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Essanay Film Studio
California, Alameda County, FremontThe western branch studio of the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company stood on this site from 1913 to 1933. It was the first movie studio built for that purpose in...
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Essanay Studio Site
California, Alameda County, FremontFrancis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin, Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Ben Turpin, Vic “Slippery Sam” Pottel and “Alkalie (sic) Ike” starred here 1910/1912. Earliest...
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Willow Creek Mennonite Church
California, San Luis Obispo County, Pasa RoblesMembers of the Willow Creek Mennonite Church worshiped at this site from 1911 to 1967. The building was moved here from the San Marcos area where it had...
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Picolata
Florida, Saint Johns County, PicolataHere where the St. Johns River narrows, was a natural crossing used by Indians, and later by the Spaniards, in pushing west. A Spanish fort, built in 1700,...
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Cheney Bros. Building
California, Fresno County, CoalingaIn 1906, Coalinga was a boom town and there was a great need for blacksmithing and transporting. So the Cheney family decided to move to Coalinga from Cheney’s Grove,...
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Richfield Service Station
California, Fresno County, CoalingaR.C. Baker Memorial Museum Richfield Service Station Built in Coalinga On the corner of Fifth and Glenn St. 1934 Restored in 2003 Moved to this location 2004 Restored...
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Arroyo de Cantua
California, Fresno County, CoalingaHeadquarters of the notorious banditJoaquin Murieta. Killed here July 25,1853 by a posse of state rangers ledCaptain Harry Love. Terrorized mining camps and stage...
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Charles A. Bellon
New Jersey, Bergen County, Westwood40 years of selfless dedicationto country, community and familyU.S. Army 1941 – 1946Trustee Westwood Swim Club 1963 – 1983Trustee Westwood Board of...
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Veterans Memorial
Kansas, Osage County, Osage City Dedicated to the Past, Present, and Future Veterans To our nation's veteran's [sic] We salute the men and women of our Armed Services. Through their efforts our nation...
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Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road
Kansas, Johnson County, Stilwell In Spring, 1862, William Clarke Quantrill, confederate guerrilla, led raids in and about Aubry, taking an uncounted toll of lives and property. Union troops seeking the...
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Michael Dennison
Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahFrom New York, Michael joined Delancey's Loyalist Regiment in 1776. After two years of campaigning in the north he participated in the capture of Savannah, the Sieges...
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Mercer Hugh Cosby Farm
Virginia, Henrico County, Glen AllenSignificant for its ownership by one African-American family dating back to the late 1800s, Mercer Hugh Cosby built the farmhouse in the 1880s on 52-acres. He grew...
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Springfield School
Virginia, Henrico County, Glen AllenAfrican-American students attended this two-room 1920s structure. It was one of approximately 22 schools under the supervision of the pioneer educator, Virginia E....
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Confederate Ordnance Lab Explosion
Virginia, RichmondIn 1862, during the Civil War, Confederates established an ordnance laboratory and complex on the western part of nearby Brown’s Island. Workers there, many of them women and children...
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Giles Beecher Jackson
Virginia, RichmondThe first African American to practice law before the Supreme Court of Virginia, Jackson lived and worked in Jackson Ward. Although local tradition holds that Jackson Ward was named...
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Triumph of “The Charlottesville Twelve”
Virginia, CharlottesvilleLane High School. French Jackson, Donald Martin, John Martin. Venable Elementary School. Charles E. Alexander, Raymond Dixon, Regina Dixon, Maurice Henry, Marvin Townsend,...
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Thomas S. Bocock
Virginia, Appomattox County, VeraThomas S. Bocock, lawyer and politician, was born in present-day Appomattox Co. (then part of Buckingham Co.) on 18 May 1815. In 1846, he was elected to the U. S. House...
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Concord Depot
Virginia, Appomattox County, near ConcordThe South Side Railroad provided service at Concord in 1854 when the track was completed from Petersburg to Lynchburg. During the Civil War, these rail lines...
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Garfield School Bell
Kansas, Lyon County, Emporia Commemorative of the Garfield School Building 1880 1916 Shane Bell Foundry Henry McShane & Co. Baltimore, Md. 1881 Emporia High School 1880 [cornerstone]...
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Coaling Station A
California, Fresno County, CoalingaStation A was one of three mines (A. B. & C.) in the Coalinga Hills where coal was mined. The coal was transfered (sic) from mule driven ore wagons. Then by coal...
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