Orofino, Idaho.
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Guided by Twisted Hair and several other Nez Perce, Capt. William Clark selected this as a camp site because of the many large ponderosa pines that grew here then. The canoe makers chopped out small portions of the pine . . .
(Exploration • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Guided by Twisted Hair and several other Nez Perce, Capt. William Clark selected this as a camp site because of the many large ponderosa pines that grew here then. The canoe makers chopped out small portions of the pine . . . (Exploration • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Low mounds and depression in the ground here give only the faintest impression of villages that stood on both banks of the river. These are the remains of pit houses, built 1,500 to 2,000 years ago. Imagine the scene then: . . . 
On this site in 1856, this little white frame building was erected by members and friends of the Southfield Methodist Episcopal Church. The building and horse sheds suffered severe damage by a tornado in 1925. In 1941 the . . . 
At this location, then known as the Union Hotel, a group of some 90 state licensed bay pilots met in the hotel lobby to form the Association of Maryland Pilots. Captain Henry Vaughan was elected as their first president. . . . 
On September 22 of 2007 record store owners from all over the USA gathered here in Fell's Point to create Record Store Day. It is now the world's largest music event. "Record stores can't save your life. But they can give . . . 
The National Brewing Company of Baltimore, MD first introduced the National Bohemian brand as we know it today in January, 1934. Often referred to as Natty Boh, the brand has been in continuous production ever since. Mr. . . . 
Canoe Camp is part of the Nez Perce National Historical Park and a key site along the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway An Interesting Drive The 202-mile Northwest Passage Scenic Byway stretches from Lewiston to Lolo Pass on US . . . 
In loving memory — of — Francis Findlay Hanbidge 1st Lieut. Medical Corps U.S.A. Second Division A.E.F. Died in the service of his country January 31st 1918 Age 31 years His body rests in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery in France . . . 
Penfield - 1810 Named for Daniel Penfield original proprietor. First town meeting was held April 2, 1811 in early schoolhouse here. 
Daniel Penfield Town Founder 1750-1840 The Penfield Bicentennial Committee dedicated this statue of town founder Daniel Penfield to the citizens of Penfield in commemoration of the town's bicentennial in 2010. Daniel . . . 
General George C. Marshall House Dodona Manor Has Been Designated a National Historic Landmark This House Possesses National Significance In Commemorating the History of the United States of America 1996 National Park . . . 
began farming this property in 1826. The farm lane started at the barns and ran south down the middle of the farm to this location and the surrounding farm fields. The fence on the east side of the lane and one gate still . . . 
The first prospectors on the Yankee Fork searched for small particles of gold known as "placer gold." Eroded from exposed ore veins in surrounding hillsides, placer gold washed down valley walls and collected in stream . . . 
Workers on the dredge included the winch men, stern and bow oilers, and the gold man. A ground crew cleared the area ahead of the digging and helped set the "deadmen." The dredge master oversaw the entire operation, deciding . . . 
Thoughts of dredging the Yankee Fork began in 1899 when business groups bought up placer claims along the creek and were revived up again in 1904 when the Boston & Boise Dredge Company drilled test holes. Rising gold prices . . . 
You now stand among the remains of Bonanza City, laid out in 1877 and the Yankee Fork's first mining camp. Pack trails linking Ketchum, Stanley, Loon Creek, and Challis converged in Bonanza. At its peak, Bonanza had over 600 . . . 
The large piles of rock and gravel around you were left over from dredge mining operations that took place in the 1940s and early 1950s. The 4-level Yankee Fork dredge floated in water as it dug its way upstream, extracting . . . 
and Southfield Burgh. At the intersection of 10-1/2 mile road and Berg Road there existed a business and residential center during much of the nineteenth century. It was the first important community center in what is now . . . 
This hall was built in 1942 for the Southfield Township Volunteer Fire Department. It served as hall, office and sleeping quarters for the two engineers, Charles Hooper, Sr. and Paul Ignash who worked twenty four hours on . . . 
The people of Poverty Point were the ancestors of modern American Indians. But, people lived in North America long before Poverty Point. How and when did the first American Indians arrive on the continent? For many years, . . . 
