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Albert E. Miller - Dr. Pike Home
St. George, Utah.This home was built around 1913 for Dr. Pike a local pharmacist, by Albert E Miller. It was constructed of adobe brick and has a heavy lava rock foundation. It has recently been...
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Stadtmauern Gedenkstätte / City Walls Memorial
, Germany.Im schutze wehrhafter Mauern standen hier durch viele Jahrhunderte die ältesten Teile der Stadt. Bomben zerstorten sie in der Nacht vom 11. zum 12. september 1944. Sieben Jahre darauf wurde...
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Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag
Walker, Minnesota.The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe (Gaa-zagaskwaajimekaag) is a sovereign nation and part of the Ojibwe-Anishinabe, the second largest indigenous group in North America after the Navajo...
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Old Sorrel Trail
Cedar City, Utah.Old Main This monument is dedicated to the selfless sacrifice and hard work of the 1898 citizens of Cedar City. The story of the construction of this unique building is told at the Old...
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Liberty Church / Liberty Cemetery
Rogersville, Alabama.Liberty Church At this location, just west of present-day downtown Rogersville, was the area's first place set aside for Christian worship, circa 1818. Ideally situated alongside...
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Laying the Hard Road
Atlanta, Illinois.Known as the "Great Illini Boulevard," Illinois State Road 4 was laid through Atlanta in 1922-23. It was the first paved road connecting Chicago and St. Louis. In 1926, it was...
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Snerd Giant
Atlanta, Illinois.The resemblance to Alfred E. Newman of Mad Magazine fame notwithstanding, International Fiberglass called these figures its Mortimer Snerd line of giants - a reference to famed...
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Knights of Pythias "Memorial Tree" Stone
Atlanta, Illinois.Organized as Acme Lodge #332 in 1892, the Knights of Pythias's Atlanta chapter, hosted many local events. On November 11, 1921 the lodge dedicated the "Memory Tree to the memory of...
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September 11 Eagle
Atlanta, Illinois.This Eagle was carved during the Fall Festival on September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001, to honor our First Responders. (9/11 Attacks) Includes location,...
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1870 Public School Stone
Atlanta, Illinois.The 1870 Public School Stone is the only remnant of the town's second school. The school, destroyed by a fire in 1908, housed 10 schoolrooms, recital hall, and an office. (Education •...
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Local Prairie & History of Shirley, IL
Shirley, Illinois.Native American groups in the area included the Illini, Peoria, Sauk, and Kickapoo, along with several others. Due to historical erasure of these marginalized peoples, it is difficult...
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D.A. McGregor Hospital
St. George, Utah.On this site stood the D.A. McGregor Hospital. Opened in 1913 by its namesake, it was the only hospital in Utah, south of Salt Lake City. D.A. McGregor, M.D., F.A.C.S. was joined by...
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Education
St. George, Utah.The pioneers who settled in this valley circled their wagons and set up their original encampment on this site. In addition to laying out the city and beginning work on an irrigation...
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The Name “Dixie”
St. George, Utah."They subdued the burning rocks and sweltering sand! And gave the name to Utah's Dixie Land!" - Andrew Karl Larson Arriving In the mid-1800s, after crossing the Great Plains, members...
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William Carter (1821-1896)
St. George, Utah.William Carter was a member of the Vanguard Company, the first group of saints to travel to what is now Utah in 1847. He cultivated land along the way so that crops could be planted...
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The Electric Theatre
St. George, Utah.Built in 1911, the builders include: Charlie Whipple, Johnnie Pymm, and Sherman Hardy. In 1930 the theatre was taken over and remodeled by R.M. Reber. The Electric Theatre was totally...
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The Bishop's Store House
St. George, Utah.Money was a rare commodity so church members paid their ten percent tithe in kind - eggs, butter, chickens, etc. Distribution of the tithes was overseen by bishop James McArthur. In...
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Robert Gardner, Jr.
St. George, Utah.Robert Gardiner, Jr. was one of the many early pioneers who helped settle Salt Lake City, St. George, and Pine Valley. Under the direction of Apostle Erastus Snow, Robert organized a...
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University Growth
St. George, Utah."With the strength and grit of a pioneer..."- From the Utah Tech Fight Song, by Ricky Valadez Foundation St. George Stake Academy opened on September 19, 1911. Originally operating as...
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Lafayette’s Tour
Suffolk, Virginia.On February 25, 1825 General Lafayette was the guest of honor as he dined at the Courthouse before leaving Suffolk the next day. William C. Pomeroy Foundation 2020 (War, US...
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Risher-Nicholas Building
Austin, Texas.Original owner, Col. Benjamin Risher, surveyor & road builder for Republic of Texas. "Austin Watchman", black newspaper, published in early 1900's. In John J. Nicholas family since...
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The Battle of Sugar Point
Walker, Minnesota.Story adopted from "On This Day In History: The Battle of Sugar Point" by Kayla Duoos, Leech Lake News, Oct. 5, 2020 On the early Wednesday morning of October 5th, 1898, a handful of...
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Villa Pauly Nazi Terror Memorial
, Luxembourg.(French:) Villa Pauly Siège de la Gestapo 1940-1944 Passant, souviens-toi des résistants torturés en ces lieux sous l'occupation nazie (Luxembourgish:) Wanns du hei passeiers dann denk un...
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Bailey House
Wilmington, North Carolina.Colonial Revival style house built for George W. Bailey (1876-1940); and wife, Isabel Roller (1880-1952), natives of Ohio. Bailey came to Wilmington to manage the Academy of...
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Clearfield County War Time Veterans Killed In Action World War II
DuBois, Pennsylvania.Adam Albert C. • Adams, Harry B. • Albright, Porter • Anderson, Herbert A. • Arnold, John R. Arvickson, Oscar R. • Babcock, James F. • Bacher, Paul T. • Bader, William R. • Badman,...
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