Scioto River stands the former Central High School, now the core building of the Center of Science and Industry (COSI). The Plan of the City of Columbus, released in 1908, was developed to create a . . . 
In 1778, during the Revolution, the Township of West Amwell had the colonial road used by the Grand Continental Army under the command of General George Washington enroute to the battle at Monmouth, NJ. This section of the . . . 
National Register of Historic Places Wholesale District Historic Garment District
National Register of Historic Places Wholesale District Historic Garment District
National Register of Historic Places Wholesale District Historic Garment District
The Chisholm Trail probably began as a buffalo migration route, linking summer pastures in the Central Plains to winter pastures in Texas. American Indians followed the buffalo and shared the route with U.S. explorers, who . . . 
Pioneer patriot. Spikes Prairie named for him and his family. In 1875-1876 Spikes served as an elected spokesman from this district in state convention to reestablish free government. He rode horseback to Austin with John H. . . . 
Set aside as a burial ground by Joseph Fox. His daughter Sarah K. first person buried here, Aug. 24, 1852. Grounds are cared for by descendants, friends. Jos. Fox was born 1800 in London. Died in Prospect, Texas, 1872. Was . . . 
Established by colonizer Johan Reinert Reiersen (1810-64). The 1845 founder of Brownboro (Normandy) in present Henderson County, who settled here in 1847. Elise Tvede Waerenskjold, Reiersen's aide on his magazine "Norway and . . . 
