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Chautauqua Hall
California, Monterey County, Pacific GroveThe first Chautauqua in the west. Organized at Pacific Grove in June 1879, for the presentation of “moral attractions” and “the highest grade of concerts and...
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First REA Project in Kansas
Kansas, Brown County, Horton At this site the first power pole for the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative was dedicated in special ceremony on November 10, 1937. Brown-Atchison was the first rural...
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"Four Horsemen of the Lines"
Kansas, Brown County, Horton Unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history captures high drama and momentum as the last miles of line are pulled only the day...
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Spanish Occupation of Georgia
Georgia, Camden County, St. MarysIn Commemoration Of TheSpanish Occupation Of Georgia Began in 1566 and virtually ended1686 when the Spanish garrisons and missions in the face of English intrusion from...
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Horton Civic Center
Kansas, Brown County, Horton WPA & City of Horton Project 1937 - 1939 City Engineer: Harve Lingo Foreman: Shelton Boyd "Built From Locally Quarried Limestone" Erected by Works Progress...
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Mt. Nebo U.P. Church War Memorial
Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, near SewickleyMEMORIAL This memorial is dedicated in sincere tribute to the living and dead whose valiant efforts and unselfish sacrifices have made America great. God...
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The Buggy Store
Kansas, Nemaha County, Seneca This 1886 Romanesque building with its decorative brick facade has a store interior that is basically the same as it was 120 years ago. At that time it was a hardware...
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The First National Bank
Kansas, Nemaha County, Seneca The First National Bank, with its Queen Ann turret, is a landmark on Main Street. Designed in the Richardsonian style with decorative ramparts and brickwork, it reflected...
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Pony Express Home Station
Kansas, Nemaha County, Seneca To the brave men who rode the Pony Express 1860 - 1861 Exact location of the Home Station Seneca, Kansas (Communications • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements &...
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The Railroads
Kansas, Nemaha County, Seneca The first railroad beyond the Missouri River was built in 1859 by investors in St. Joseph who saw their city as the gateway to the west. After laying six miles of track on...
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In Honor of All Who Served and Those Who Died
Minnesota, Hennepin County, ExcelsiorArmy • Navy • Air Force Marines • Coast Guard • Merchant Marines World War I Grant Lorenz US Army Donald Gray US Army Blanchard West US Army Mervin Grover US Army...
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The Smith Hotel
Kansas, Nemaha County, Seneca Captain John E. Smith was Seneca's first entrepreneur. In 1858 he built a simple hotel and tavern on this site. He also built a wooden bridge over the Nemaha River that...
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The Felt Block
Kansas, Nemaha County, Seneca The Pony Express Museum is housed in the restored Felt Block built in 1880 by Seneca resident Andrew Felt, who later became Lt. Governor of Kansas. The design is an urbane...
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Don Clarence Rising
Kansas, Nemaha County, Wetmore Pony Express Rider known as Johnny Granada Verified Rider of the Pony Express 1860-1861 Pony Express Trail Association (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Communications •...
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Black Thursday Oct 14 1943
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler In Memory Of The Courageous Airmen Of The United States Army 8th Air Force Who Against Overwhelming Odds And Savage Defiance Attacked And Severely Damaged The Ball...
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Whalewatching
California, Marin County, Point Reyes StationSouthern Migration • Pass Point Reyes late December through early February. Northern Migration •Mexico to Artic feeding grounds •Pass Point Reyes early...
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Pittsburg Landing
Tennessee, Hardin County, near ShilohHere was the key to Union strategy — a good troop landing and staging area for an attack on the Southern army at Corinth, a strategic rail center. But the...
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Widow Gibson Cabin
Kentucky, Boyle County, near PerryvilleIn 1862, the widow Mary Jane Gibson and her children lived here in a small cabin. The Gibsons were poor tenant farmers who scratched out a living on land owned by...
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Lumsden's Battery
Kentucky, Boyle County, near PerryvilleThe scene must have been spectacular to the members of Captain Charles Lumsden's artillery battery. Rolling their four cannon up to this hill to support the...
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Rout of the Union Right
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeAt 11:10 a.m. on September 20, Confederate forces under General James Longstreet broke through the right side of the Union line about ¼ mile behind you at...
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