Carlyle, Illinois.
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This bridge was built in 1859 at a cost of $40,000 and used for nearly seventy years. Previously, travelers at Carlyle crossed the Kaskaskia by ferry or on a mud bridge supported by logs. The Historic American Buildings . . .
(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
This bridge was built in 1859 at a cost of $40,000 and used for nearly seventy years. Previously, travelers at Carlyle crossed the Kaskaskia by ferry or on a mud bridge supported by logs. The Historic American Buildings . . . (Bridges & Viaducts) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
The Goshen Road was one of the earliest roads in Clinton County and was traveled by its first settlers. The original road was blazed by wild animals and Native Americans. The first record of its use, however, was in 1808 . . . 
Near this site was the home of Brevet Major General Lewis B. Parsons, who lived in Flora from 1875 until his death in 1907. Born in New York in 1818, Parsons graduated from Harvard Law School and began practice in Alton, . . . 
Dedicated to All Veterans TSgt. Robert E. Schwab • Capt. Fredrick "Artie"Reid Hm1 Harvey B. Lease • Charles E. Thomas Lt. Cdr. Sea. II Howard A Miller • T Sgt George Mohnal US Army WWII Pvt. Howard B. Gibney • Sgt. Edwin F. . . . 
In 1788 Congress granted 400 acres of land to each French family of this area. The tract was laid off in a square containing 160 separate plots. Additional grants were made affecting the five counties shown.
Robert Cabel Graham (1885-1967), a native of Washington, Daviess County, with his brothers Joseph and Ray, contributed much to the economy and quality of life in that city, Evansville, and other towns. Glass factories, truck . . . 
El marcador es un conjunto de tres paneles informativos en español y sus respetivas versiones en kaqchikel. El Posclásico. Período de Mayor Desarrollo de las Naciones K’iche, Kaqchikel y Tzutuhil en las Tierras Altas El . . . 
This Monument Marks The Highest Ground In Connecticut 2354 Feet Above The Sea Built A.D. 1885 Owen Travis Mason
Illinois 27th Infantry, Bradley's Brigade, 11 A.M., September 20, 1863.
The western boundary of the Vincennes Tract passed through this point. The line extended south-southwest thirty-nine miles from present-day Crawford through Lawrence, Wabash, and Edwards counties in Illinois. The Vincennes . . . 
Candachucex, Tierra de Frío San Marcos, departamento occidental, puerta de entrada a Centro América, cuna de ilustres artistas, magnos poetas, célebres autores, prestigiosos creadores, cuna del reformador, valle de . . . 
Indiana Seventy-Second Regiment (Mounted) Infantry. (Miller) First Brigade. (Wilder) Fourth Division. (Reynolds) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Sunday, September 20th, 1863, 12 M. to 1 P.M.
Colchester Remembers 1917 World War 1918 Acranovitch, Saul · Backus, John E. · Bailey, Charles M. · Beebe, Leslie P. · Bicelow, Cecil T. · Bigelow, Dennis W. · ?Bigelow, Donald A · Bigelow, Henry F. · Blacker, James J. . . . 
This Memorial Was Erected In Honor Of Those Men And Women From Colchester Who Served Their Country In Time Of Need. They Sought Not Personal Glory But The Preservation Of Liberty And Freedom. They Fought Against Aggression . . . 
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It all began in 1814 when three brothers, John, Philip, and Reuben Alexander opened a store called the "J.P.R. Store." Throughout the 19th century this store, not only sold drugs for man and animal, but sold everything from . . . 
Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini was the first United States citizen canonized a Saint. In this building which bore her name, Mother Cabrini cared for the many Italian Immigrants who settled in this area of the near west side. . . . 
H.L. Dickason, a noted educator from Lindside and the grandson of slaves, graduated from Bluefield Colored Institute in 1910 and The Ohio State University in 1913. He returned to BCI to teach math and as president from 1936 . . . 
Atop the hill at the Coulter farm is the grave site of Elizabeth Graham Stodghill (1770-1858), and her husband Joel. In 1777, at age 7, Elizabeth was captured by a band of Shawnees who raided her home at Lowell and took her . . . 
Dedicated to The Unknown Boy Scout 1910 - 1935 in England whose good turn brought Scouting to millions of America boys sponsored by Central Ohio Area Boy Scouts of America
