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Scranton, PA
This oil-burning steam engine was designed to be operated by a single engineer-fireman and was among the smallest standard-gauge locomotives ever built. Locomotive #2 operated up and down the railroad sidings and loading tracks outside t… more »
Midway, AL
Near here is old Spring Hill, the site of one of the polling places for the November 3, 1874 local, state and national elections. Elias M. Keils, scalawag and judge of the Circuit Court of Eufaula, was United States Supervisor at the Spring… more »
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NewsFebruary 20th 2019 10:32PMHoward Kroplick, Town Historian and President of the Roslyn Landmark Society, said, âThe installation of the historical marker highlights the ... |
McKee a groundbreaker in state politicsFebruary 20th 2019 10:30PMA historical marker acknowledging McKee stands on Sylva's Main Street. It reads: âGertrude Dills McKee. First woman elected to N.C. Senate, 1930. |
Composer Uncovers Kentucky History Hidden by PrejudiceFebruary 20th 2019 7:30PMOne day, Grimes came upon a historical marker in Boonesborough, the state's first pioneer settlement, on the Kentucky River north of what today is ... |
Our history: How we found out where Fort Washington really wasFebruary 20th 2019 6:33PMA historical marker on a parking garage at Broadway and Arch streets marks where the powder magazine for Fort Washington was found in 1952. |
Historian speaks at February Quest Club meetingFebruary 20th 2019 2:26PMThere is a stone historical marker indicating the first lead mine opened about 1700 which was named for Antoine De LaMotte Cadillac who was the ... |