Lloyd T. Lowrey Plaza
California, San Diego County, San DiegoLloyd T. Lowrey was a parks designer and landscape architect. he was a designer of the Blue Ridge Parkway, which connects the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia...
View ArticleVallecito Stage Station
California, San Diego County, near JulianA reconstruction (1934) of Vallecito Stage Station built in 1852 at the edge of the Great Colorado Desert. It was an important stop on the first official...
View ArticleFirst Two-Story House in Sonora
California, Tuolumne County, SonoraBuilt 1850, by Dr. Lewis C. Gunn, '49er physician, druggist, educator, county recorder, publisher "Sonora Herald" and promoter of many civic enterprises. Home of Dr....
View ArticlePoint Loma
California, San Diego County, San Diego[Marker #1] In commemoration of the early aviation pioneers that flew American designed and manufactured sailplanes in San Diego. These aviators are remembered by...
View ArticleStar Park
California, San Diego County, CoronadoDesigned in 1886 as part of the original Coronado City Plan, this park once boasted a star shaped flower garden with a fountain in the center. The five streets,...
View Article“The Old Homestead House” of Myers Avenue
Colorado, Teller County, Cripple CreekThe town site of Cripple Creek was laid out shortly after the discovery of gold by Horace Bennett, a Denver realtor, with his partner, Julius Myers, naming the...
View ArticleCentral City
Colorado, Gilpin County, Central City [Three panels on this marker describe the history of Central City, Colorado] [Panel 1] Heritage Tourism Central City is a hidden gem set high in the mountains...
View ArticleCentral City Opera
Colorado, Gilpin County, Central CityThe Central City Opera House was built in 1878 by Welsh and Cornish miners. This National Historic Landmark, centerpiece of the historic gold mining town of Central...
View ArticleThe AOUW Building
Colorado, Gilpin County, Central CityOne of the brick “fire proof” buildings which was destroyed in the fire of 1874 was Abraham Jacobs’ old store, located on this site. By August, a new one story...
View ArticlePoint On The Jedediah Smith Trail
California, Kern County, EdisonAbout February 1, 1827, Jedediah Strong Smith, first American to reach Mexican California overland, passed near this spot with his party of fur trappers. From San Gabriel...
View ArticleSite of Fort Andross and Fort George
Maine, Cumberland County, Brunswick To mark the site of 1688 Fort Andross 1694 and 1715 Fort George 1737 Also the earliest burial place where are buried Benjamin Larrabee Agent of the Pejepscot...
View ArticleCold Springs Tavern
California, Santa Barbara County, Santa BarbaraIn 1868 this tavern was known as "Cold Springs Relay Station". It was the half way stop between "Mattel's Tavern" to the north, and Patrick Kinevan's...
View ArticleMain Street
California, Los Angeles County, Culver CityOnce a part of Rancho La Ballona, Main Street was so recorded in 1913, through the efforts of real estate developer Harry Culver, our city's founder. It was...
View ArticleThe Ignatz Meyer Building
Colorado, Gilpin County, Central CityThe major fire in Central City on May 21, 1874 nearly wiped out the commercial district of the city. The new building was completed by November 1st of the same year...
View ArticleOld Stagecoach Route
California, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara This old stagecoach road was used by all traffic until the Cold Springs Arches Bridge was built in 1963. (Roads & Vehicles) Includes location,...
View ArticleVeterans Memorial Building (VMB)
California, Los Angeles County, Culver CityCulver City purchased a major portion of this land, known as Exposition Park, in 1938. It was officially designated as Veterans Memorial Park on August 8,...
View ArticleEmanuel AME Church
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonThe oldest African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) church in the south, Emanuel A.M.E. Church was organized as Hampstead Free African church in 1818 by Rev....
View ArticleNorth Arlington War Memorial
New Jersey, Bergen County, North ArlingtonIn memory of the World War Heroesof North Arlington * James Bird • * Charles Fischer • * Alexander P. Stover • Charles Aitken • William Anastasio • Arthur R....
View ArticleBird’s-eye view of Black Hawk
Colorado, Gilpin County, Black HawkGilpin County, Colorado Black Hawk History Take an adventure in & around this venerable, most informative lithograph: This bird’s-eye view of Black Hawk shows...
View ArticleTrain Trestle
Colorado, Gilpin County, Black HawkGilpin County, Colorado Black Hawk History Gregory Street Crossing The Colorado Southern Narrow Gauge Railroad (originally the Colorado Central Railroad) was vital to...
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