Woodville, Mississippi.
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Built as a tavern and later enlarged into a home. Two-story brick kitchen dependency dated 1819. Cohen family lived here 1870-1945. Private
(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Built as a tavern and later enlarged into a home. Two-story brick kitchen dependency dated 1819. Cohen family lived here 1870-1945. Private(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Great Falls founder Paris Gibson was drawn to the power of the falls of the Missouri where he vowed to found an industrial center of “unsurpassed beauty.” Backed by railroad magnate James J. Hill, Gibson hired H. P. Rolfe to . . . 
"Nibbles," a Montanoceratops cerorynchus (sic, cerorhynchos?), was a small plant eating dinosaur from the late cretaceous period. The species is about 68 million years old and was discovered in 1942 in the St. Mary River . . . 
On his way down the Ohio River in 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis purchased a Newfoundland dog for twenty dollars. It was a perfect choice of breed for the impending exploration; powerful swimmer, strong guarding instinct, . . . 
Chestnut Blight Strikes! First identified in 1904 in New York’s Bronx Zoological Park, the chestnut blight is caused by an Asiatic fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) and is almost always lethal to the American chestnut. . . . 
Between 1885 and 1941, this property was the site of a large residential complex for poor and infirm Confederate veterans of the Civil War. Established by R.E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Confederate Veterans, the facility was built . . . 
This imposing building began as a one-story summerhouse built in the late 1820s by Richmond banker Anthony Robinson Jr. Expanded in 1856 into a fashionable Italianate mansion, it became a year-round residence for the . . . 
David E. Anthony · Field Artillery • Christy Atherton · Q'master Corps Howard L. Barnes · Infantry • Lawrence A. Barnes Field Art'y George Best · Field Artillery • William F. Breslin · Air Service Benjamin W. Carr · Motor . . . 
Who is a Veteran? "A veteran - whether active duty, retired, National Guard or Reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America' for an amount of . . . 
From New Orleans newspaper, ARGUS, on 8-14-1826: Baton Rouge, Aug. 9, 1826, 4 P.M. We stop the press to announce the death of MR. ANTHONY PENISTON who died this moment, his death occasioned by a stab of a poignard. He . . . 
Built by early Jewish businessman Isaac Hart, who settled here in 1864. House retains many original features, including mantels. Private
Building best known for Sarphie's Jewelry Store opened in 1896 by watchmaker Joseph Sarphie. He sold early Woodville postcards.
Regimented Routine The men followed military protocol, receiving orders from the captains and sergeants. The daily chores became second nature and never-ending. They hunted, cooked for today, or dried meat for tomorrow. They . . . 
The narrowleaf cottonwood, a tree "with a leaf like that of the wild cherry" was first described for modern science by Lewis on June 12, 1805. Other expedition first near Great Falls include documenting the cutthroat trout, . . . 
On July 3, 1984 this island was named in honor of Sacajawea, the Shoshoni Indian girl who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition from the Mandan villages to the Pacific Coast. Sacajawea was born about 1788 in southwest . . . 
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LSU's ROTC cadets regularly held military parades on the Parade Ground, hence the name. Practice for close-order drill was held here daily, as were formal parades in full military uniform for events such as Freshman Day, . . . 
The LSU War Memorial, located at the flagpole, was dedicated in 1998 in memory of Tiger alumni who gave their lives in the defense of our country from World War II to the present. Please help us preserve LSU history by . . . 
In memory of 140 men, women and children N.W. Arkansas emigrants to California. In 1857 under leadership of Alexander Fancher (Piney Alex) left from Caravan Spring 4 miles south of here around May 1st - Camped at Mountain . . . 
