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America's historic places, on the maps of their own eras

See the Wright brothers on an 1899 map of Ohio, Gettysburg as the mapmakers of 1863 drew it, and thousands more places pinned to the maps their stories came from. TreeAlive gives each one a permanent page: state historical markers with their inscriptions in full and their programs credited, and the listings of the National Register of Historic Places from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

16,734State marker pages
20State programs, credited on every page
94,454National Register listings
82,000+Historical map sheets

Every dot is one National Register listing with its own page. Zoom in to open one; switch on Historical markers to add the state programs' signs.

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Pennsylvania
2,545 marker pages
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Added August 6, 2026
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Vermont
335 marker pages
Vermont Division for Historic Preservation
Added August 7, 2026
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New Jersey
454 marker pages
New Jersey Historical Commission
Added August 7, 2026
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Michigan
1,796 marker pages
Michigan History Center
Added August 8, 2026
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Massachusetts
275 marker pages
Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission (1930)
Added August 9, 2026
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Virginia
2,687 marker pages
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Added August 9, 2026
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Rhode Island
464 marker pages
Rhode Island Tercentenary Commission (1937)
Added August 9, 2026
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Minnesota
107 marker pages
Minnesota Historical Records Survey Project, Work Projects Administration (1940)
Added August 9, 2026
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California
780 marker pages
State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation (1971)
Added August 9, 2026
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Florida
1,219 marker pages
Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State
Added August 10, 2026
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South Carolina
2,141 marker pages
South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Added August 14, 2026
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Arizona
98 marker pages
Arizona Development Board, Historical Markers in Arizona, Vols. I-II (1958)
Added August 15, 2026
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Kansas
55 marker pages
Kirke Mechem, Kansas Historical Quarterly (November 1941), Kansas State Historical Society
Added August 15, 2026
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Delaware
691 marker pages
State of Delaware Historical Markers Program, administered by the Delaware Public Archives
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Ohio
1,782 marker pages
Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection
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West Virginia
308 marker pages
State Road Commission of West Virginia (1937)
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Missouri
78 marker pages
Missouri Historical Review (1955-1960), State Historical Society of Missouri
Added August 21, 2026
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Connecticut
165 marker pages
Connecticut Historical Commission town marker program (1970-1983)
Added August 22, 2026
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Oregon
103 marker pages
Oregon Historical Marker Program, Oregon Travel Information Council
Added August 27, 2026
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Oklahoma
651 marker pages
Oklahoma Historical Society, Historical Marker Program
Added August 28, 2026
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For marker programs

These pages are built from each program's own published data, credit the program on every page, and keep marker links permanent: identifiers are never reassigned, so a code printed on a sign today resolves for good. Each state's page also carries print-ready QR artwork and road-trip tools that turn markers into destinations.

Run a historical marker program? Write to sam@treealive.com and tell us about it. New programs come aboard through a conversation: your published data, your credit line, and what the build involves.