view gallery |  FIRST - Armed Resistance to Slavery - Alton, IL
in First of its Kind The mobs started in St. Charles, MO, and they finished it in Alton, IL posted by: YoSam. location: Illinois date approved: 2/8/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Swedish pilot who died in an air battle over Swedish territory - Sölvesborg, Sweden
in First of its Kind Memorial stone at the place where Harry Nordlund's plane crashed after being shot in an air duel. He was the first Swedish pilot to die in an air battle over Swedish territory. posted by: Walking Boots location: Blekinge, Sweden date approved: 2/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Federally Constructed Post Office in Yuma - Yuma, AZ
in First of its Kind One of many historical markers in Yuma, Arizona. posted by: bluesnote location: Arizona date approved: 2/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Battle of Civil War in Missouri
in First of its Kind Old home, one part of the boys detention center, now for sale. This is the site the battle ended, and the Confederates surrendered in this first battle of the Civil War in Missouri. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 2/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Wheels That Traversed Imperial County - El Centro, CA
in First of its Kind A historical marker at the Sunbeam Rest Area (Westbound) in El Centro, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 2/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Southern Route West - El Centro, CA
in First of its Kind A historical marker at the Sunbeam Rest Area (Westbound) in El Centro, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 2/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Good Watering Spot Beyond the Colorado River - El Centro, CA
in First of its Kind A state historical marker in the Sunbeam rest area (eastbound) near El Centro, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 2/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Marked [Grave] Site in Hope Cemetery - Falls County, TX
in First of its Kind A 1980 Texas Historical Marker at Hope Cemetery in rural Falls County, TX indicates that the first marked gravesite here is that of an infant, Alma Etta Watters, dating to 1874. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 2/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Vermontville Schoolhouse - Vermontville, MI
in First of its Kind This placard marks the location of the first school in Vermontville. It can be found at the corners of North Main and West Main at 106 North Main Street, Vermontville MI 49096. posted by: bobfrapples8 location: Michigan date approved: 2/6/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST State Tax Commissioner of the State of Texas - Mexia, TX
in First of its Kind The headstone marking the final resting place of William Richardson Davie III in the Mexia City Cemetery provides a summary of his career, noting him as the first State Tax Commissioner of the State of Texas. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 2/5/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Burial in Gunter Cemetery - Limestone County, TX
in First of its Kind A 2000 Texas Historical Marker at Gunter Cemetery, southwest of Thornton in rural Limestone County, TX, notes that an infant, Evan Gunter, was the first burial in the cemetery back in 1893. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 2/4/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST Family Member Interred Here (Kellum Cemetery) - Waco, TX
in First of its Kind A 1989 Texas Historical Marker at the Kellum Family Cemetery in front of the Carver Park Baptist Church at 1020 Herring Ave in Waco notes War of 1812 veteran, Edward Kellum, as the first family member buried here, way back in 1863. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 2/4/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Pastor & Server at St. Mary's Church - Mashek,, MO
in First of its Kind Tombstone obelisk marks the existence of the Catholic Church which founded this cemetery. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 2/4/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST - Superintendent St. Joseph's Hospital - Boonville, MO
in First of its Kind The hospital closed in 1969, and has since been razed posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 1/31/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Fort Worth's FIRST Bank Building - Fort Worth, TX
in First of its Kind The beautiful Second Empire City National Bank Building is at 333 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX. Noted as Fort Worth's first bank, it hasn't seen any banking for well over a century, and today, it's used for both retail and living space. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 1/29/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Le premier curé - The First Priest - Saint-Jérôme, Québec
in First of its Kind Étienne Blyth a été le premier curé permanent de la paroisse de Saint-Jerôme. Étienne Blyth was the first permanent priest in the parish of Saint-Jerôme. posted by: Weathervane location: Québec, Canada date approved: 1/28/2022 last visited: 4/10/2022 |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Tree Planted by Aberdeen Tree Committee - Aberdeen, MD
in First of its Kind One of a few dedicated trees in Aberdeen, Maryland. posted by: bluesnote location: Maryland date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  First - Dynamite factory in the United States - San Francisco, CA
in First of its Kind The first dynamite factory in the US. posted by: saopaulo1 location: California date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Membership Meeting in the New Building - Smyrna, DE
in First of its Kind A fire station in Smyrna, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Known Residents of the Barracks - Smyrna, DE
in First of its Kind A historic building in Smyrna, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church - Dover, DE
in First of its Kind A historical marker in Dover, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Woman to Receive an Honorary Doctorate from Oxford University - Dover, DE
in First of its Kind A state historical marker noting the building where Annie Jump Cannon first observed stars. She later defined a classification system for cataloguing hundreds of thousands of stars which astronomers still use today. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Stars Observed by Annie Jump Cannon - Dover, DE
in First of its Kind A state historical marker noting the building where Annie Jump Cannon first observed stars. She later defined a classification system for cataloguing hundreds of thousands of stars which astronomers still use today. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Convention of the People of Colour - Dover, DE
in First of its Kind A historical marker in Dover, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  FIRST -- Colonial Bishop in the British Empire - Dover, DE
in First of its Kind A citizen memorial at the entrance to Christ Church in Dover, Delaware. posted by: bluesnote location: Delaware date approved: 1/23/2022 last visited: never |
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