Seeking, Wealth, Sowing Servitude
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonLand abounded in the new Carolina colony. The challenge lay in finding a money-making crop and a labor force to produce it.The Lords Proprietors who funded...
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South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonFearing attack, the people of Charles Towne Landing needed a defensive wall – the taller, the better. So they dug a ditch, piling the dirt along one edge....
View ArticleThe Search Goes On
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonEven though archaeologists found the complex fortifications of Charles Towne, the actual town has proved elusive. To date, only one building has been...
View ArticleIn Trust
South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston “We don’t own any land and we don’t own any house. God has given it to us in trust, to make into something better during our lifetime.” – Ferdinanda...
View ArticleAnthracite Mine Disaster
Pennsylvania, Lackawnna County, ThroopOn the morning of April 7, 1911, the nearby Pancoast mine here in Throop was the scene of a disastrous fire. Seventy-two miners died by suffocation, and a...
View Article300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Charles Towne
South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston On the occasion of the 300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Charles Towne, the South Carolina Tricentennial Commission acquired this original site...
View ArticleRoundhouse Foreman’s Office
Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahThe foreman gave assignments to the engineers, mechanics, and shop crews from his office.This office was built in 1926-1927 when the southern half of the Roundhouse was...
View ArticleCity Plan of Savannah
Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahNational HistoricCivil Engineering LandmarkCity Plan of Savannah Presented 1978 (Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates,...
View ArticleLee Tucker Pool
California, San Luis Obispo County, ShandonDedicated April 6, 1946 to the memory of Lt. Lee E. Tucker U.S.A Born in Shandon Nov. 25, 1915 Killed in action in Italy April 17, 1945 (War, World II)...
View ArticleThe Robbery - The Getaway
Colorado, Garfield County, ParachuteThe Robbery On June 7, 1904, an outlaw named Harvey Logan attempted one of the west's last train robberies near here. Also known as Kid Curry, Logan was a member of...
View ArticleVietnam War Memorial
Arizona, Pima County, TucsonIn honor and memory of the 616 Arizonans who gave their todays for our tomorrows during the Vietnam War. Names are listed on either side of the marker text (War, Vietnam)...
View ArticleMission San Gabriel Archangel / El Camino Real Door
California, Los Angeles County, San GabrielTop Marker: Founded September 8, 1771, by Franciscan Friars on Rio Temblores - due to flooding, the expedition moved to this 2nd site in 1774, where the Old...
View ArticleSpiegellabyrinth >
Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), LucerneSet up for the amusement park at the Swiss National Exhibition of 1896 in Geneva. Created by Heinrich Ernst, a Zurich architect, the > was...
View ArticleThomas C. McMurtry
California, Los Angeles County, LancasterThomas McMurtry logged over 11,000 hours of flying time since earning his pilot's wings in 1958. A graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School, he...
View ArticleFirst Pentecostal Holiness Church Congregation
North Carolina, Wayne County, Goldsboro On this Courthouse Square November 1,1898, the First Pentecostal Holiness Church Congregation was organized with nine charter members. J.J. Street...
View ArticleFranziskanerkirche
Switzerland, Lucerne (canton), Lucerne (district), LucerneKirche und Kloster entstanden ab 1269. Der älteste erhaltene Sakralraum der Stadt hat einen für Bettelordenskirchen charakteristischen...
View ArticleBatchellerville
New York, Saratoga County, Edinburg On this site was located the historic village of Batchellerville inundated in 1930 by the Sacandaga reservoir. (Disasters • Man-Made Features • Settlements &...
View ArticlePresident Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maryland, Montgomery County, Bethesda"The National Institute of Health speaks the universal language of humanitarianism. It has been devoted throughout its long and distinguished history to furthering...
View ArticleEdward Rutledge
South Carolina, Charleston County, CharlestonSigner of the Declarationof IndependencePlaced byDescendants of the Signers of theDeclaration of Independence, Inc. (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US...
View ArticleWind and Water in the Great Divide Basin
Wyoming, Sweetwater County, near Wamsutter The Continental Divide, "The Backbone of the Nation," follows the crest of the Wind River Range and then splits near South Pass. At this point, the...
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