Historic Marker

After the Pilgrims' arrival, Native Americans in new England grew increasingly frustrated with the English settlers' abuse and treachery. Metacomet (King Philip), a son of the Wampanoag sachem known as the Massasoit (Ousamequin), called upon all Native people to unite to defend their homelands against encroachment. The resulting "King Phillip's War" lasted from 1675 – 1676. Metacomet was murdered in Rhode Island in August 1676, and his body was mutilated. His head was impaled on a pike and was displayed near this site for more than 20 years.

In 1775, the packet San Carlos, first known Spanish ship to enter San Francisco Bay, anchored in this cove while her commander, Lieut. Juan Manuel de Avala, directed the first survey of the Bay. Avala named this island Isla de Los Angeles. The island has been a Mexican rancho, U.S. military post, Bay defense site, and both a quarantine and immigration station.

CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 529

Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the city of Tiburon.

September 26, 1970

The history of Citizens Hose Company NO. 1, Inc. began on January 6, 1886 when thirty residents of Smyrna voted to “go into permanent organization” to serve the firefighting needs of the community.  Their charter was approved by the Delaware Legislature on January 19, 1886.  The Smyrna Opera House was expanded to accommodate the company in 1887. On February 24, 1921, delegates from Citizens Hose joined with representatives of eight other fire companies to establish the Delaware Volunteer Firemen’s Association. In 1924 the members purchased this site then known as the McDowell property.

On June 30, 1864 the United States granted the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove to the state of California to "be held for public use, resort, and recreation ... inalienable for all time."

This Act, signed by president Abraham Lincoln, was the first federal authorization to preserve scenic and scientific values for public benefit. It was the basis for the later concept of state and national park systems. In 1906 the state of California returned the land, considered the first state park in the country, so that it could become part of Yosemite National Park.

Designed in honor of Andrew Jackson Downing by Calvert Vaux,  Downing’s architectural partner, 1856. Carrara marble urn - American marble base and pedestal.

In 1850, Andrew Jackson Downing transformed the Mall into the nation’s first landscaped public park using informal, romantic arrangements of circular carriage drives and plantings of rare American trees.  Downing’s design endured until 1934, when the Mall was restored to Pierre L’Enfant’s 1791 plan. Downing (1815-52), the father of American landscape architecture, also designed the White House and Capitol grounds.

The Alabama Historical Association (AHA) began sponsoring historical markers as early as 1950. The AHA is the oldest statewide historical society in Alabama. Their mission is "to discover, procure, preserve, and diffuse whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, cultural, economic, ecclesiastical, and political history of the state of Alabama."

Famous Health Resort
1843-1914
Here fashionable ladies and gentlemen of the South vacationed with their families.
Alabama Historical Association

Built 1772–1779
Capitol of the United States
November 26, 1783 – August 13, 1784

In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, January 14, 1784, Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary war and May 7, 1784 appointed Thomas Jefferson plenipotentiary. From here, September 14, 1786, the Annapolis convention issued the call to the states that led to the Constitutional Convention.

"Built in 1915, this is the first permanent building constructed in Anchorage and is now the oldest building still standing here. It was erected to house the Larson-Wendler Company, the city's first general merchandising store."

STATE of ALASKA
Governor Walter J. Hickel
ALASKA CENTENNIAL COMMISSION