Site of Old Mills
New York, Washington County, HartfordI. Norton built dam 1814 Downs Clothing Works Woodell Starch Mill 1866 Daicy Cabinet Works 1870 Higby Tannery below 1818 (Industry & Commerce • Settlements...
View ArticleRoger Q. Mills Home
Texas, Navarro County, CorsicanaOutstanding example plantation architecture. Was long the home of U. S. Senator Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911). Born in Kentucky, Mills came to Corsicana in 1852. Was...
View ArticlePort Jackson
Tennessee, Madison County, JacksonThree-quarters of a mile southeast, on the bank of the Forked Deer River was the little river port of Jackson, at first called Alexandria, from which cotton was...
View ArticleButterfield Overland Mail
Texas, Culberson County, near Pine Springs Butterfield Overland Mail First Overland Mail Route from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco, California. As a forerunner of the Pony Express and...
View ArticleF-100F Super Sabre
Kansas, Montgomery County, Independence Manufacturer: North American Aviation, Inc. from 1956 through 1959 Crew: Pilot and Weapons Officer Primary Service: Vietnam War Aircraft Classification:...
View ArticleEl Paso Salt War
Texas, Hudspeth County, near Salt FlatResentment over private control of the salt lakes in this region, often called Guadalupe Lakes, led to the El Paso Salt War 1877 which entailed the loss of many...
View ArticleBrannan's Division
Georgia, Walker County, near Fort Oglethorpe[Text on the First Tablet]: Brannan's Division - Thomas Corps. Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan. Sept. 20, 1863. 1 to 7:30 P.M. 1st Brigade - Col. Morton C....
View ArticleConnell's Brigade
Georgia, Walker County, near Fort OglethorpeConnell's Brigade Brannan's Division - Thomas' Corps. Col. Morton's C. Hunter. Sept. 20, 1863 82nd Indiana - Col. Morton C. Hunter. 17th Ohio - Lieut. Col....
View ArticleLewis Haines (Lew) Wentz
Oklahoma, Kay County, Ponca City Philanthropist Oil Man Donor: Wentz Camp, Wentz Pool Wentz Municipal Golf Course Ponca City, Oklahoma Founder: The Society For Crippled Children University of Oklahoma...
View ArticleE. W. Marland
Oklahoma, Kay County, Ponca CityPioneer Oil Developer Philanthropist & Humanitarian Leader in Developing the Economy Culture and Beauty of Ponca City Donor of Pioneer Woman Statue Governor of...
View ArticleJohn W. Thomas
Tennessee, Davison County, NashvilleA native of Nashville. Forty-eight years in the service of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway; President for twenty-two years. President of the...
View ArticleSunnyside High School
Oklahoma, Jefferson County, near RyanClosed 1929 Commissioner Bill Griffin 1990 (Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleMemorial Park
Oklahoma, Stephens County, DuncanSponsored by American War Dads Duncan Chapter No. 7 1946 Dedicated to the memory of those who served (War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS...
View ArticleClean Drinking Manor
Maryland, Montgomery County, Chevy ChaseThis Spring is on the site of Clean Drinking, a land grant surveyed for Col. John Courts in 1699. Descendants of Courts, the Jones family, lived at nearby Clean...
View ArticleThe Wilson House
Wisconsin, Ozaukee County, Port WashingtonErected 1891 Restoration 1983-1989 Owners R.J. Schowalter Frank M. Metz Architect Ehrlich, Genson and Assoc., Inc. Port Washington, Wisconsin (Notable...
View ArticleIndiana's Northern Boundary Line
Indiana, Steuben County, near FremontIndiana admitted by the U.S. Congress as nineteenth state 1816. Enabling Act moved northern boundary ten miles north of southernmost tip of Lake Michigan providing...
View ArticleRebuilding Rosie Parks
Maryland, Talbot County, St MichaelsMuseum craftsmen are restoring this historic skipjack, which was built in 1955 to dredge oysters from the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay. Why is this skipjack...
View ArticleThe Miles River
Maryland, Talbot County, St MichaelsIn front of you, the Miles River is carrying freshwater down to the Chesapeake Bay. Twice a day, saltwater tides from the Atlantic Ocean push back the fresh water...
View Article20-Minute Cliff
Virginia, Nelson County, MontebelloIn June and July during corn-choppin time, this cliff serves the folks in White Rock community as a time piece. Twenty minutes after sunlight strikes the rock face,...
View ArticleLynch and Walker Flouring Mill
Wisconsin, Dane County, MazomanieHas been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos,...
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