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Albert James Myer, M.D.
New York, Erie County, BuffaloSurgeon - Brigadier General - Inventor of the 'Wig-Wag' signal system - First director of the Army Signal Corps - Founder of the U.S. Weather Bureau - U.S. Delegate to the...
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Ebenezer Walden
New York, Erie County, BuffaloBorn in Beckett, Massachusetts, Williams College class of 1799, first lawyer west of the Genesee River. Escaped captors during the War of 1812. Buffalo board of trustees...
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Brigadier General Albert James Myer
New York, Erie County, Buffalo Born in Newburgh, NY, raised in Buffalo, Geneva College 1847, University of Buffalo 1851, Telegraph operator, U.S. Navy assistant surgeon, invented motion telgraphy, U.S....
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Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
New York, Erie County, Buffalo Giuseppe Verdi is credited with having invented the Italian national operatic style. Born the son of a poor grocer in LeRoncole, Italy, Verdi began composing at age 13....
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Red Jacket
New York, Erie County, BuffaloSa-Co-ye-Wat-Ha (He keeps them awake) Died at Buffalo Creek January 20, 1830 aged 78 years. "When I am gone and my warnings are no longer heeded, the graft and avarice of...
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In Memory of Millard Fillmore
New York, Erie County, Buffalo13th President of the United States of America Born January 7, 1800. Died March 8, 1874 Dedicated by The Millard Fillmore Republican Women's Club Memorial Day May 30, 1932...
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Our Lady of Victory Basilica
New York, Erie County, LackawanaFather Baker, Supt. of these charities (1882-1936), dedicated his life's work to Our Lady of Victory. He developed the institutions, founding the Infant Home, the...
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The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
New York, Erie County, LackawanaThe Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens Designed by Lord & Burnham and opened in 1900 was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United...
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Middletown Soldiers Monument
Connecticut, Middlesex County, MiddletownHonor To The Brave Their Heroic Valor Ensures Our Lasting Peace Erected By The Town Of Middletown To The Memory Of Her Fallen Sons 1874 ( north face ) Died in...
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Leavenworth Rescue Expedition
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmDuring the Minnesota Sioux Uprising of 1862, eighteen men left New Ulm early on the morning of August 19, and travelled westward about 20 miles along the Big Cottonwood...
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Barcroft
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonIn 1880 Dr. John W. Barcroft rebuilt the Arlington Mill. The name of the railroad station here was subsequently changed from Arlington to Barcroft, and that became...
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The Arlington Mill
Virginia, Arlington County, ArlingtonThe land along Four Mile Run in this area belonged to George Washington and was known as Washington Forest. Later it became part of the Arlington estate. The...
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David Haeger School and Cemetery
Illinois, McHenry County, Algonquin Township, Barrington HillsThis former school, now a residence, and cemetery were named for the David Haeger family, from Germany, who settled in this part of McHenry...
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New Ulm's Glockenspiel
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmSchonlau Park, named in honor of Theodore H. and Clara K. Schonlau, is the setting for the City of New Ulm’s unique Glockenspiel. Local contributors were joined by...
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Soule's Ditch
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell Local men, boys, and animals sweated long and hard to build the Eureka Irrigation Canal between 1884 and 1887. The long line below the ridge is a remnant of this early...
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Santa Fe Trail Remains
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in...
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Trails on the Prairie
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell You are standing on a bluff above the Arkansas River, an international boundary between the United States and Mexico during the early years of the Santa Fe Trail. This...
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Cherry Hospital
North Carolina, Wayne County, Goldsboro Opened by state in 1880 for black citizens with mental illness. Named in 1959 for R. Gregg Cherry, governor, 1945-49. Open to all races since 1965. (African...
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Kiesling House
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmThe Kiesling House is one of the three downtown buildings in New Ulm to survive the Dakota War of 1862. Frederick W. Kiesling, blacksmith and ferrier, had built the...
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Santa Fe Trail Sites to the West & South
Kansas, Ford County, near Howell Pioneered by William Becknell in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was a 900-mile overland road that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was an...
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