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William H. Horsfall
Kentucky, Campbell County, SouthgateWilliam H. Horsfall-One of youngest Kentuckians to receive the Medal of Honor for service during the Civil War is buried in Evergreen Cem. Horsfall, born in Newport,...
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Factory
Louisiana, Iberia Parish, Avery IslandEdmund McIlhenny concocted the now famous TABASCO brand pepper sauce in a wooden frame building called the “Laboratory” on the Homestead grounds of the Avery...
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Site of U.S. CCC Camp #1285
New York, Wyoming County, AtticaSite of U.S. CCC Camp #1285 1935-1940 World War II P.O.W. Camp 1942-1945 (Charity & Public Work • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
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Fort Chokonikla
Florida, Hardee County, near Bowling GreenThis leisurely 10 minute, 1/4 mile long trail will lead you to the site of Fort Chokonikla built in late 1849. It consisted of three square blockhouses for...
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Sudley Springs Ford
Virginia, near ManassasSoon after crossing Bull Run, the Union flanking column splashed across Catharpin Run here at Sudley Springs Ford. More than 13,000 soldiers passed this spot over a six-hour...
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Genesee River Gorge: Industrial & Urban Development
New York, Monroe County, RochesterBy 1855, ten grist mills, producing 500,000 barrels of flour annually, were located along Brown's Race. Twenty-five years later, power generated at Brown's Raceway...
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Genesee River Gorge: Geology
New York, Monroe County, RochesterPost-glacial erosion has exposed the geologic history of Rochester extending back hundreds of millions of years. During the past 12,000 years the Genesee River has cut...
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The Genesee Brew House Building
New York, Monroe County, RochesterThis building was constructed to serve as the Standard Brewing Company's state of the art bottling plant from 1904-1920. When the 18th Amendment was ratified, Standard...
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On this site stood the Standard Brewing Company's main Brewery Building.
New York, Monroe County, RochesterThe Standard Brewing Company was established in 1889. The ornate building was designed by famed architect A.C. Wagner. The brewery specialized in porter and other...
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Rhode Island State House
Rhode Island, Providence County, ProvidenceTo hold forth a lively experiment that a most flourishing civil state may stand and best be maintained with full liberty in religious concernments (Notable...
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D. Matthew Brown, Jr.
New York, Monroe County, RochesterNeighborhood United Association proudly dedicates this plaque in honor of D. Matthew Brown, Jr., one of Rochester's founders and a visionary for whom Brown Street was...
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Liberty Tree Memorial
New York, Monroe County, GreeceThis American Liberty Elm was named after "The Liberty Tree: Our Community's first Symbol of Freedom." On the morning of August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to...
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Split Rock / Split Rock Meadows / Split Rock / Pony Express
Wyoming, Fremont County, near Jeffrey CitySplit Rock Originally called the Emigrant Road, the Oregon Trail was the main route of westward expansion from 1812 to 1869. An estimated 500,000 people...
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Inskip Hotel
California, Butte County, Stirling City Editor's Note: All the "E's" on this marker are backwards The historic inn, first built in 1857 by Pat Kelley sold to John Stokes in 1866. Destroyed by fire in...
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14 Mile House
California, Butte County, near Forest RanchIn June, 1864, the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road Company began to construct a road to connect Chico with the Idaho mines. A toll station for the Chico and...
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Katie Thompson – Mattie Thompson – Josie Campbell
California, Butte County, near Forest RanchOn this site the remains of Katie Thompson, Mattie Thompson, and Josie Campbell were laid to rest. The children, were the grandchildren of Joseph Campbell,...
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William Semple Green
California, Glenn County, near Hamilton CityArrived via Panama route, San Francisco Oct. 10, 1849 Arrived Colusi County, July 6, 1850 Ferry boat captain, mail carrier, surveyor, editor, writer,...
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Gianella Bridge
California, Butte County, near ChicoBuilt cooperatively by Butte and Glenn Counties, 1908-1911. Designed by John B. Leonard (1864-1945), civil engineer, San Francisco. Built by Cotton Bros. and Co....
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W.W. Durham House
California, Butte County, DurhamHas been place on the National Register of Historic Places (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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Samuel Neal
California, Butte County, near DurhamBorn in Bucks County Pennsylvania, Neal a blacksmith by trade came to California with John Fremont’s second expedition in 1844. After working for John Sutter...
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