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Byrd Prillerman High School

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near Amigo, West Virginia.
Byrd Prillerman High School was established here in 1927 for the Afro American students in this coal mining area. Named in honor of a former slave who was an eminent state educator and President of West Virginia State . . .

(African Americans • Education) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

2nd Missouri Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
2nd Missouri Infantry U.S.A.

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Nassau Village

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Nassau, New York.
First inhabited by native Mahicans, settled by Europeans 1740-50. Incorporated 1819. Early Commercial and transit hub.

(Industry & Commerce • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

44th Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side: Illinois 44th Infantry. 2nd Brigade - Laiboldt. 3rd Division - Sheridan. 20th Army Corps - McCook. Text on the Front Side: Commanded By Colonel-Wallace W. Barrett. September 20-1863. 11 a.m. to . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

73rd Illinois Infantry

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Text on the Front Side: Illinois 73rd Infantry. 2nd Brigade - Laiboldt. 3rd Division - Sheridan. 20th Army Corps - McCook. Text on the Front Side: Commanded By Colonel-James F. Jaquess. September 20-1863. 11 a.m. to . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Brainard Rural

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Brainard, New York.
c. 1815 burial ground of Nassau’s early settlers including veterans of the American Revolution and Civil War.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Long-Term Painted History

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, Mexico.
Una Historia Pintada de Larga Duración La cantidad de sitios de arte rupestre localizados en el valle, su abundante iconografía y la reutilización continua de los espacios pintados denotan la existencia de una tradición . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Venango County Vietnam Veterans Honor Roll

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Franklin, Pennsylvania.
In Memory of All Vietnam Veterans This memorial was erected in memory of the young individuals who went to war as kids and lost their youthful dreams, and some their lives, for a cause-freedom and honor-and came back as men . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Vietnam) Includes complete text, location, directions, 17 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jonathan Titus

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Titusville, Pennsylvania.
About one hundred feet east of this point stood the home of Jonathan Titus Founder of Titusville 1796 During the Sixties the old Titus Home was rebuilt as the Moore House, famous hostelry of early oil days, Major Samuel M. . . .

(Exploration • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Clayton's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
No.40-B. .............................................. C. Clayton's Brigade. Stewart's Division - Buckner's Corps. Brigadier General Henry D. Clayton. September 19, 1863, 5 P.M., 3d Position. 18th Alabama - Lieutenant . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Gaetano Del Guidice

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near Scituate, Rhode Island.
Veteran of World War I A Founder of the American Legion

(Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Grover C. Walker Memorial

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near Scituate, Rhode Island.
Battery E. 54th Co. C.A.C. Died at Mailly Camp of Aube, France, Sept 1918

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Laiboldt's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Laiboldt's Brigade. Sheridan'a Division - McCook's Corps. Colonel Bernard Laiboldt. September 20, 1863, 11 a.m. 44th Illinois - Colonel Wallace W. Barrett. 73rd Illinois - Colonel James F. Jaquess. 2nd Missouri - Major . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery 4 James, 2 Napoleons. Willich's Brigade, Johnson's Division, McCook's Corps. September 20, 1863, Afternoon Captain Wilbur F. Goodspeed, Commanding. 1st Lieutenant Charles W. Scovill 2d . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Auto Ferries

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Mackinaw City, Michigan.
Mackinaw City is the northernmost point on the lower peninsula and all the main auto routes through Northern Michigan terminated here. These roads were the East Pike, the West Pike and the Dixie Highway. The automobile . . .

(Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Anderson's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Anderson's Brigade. Hindman's Division -- Polk's Corps. Brigader General Patton Anderson. September 20, 1863, 7 A.M., 1st Position. 7th Mississippi – Colonel W. H. Bishop. 9th Mississippi – Major T.H. Lynam. 10th Mississippi . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Saint Charles

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Saint Charles, Missouri.
Side 1 First permanent settlement on the Missouri River, known as Les Petites Cotes (Fr. Little Hills) until after dedication of Church of St. Charles Borromeo, 1791. Though 1780 is given as date of founding French-Canadian . . .

(Exploration • Settlements & Settlers • War of 1812) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hindman's Division

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Hindman's Division - Polk's Corp's. Major General Thomas C. Hindman. September 20, 1863. Anderson's Brigade -- Brigadier General Patton Anderson. Deas' Brigade -- Brigadier General Zach C. Deas. Manigault's Brigade -- . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sewell Park

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Jacksboro, Texas.
This site became Jacksboro's first park after tract here on Lost Creek was donated to city on June 25, 1921, by pioneer teacher-lumberman-rancher-public benefactor Dan Roland Sewell (1872-1957). City's first waterworks were . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

G. D. Cross

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Jacksboro, Texas.
Born in Arkansas. Served in Hunter's Texas Ranger Company 1873-1874, helping remove Indians from Texas. Later became merchant and farmer. Married Mary A. E. Shawver, 1881. Had 13 children. Built this picnic table (where his . . .

(Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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