Oak Crest Heritage

Explore America.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

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Two things I’ll always be grateful for are clouds and horses. If any of these paintings speak to you and you’d like a print, just say, “Hey!” 👋

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

On the night of April 18, 1775, the two lanterns in the steeple of Boston's Old North Church burned for less than two minutes.

Sexton Robert Newman and vestryman John Pulling broke the British military curfew to hang them, then pulled them down immediately so the regulars in the street below would not see what had been signaled.

The signal had already done its work by the time Paul Revere reached Charlestown.

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You need to be getting in Proximity to Patriots. America Patriots working together are capable of almost anything. Your Ancestors beat the greatest empire in the world and gave us a country by working actively with one another to make tangible results. You need to do the same.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Richard Montgomery served in the British Army in the French and Indian War, then switched sides to lead the American invasion of Canada.

He died at the Battle of Quebec on December 31, 1775, becoming the first American general killed in the Revolution.

This historical marker stands on East Jefferson Street in Rockville, Maryland.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

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[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

On the night of April 18, 1775, the two lanterns in the steeple of Boston's Old North Church burned for less than two minutes.

Sexton Robert Newman and vestryman John Pulling broke the British military curfew to hang them, then pulled them down immediately so the regulars in the street below would not see what had been signaled.

The signal had already done its work by the time Paul Revere reached Charlestown.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

https://t.co/BUpuNCzCfK

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Richard Montgomery served in the British Army in the French and Indian War, then switched sides to lead the American invasion of Canada.

He died at the Battle of Quebec on December 31, 1775, becoming the first American general killed in the Revolution.

This historical marker stands on East Jefferson Street in Rockville, Maryland.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

On June 19, 1803, Meriwether Lewis wrote his old Army friend William Clark in Indiana Territory asking him to share command of an expedition to the Pacific.

"There is no man on earth," Lewis wrote, "with whom I should feel equal pleasure in sharing them as with yourself."

Clark replied a month later in two letters: "I will cheerfully join you." The Corps of Discovery operated as a co-captaincy for two and a half years even though the War Department refused Clark the rank.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

In May 1903, Theodore Roosevelt slipped away from his Secret Service escort in Yosemite and rode into the wilderness with John Muir for three nights of camping.

They slept the first night in 40 wool blankets under the Grizzly Giant sequoia and the second under five inches of snow at Sentinel Dome.

During the trip John Muir made his case for federal protection of Yosemite Valley. Teddy Roosevelt signed it three years later.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Oak Crest Heritage now has over 22,000 historical markers online. Full inscription text, GPS coordinates, county, and sources for each one.

We added an interactive map with state filtering and marker clustering for those who would like to see what markers are live.

It's far from complete. There are well over 200,000 historical markers across the US. We were kind of limited by what we can find.

The app is built around going to these places and seeing them in person. The markers and crests only unlock when you're there.

If you know of a clean state marker register or historical marker dataset, DM us. Always looking to add more states.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

https://t.co/Us4MQygEdW

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

In May 1903, Theodore Roosevelt slipped away from his Secret Service escort in Yosemite and rode into the wilderness with John Muir for three nights of camping.

They slept the first night in 40 wool blankets under the Grizzly Giant sequoia and the second under five inches of snow at Sentinel Dome.

During the trip John Muir made his case for federal protection of Yosemite Valley. Teddy Roosevelt signed it three years later.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

https://t.co/eaa4mDRvmD

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Oak Crest Heritage now has over 22,000 historical markers online. Full inscription text, GPS coordinates, county, and sources for each one.

We added an interactive map with state filtering and marker clustering for those who would like to see what markers are live.

It's far from complete. There are well over 200,000 historical markers across the US. We were kind of limited by what we can find.

The app is built around going to these places and seeing them in person. The markers and crests only unlock when you're there.

If you know of a clean state marker register or historical marker dataset, DM us. Always looking to add more states.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

https://t.co/unrxH584W5

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

On June 19, 1803, Meriwether Lewis wrote his old Army friend William Clark in Indiana Territory asking him to share command of an expedition to the Pacific.

"There is no man on earth," Lewis wrote, "with whom I should feel equal pleasure in sharing them as with yourself."

Clark replied a month later in two letters: "I will cheerfully join you." The Corps of Discovery operated as a co-captaincy for two and a half years even though the War Department refused Clark the rank.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Here's one of our America 250 crests.

For these we tried capture a variety of sites to represent America’s 250 year History.

We also tried to avoid the typical wikipedia / woke angles we’ve seen trying to rewrite history in recent times.

New collections are put out regularly and all crests are geofenced to popular places. They will only show up when you’re within range.

The full 250 crest set will be going live July 4th.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Two days before the Second Battle of Trenton, Colonel Edward Hand's riflemen ambushed Cornwallis on the road from Princeton.

They lost the fight but bought Washington the day he needed to dig in for January 2, 1777. The marker stands at the foot of Brock's Hill in Mercer County, New Jersey.

OCH features 22,000 historical markers across 24 states and growing.

[Oak Crest Heritage @discover_och]

Here's one of our America 250 crests.

For these we tried capture a variety of sites to represent America’s 250 year History.

We also tried to avoid the typical wikipedia / woke angles we’ve seen trying to rewrite history in recent times.

New collections are put out regularly and all crests are geofenced to popular places. They will only show up when you’re within range.

The full 250 crest set will be going live July 4th.