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Prehistory and Recent History
Idaho, Butte County, near ArcoBig Southern Butte -- A Waypoint for Thousands of Years “Just passing through, ma’ma” The harsh conditions on the plain discouraged most long-term settlement, but Big...
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The Coyle-Foster Barn in its Heyday
California, Shasta County, ShastaA Traditional American Barn This barn was built in the late 1850s by Thomas and Mary Coyle. It originally stood in the old Trinity Center and was used to shelter horses...
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Coyle-Foster Barn
California, Shasta County, ShastaThis barn was built in the late 1850’s by Thomas and Mary Coyle. It originally stood in the old Trinity Center and, for a time, was used to shelter guest’s horses at...
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Southside Ruins
California, Shasta County, ShastaThe Southside Ruins marker consists of 9 plaques which depict the history of these former Shasta business buildings and the history of the town of Shasta itself. The 9...
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River Highways
Minnesota, Anoka County, Anoka The Rum and the Mississippi were river highways for the Dakota, the Ojibwa, European explorers, traders and settlers. Between 1850 and 1870 the Rum and the Mississippi...
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Taylor's Bridge
Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho FallsIdaho’s earliest toll bridge spanned Snake River at this rocky site in 1865, replacing Eagle Rock Ferry, 9 miles upstream. James Madison Taylor (a relative of...
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Eagle Rock Ferry
Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho FallsOn June 20, 1863, Bill Hickman started a ferry 9 miles up Snake River for thousands of gold hunters headed for mines that now are in Montana. Named for an eagle...
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Vanishing Landmark
Idaho, Butte County, ArcoFrom this vantage point, you gaze across 25 miles of lava to Big Southern Butte. Early pioneers, following Goodale’s Cutoff from the Oregon Trail, used this land mark to...
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Just Down The Road
Idaho, Butte County, ArcoThe Strangest 75 square miles on the North American continent -Comment from an early traveler. The landscape before you was explosively created by volcanic eruptions. Cracks in...
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Magazine Gate
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Magazine Gate is the city's newest gate, built in 1865. At the same time the wall between Magazine and Shipquay Gates was raised...
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Where Cultures Meet
Minnesota, Anoka County, Anoka Native peoples and traders met at a trading post constructed across the Rum River from The Point in 1844 by Joseph Bellanger. The Ojibwa brought furs and skins to trade...
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Women's Industrial Exchange
Maryland, BaltimoreThis property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior (Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce) Includes...
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My Lady's Manor 10,000 Acres
Maryland, Baltimore County, MonktonIn 1713 Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore gave to his wife, Margaret 10,000 acres known as My Lady;s Manor. In 1731, Thomas Brerewood was engaged to manage the...
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Michael Browning
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Near this spot was landed the body of Michael Browning Master of the ship Mountjoy of Londonderry - killed in action at the...
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War Memorial
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry In memory of all those from and within the city and district who have lost their lives as a result of war and conflict In Memory...
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Shipquay Gate
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry This was one of the four original 17th century gates to the city. It had a watch tower, battlements and a portcullis. The...
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DEC. 19th, 1813
New York, Niagara County, CambriaDEC. 19th, 1813. Site of log cabin arsenal used by settlers, who with the aid of the Tuscaroras halted the British from burning areas eastward. (Native Americans • War...
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Black Pioneers in British Columbia
British Columbia, Central SaanichIn 1858, nearly 800 free Blacks left the oppressive racial conditions of San Francisco for a new life on Vancouver Island. Governor James Douglas had invited them here...
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Carroll Baldwin Memorial Hall
Maryland, Howard County, SavageConstructed of river rocks hauled by horse and cart from the nearby Little Patuxent River, the stone building on Baltimore Street has been a landmark in the town of...
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Grimes Golden Apple
West Virginia, Brooke County, WellsburgWatering trough marks location of first Grimes Golden Apple tree, discovered by owner of land, Thomas Grimes, in 1802. Memorial Trough sponsored by the Franklin...
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