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The Gathering Place
Minnesota, Anoka County, AnokaThe square of land on the east side of the Rum River just south of Main Street has been a place for Anoka citizens to gather since the town began in the mid-1800's. Known...
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Gainesville’s Only Artesian Spring
Florida, Alachua County, Gainesville Located below is Gainesville’s only artesian spring. Tapped directly with a pipe in 1898, the springs provided the City’s only water source for many years. In 1905,...
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Boulware Springs Water Works Building
Florida, Alachua County, Gainesville The Boulware Springs Water Works Building is located directly adjacent to the brick reservoir for the springs, on a site of gently rolling to steep topography at...
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Site of Old Mobile
Alabama, Mobile County, near Creola(English) Site of Old Mobile Fort Louis de la Louisiane Founded 1702 by Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville Under orders of Louis XIV First Capital of French Louisiana...
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Ellicott's Stone
Alabama, Mobile County, near Le MoyneMarks 1st Southern Boundary of the United States and the Mississippi Territory created in 1798 -----900 feet East----- Stone marked 31° North Latitude separating...
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Tacitus Ryland Arbuckle
California, Siskiyou County, CallahanBorn March 6, 1835 in Lexington, Missouri, Tacitus, at the age of nineteen, left for California by the southern overland route. The journey took six months to...
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Mt. Vernon Federal Highway
Alabama, Mobile County, Mt. VernonIn 1811, the Mount Vernon Cantonment, located on a hill about three miles west of the Mobile River, was laid out by Col. Thomas H. Cushing. The cantonment was on the...
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Fort Stoddert
Alabama, Mobile County, Mt VernonSite three miles east. Border fort and port of entry into the United States while the 31st parallel was the southern border. Aaron Burr was held prisoner here after...
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Mount Vernon Arsenal and Barracks/Searcy Hospital
Alabama, Mobile County, near Mt. Vernon(obverse) Mount Vernon Arsenal and Barracks Established 1828 by Congress to store arms and munitions for U. S. Army. Original structures completed 1830's. Arsenal...
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Andrews Chapel
Alabama, Washington County, McIntoshAndrews Chapel, also known as the McIntosh Log Church, is one of the few remaining log churches in Alabama. In 1860, John C. Rush and his wife donated land for the...
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Town of McIntosh
Alabama, Washington County, McIntosh(side 1) McIntosh has a community population of about 300. The town was incorporated on April 7, 1970, becoming the third incorporated town in Washington County. The...
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The Taylor House
Alabama, Washington County, Leroy(side 1) Built circa 1841 by Walter Taylor on Commerce Street in Jackson. In 1985, it was removed from its original site to make way for a new City Hall Complex and was...
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Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9 (1821-1834)/St. Stephens Lodge No. 81
Alabama, Washington County, St. Stephens Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9 (1821-1834) CHARTER AND EARLY MEMBERS WERE: Gov. Israel Pickens, Col. Silas Dinsmore, Thomas Eastin, R. Chamberlain, Thomas...
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History of the [Luther] House
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Mansfeld-Lutherstadt 1n 1507, Luther's father, Hans Luder, purchased the house - now known as the Parents' House [Elternhaus] - and owned it until the...
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Cascade Theater
California, Shasta County, ReddingDate Opened: August 9, 1935 Owner Operator: T & D Jr. Enterprises Architect: J. Lloyd Conrich / San Francisco, CA General Contractor: Sath Brothers / San...
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Diestelhorst Auto Camp / Reid’s Ferry
California, Shasta County, ReddingTwo separate markers have been mounted on the same rock. Marker on the Right: Diestelhorst Auto Camp Gotlieb Justus Diestelhorst came to Shasta in 1852, to grow...
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California – Oregon Road
California, Shasta County, near Anderson“The pioneers in their journeys marked the roads and trails so that others recognizing them might safely follow” This spot marks the location of the California –...
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The Flume
California, Shasta County, AndersonThis aqueduct was built in 1918 as connecting link of main canal of Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation Dist., to carry water across Anderson Gulch to irrigate lands in...
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Masonic Lodge
California, Shasta County, AndersonThe Masonic Lodge was constructed of locally made brick on this site prior to 1866. Mount Shasta Lodge No. 281 F. & A.M. occupied the building from 1886 to 1895,...
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Anderson Historic Fire Station
California, Shasta County, AndersonOriginally constructed in 1903 on this site as a two-story building, the Anderson Fire Station was completed for a cost of $90 for used lumber and nails. Initial...
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