Featured Plaque:

Bayou Sara

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

Hoping to Join the Few

Submitted by Linda Nutman. 

• south carolina
• fort mill
• civil war
• confederacy

Vestal's Gap Road

VESTAL'S GAP ROAD Extending from Alexandria to Vestal's Ferry near Charles Town West Virginia, this colonial highway was a principal route from the Northern Neck of Virginia through the Blue Ridge...

• virginia
• herndon
• road
• armies
• settlers

Vestal's Gap Road

  Submitted by @jqmcd.

• virginia
• herndon
• trail
• vestal

James Monroe's First Farm

Submitted by @richzukowski via https://m.flickr.co m/#/photos/richzukowski/14686861795/in/search_QM_q _IS_readtheplaque_AND_mt_IS_all_AND_w_IS_all

• charlottesville
• virginia
• jefferson
• monroe
• monticello
• academical village
• plantation
• slavery
• highland
• university

Plaque near St Woolos Cathedral

The location of this plaque can be seen here ST3087 : St Woolos Cathedral and boundary wall. © Copyright Robin Drayton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

• geograph

Boy Scouts in the Summer of 1910

In the summer of 1910, about two miles south of Hudson on the Wisconsin shore of the St. Croix River, 86 boys and adults held an experimental week of camp to try out a new youth program...

• boy scouts
• wisconsin

Poisson's Landing

Dedicated to the memory of Captain William G. "Bill" Poisson, 1924-2008 The Poisson Family owned and operated a steamboat excursion business and boat livery at this location from 1882 to...

• boat landing
• east grand rapids
• reeds lake
• steamboat

Plaque, Flood Cottages

The plaque records details of the 'Awful Visitation' that happened to Tilshead in 1841. The Flood Cottages were built in 1842 from public fund to help the poor in the Tilshead and...

• village
• rural settlement
• tilshead
• geograph
• flood
• sign

Flood markers at the weir

Flood markers showing the heights of the floods at Buscot Lock © Copyright Bill Nicholls and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence . Submitted via Geograph

• village
• rural settlement
• geograph
• historic sit...
• flood height...

Flood level marks on a house in Girton

The heights that River Trent floods reached in the village of Girton are marked on a house wall. The house is now known as Mallard Corner but is identified as Sunnyside on old maps. ©...

• village
• rural settlement
• flood
• flood levels
• geograph

Sheldon Grist Mill

SHELDON GRIST MILL SITE OF GRIST MILL BUILT BY JARED DIXON (JOAQUIN) SHELDON 1846-47 ON OMOCHUMENES RANCHO, GRANTED TO HIM BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT 1843. SHELDON BORN VERMONT JANUARY 8, 1813,...

• sacramento
• california
• miners
• dam
• mill
• omochumnes
• vermont

Destroyed by Fire in 1890 and Rebuilt the Same Year

  Submitted by Sheila Paske

• sloughhouse
• california
• sheldon
• consumnes
• stanford
• leland
• fertile
• amador

Such Evidence Found as to Leave No Doubt (Lewis's Grave)

MERIWETHER LEWIS1774 - 1809 BENEATH THIS MONUMENT ERECTED UNDER LEGISLATIVE ACT BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, A.D., 1848, REPOSES THE DUST OF MERIWETHER LEWIS, A CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY,...

• lewis and clark
• tennessee
• burying the lede
• grinder
• grave
• such evidence
• no doubt

Formerly the Plow Tavern

THE PLOW TAVERN FORMERLY OCCUPIED THIS SITE BUILD 1745 . . . DEMOLISHED APRIL 1, 1924. TRADITION SAYS THAT ON ITS REGISTER WERE THE NAMES OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AND GENERAL LAFAYETTE WHEN...

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• tavern
• washington
• lafayette
• penna
• plow
• hostelry

Mathias Roeser

MATHIAS ROESER Here from 1740 to 1771 lived one of colonial American's most impor-tant gunsmiths. His work was central to the develop-ment of the Pennsylvania rifle. Other family mem-bers and...

• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• gunsmith
• rifle
• revolutionary war

Bailey's Printshop

Submitted by ‏@TBuckwalterLNP .  

• bailey
• printer
• lancaster
• pennsylvania
• paine
• crisis congress
• commonwealth
• 1773
• 1780
• historic imprints

Fred's Lounge

Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.

• louisiana
• radio
• reed
• mardi gras
• courir
• tate's
• wwii
• 1050
• kvpi

Cahuenga Peak

[location approximate] Submitted by @clpichotta.

• california
• hollywood
• los angeles
• lucasfilm
• hefner
• spielberg
• sony
• fox
• warner bros
• walt disney

Hardships Caused by Fires, Inadequate Finances, and Equipment

ACADIA BAPTIST ACADEMY1917 - 1973 The Acadia Baptist Academy once occupied these buildings and grounds. The school was founded in 1917 by Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church and the Southern Baptist...

• london
• acadia
• baptist
• fires
• financial pressure