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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23_built-to-last_Whitethorn-CA.html
The Mendocino presented a huge challenge to the designers of this lighthouseThe lighthouse's assigned position was a storm-battered, 400-foot cliff prone to frequent earthquakes and landslides. The compact tower, with its lifesaving beacon, had to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22_saving-lighthouse-history_Whitethorn-CA.html
A new home in Shelter Cove. Shelter Cove is not the original home of the Cape Mendocino lighthouse. The lighthouse operated at Cape Mendocino, 35 miles north of here.The compact metal tower was installed on a cliff at the cape in 1868 to warn ship…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21_in-memory-of-our-shipmates_Whitethorn-CA.html
In memory of our shipmates and friends. On July 12, 1994, Coast Guard Helicopter 6541 responded to a mayday from a sailing vessel in distress south of Shelter Cove, CA. While searching for the vessel in heavy fog, the helicopter crashed into the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20_john-wilkes-booth_Port-Tobacco-MD.html
Divided loyalties and ironies tore at Marylander's hearts throughout the Civil War: enslaved African-Americans and free United States Colored Troops; spies and smugglers; civilians imprisoned without trial to protect freedom; neighbors and familie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z_gold-run_Gold-Run-CA.html
Founded in 1854 by O. W. Hollenbeck and originally called Mountain Springs. Famed for its hydraulic mines which from 1865 to 1878 shipped $6,125,000.00 in gold. Five large water ditches passed through the town serving the mining companies which ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y_battle-of-chantilly-ox-hill_Fairfax-VA.html
On September 1, 1862, Confederate forces under the command of Major General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson moved across and to the southwestern edge of this site to engage Union forces determined to prevent a glancing movement on demoralized Union …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X_lee-chapel-church_Burke-VA.html
On this site stood Lee Chapel, a Methodist Episcopal Church, built 1871 and named in honor of General Robert E. Lee. Lee Chapel replaced Mount Carmel Church which had been located at Ox Road and present day Lee Chapel Road and had been destroyed b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W_sharpsburg-antietam-campaign_Herndon-VA.html
Here Lee entered this road from Ox Hill, September 3, 1862, and turned West toward Leesburg. Crossing the Potomac at White's Ford, the army entered Maryland, September 5-6, 1862.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V_action-at-dranesville_Great-Falls-VA.html
Near here two foraging expeditions came in conflict, December 20, 1861. The Union force was commanded by General Ord, the Confederate by J.E.B. Stuart. Stuart attacked in order to protect his foraging parties, but was forced to retire after a shar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U_captain-don-gaspar-de-portol_Pacifica-CA.html
Born in Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain · First Governor of California · Founder of San Diego and Monterey · Discoverer of the Bay of San Francisco on November 4, 1769.
Presented by the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia…