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First Court House Site
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty Originally John Owens' log tavern near Liberty Spring. Used for court sessions until 1831, when the permanent court house was built on the square. Bicentennial 1976...
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Scales and Rails
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty In 1860 Watkins Mill became the first industry in Clay County. Major industries that followed were Cook Paint and Varnish in 1913, Ralston Purina Company in 1940's and...
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Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa
Texas, El Paso County, El PasoIn 1849, U.S. troops led by Maj. Jefferson Van Horne established a post in what is now downtown El Paso to secure territory gained in the U.S.-Mexico War, 1846-48. It...
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War Memorial
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty Missouri soldiers from all the great wars are flanked on each side by white doves. The North and South acknowledges each other with a wave. (Patriots & Patriotism •...
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Intelligencia
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty In 1849 William Jewell College was founded by Dr. William Jewell under the auspices of the Missouri Baptist Convention. Jewell Hall is on the National Register of...
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Lenoir County WW I and WW II Memorial
North Carolina, Lenoir County, Kinston(center) 1917 - 1918 1941 - 1945 In grateful tribute toward the living and the dead, who through their valiant efforts and bitter sacrifice have made America...
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A Spirit of Community
District of Columbia, Northwest, Washington Text On Main Face of Marker Episcopalians first gathered here to worship in 1874, when St. Alban's Church, located on Wisconsin Avenue and Massachusetts,...
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Fort Johnstown
New York, Fulton County, Johnstown 2013 Fort Johnstown Built 1774 as Colonial Jail Rev. War Civil-Military HQ. Inspected by Lafayette 1778 Capt. John Littel Commanded During Oct. 1781 Ross Raid...
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Carousel on the Mall, Washington, D.C.
District of Columbia, Washington, National MallOn August 28, 1963, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, not far from here. On...
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Building the Batchellerville Bridge
New York, Fulton County, Edinburg Contract 14 Contract 14 provided for the construction of a cantilever type steel bridge over the Sacandaga Reservoir at Batchellerville, N.Y., consisting of nineteen...
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Sacred Waters
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty Mineral waters were tapped as an economic and health benefit in the 1936 dedication of the Hall of Waters in Excelsior Springs. Early Plains Indians had built communities...
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Suburban Archways
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty To meet the needs of an increasing population, Antioch Shopping Center was built in 1955. The Northland Fountain, dedicated in 1983, and Tryst Falls provide beauty and...
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Fort Bliss, C.S.A.
Texas, El Paso County, El PasoSurrendered with property and $20,000 to Texas Confederates on March 21, 1861. From old fort, the South launched the New Mexico-Arizona campaign. Later, Confederates...
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Augusta and the Old Augusta Cemetery
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryAugusta, home of Old Augusta Cemetery, was built on the site of a former Indian village, “Sawanogi,” on high ground close to the Tallapoosa River. In 1824 a...
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Town of Pike Road Veterans Memorial
Alabama, Montgomery County, Pike RoadDedicated to all who have served in the Armed Forces of the United State of America Never to be forgotten for giving the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom Duty...
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Verbena, Alabama
Alabama, Chilton County, VerbenaThe only community in the U.S. so designated, Verbena was named for the profuse wild flowers growing in the area. Settlers arrived in the area as early as 1832....
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Wade and Mamie Irvin House
Texas, Harris County, Morgan's Point Designed by prominent Houston architect Joseph Finger, this house was built in 1927 as the summer home of Houston business leaders Wade (1872-1941) and Mamie...
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An Early Derby Winner / Another Derby Winner
Kentucky, Mercer County, HarrodsburgAn Early Derby Winner Leonatus, the 1883 Kentucky Derby winner, owned by Col. Jack Chinn and George Morgan, at old Leonatus Farm, 7 mi. east, in Mercer Co. By...
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Graham Springs
Kentucky, Mercer County, HarrodsburgAs early as 1807, springs in this area were used as a spa. In 1827, Dr. Christopher C. Graham purchased the springs. This "Saratoga of the West" flourished until...
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Cordell Hull
Tennessee, Pickett County, near ByrdstownHis birthplace stands north of the road. A member of the General Assembly at 21, later a captain in the war with Spain, he was 24 years in Congress, later a...
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