Storehouse
Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge Twin storehouses, each 130 ft. by 30 ft., and a bakery were the first stone buildings to be completed in 1867. The second storehouse stood a few yards to the east. The...
View ArticleUnserheim
Ohio, Columbiana County, SalemUnserheim, meaning "Our Home" in German, is the name of this ante-bellum Queen Anne style home, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. From...
View ArticleZion Lutheran and Reformed Churchyard
Ohio, Mahoning County, CanfieldSettlers from Connecticut were the first to come to Canfield Township in the late 1700s, and they were followed by a second wave of immigrants, Swiss-German pioneers who...
View ArticleElisha Whittlesey
Ohio, Mahoning County, CanfieldSide A: On this site stood the home of Elisha and Polly Mygatt Whittlesey and their ten children. Also here was his law office and a records office that was moved in 1965...
View ArticleDean Hill Cemetery and Disciple Church Site
Ohio, Mahoning County, near CanfieldSide A: In 1827, noted evangelist Walter Scott came to Canfield and visited with a number of area Baptist families living on Palmyra Road and in the vicinity of Dean...
View ArticleTurner Hall
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmThe Turner concept of developing a sound mind and body through discussion of common problems and physical exercise was conceived by Frederick Jahn of Berlin in 1811. It...
View ArticleHospital
Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge The first post hospital was built in 1865 of sod with a flat [illegible] and no floor. Poor drainage, damp conditions, and rodent infestation [illegible] the building...
View ArticleThis Tablet Placed Here in Honor of William H. Kilcawley
Ohio, Mahoning County, near CanfieldMember of the Mahoning County Agricultural Society 1945-1958 Director and Treasurer This stone is a glacial boulder transported by the continental ice sheet and...
View ArticleCanfield Fair
Ohio, Mahoning County, near CanfieldSide A: In 1846, the same year that Mahoning County was created, Ohio's General Assembly passed an act "for the encouragement of agriculture." An outgrowth of this...
View ArticleCommanding Officer's Quarters
Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge The commanding officer's quarters was one of the last stone structures to be built. In the years before it was completed the officer and his family lived near the river...
View ArticleCemetery
Kansas, Ford County, Fort Dodge Between the opening of the post in April, 1865, until its closing in October, 1882, about 150 burials were made at this cemetery. One of the earliest was that of the...
View ArticleSanta Fe Trail
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell [Title is marker text] (Communications • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles) Includes location, directions, 3 photos,...
View ArticleCommemorative Ingot
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenCommemorative ingot poured from the first heat of steel made in Trumbull County by the Basic Oxygen Process. This 16,000 pound ingot contains various steel souvenir items...
View ArticleFirst Presbyterian Church
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenThis congregation was founded in Warren November 19, 1803, by the Rev. Joseph Badger, who was serving as a missionary in the Western Reserve for the Connecticut Missionary...
View ArticleHarriet Taylor Upton
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenAfter embracing the cause of women's suffrage, Harriet Taylor Upton (1854-1945) devoted her life to the movement. Born in Ravenna, she moved to Warren as a child and lived...
View ArticleJohn Stark Edwards House
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenBuilt in 1807. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Trumbull County Historical Society Museum (Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos,...
View ArticleOld Erie Lodge No. 3 Free and Accepted Masons
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenOld Erie received its original charter on October 19, 1803, from the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. In 1808, the lodge joined with five other Ohio lodges to organize the Grand...
View ArticlePerkins House
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenThis ornate Victorian/Italianate house was constructed in 1871 as the home of Henry Bishop Perkins, Sr., a civic, business, and political leader of the Western Reserve....
View ArticlePhebe Temperance Sutliff
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenBorn in Warren in 1859, Phebe T. Sutliff received a Bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1880 and a Master of Arts from Cornell University in 1890. Miss Sutliff taught...
View ArticleTrumbull Red Cross Chapter House / Pioneer Cemetery
Ohio, Trumbull County, WarrenTrumbull Red Cross Chapter House Administration Building built in 1931. Chapter House built in 1962. Commemorating American Red Cross Centennial, 1881-1981. Pioneer...
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