Seward County War Dead and Missing in Action
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal Dedicated to all Seward County military personnel killed or missing in action overseas World War I [Honor Roll] World War II [Honor Roll] Korean War [Honor Roll] Vietnam...
View ArticleMount Zion Baptist Church and Swift Creek Cemetery
Florida, Union County, near Lake ButlerContinuous religious services have been held on this site since 1844. The first church, of hand hewn logs was erected, and the following were elected elders at...
View ArticleFirst County Seat
Virginia, Grayson County, OldtownHere at Old Town, in 1794, was built the first courthouse of Grayson County. The land was donated by Flower Switft. A second courthouse was built in 1838. The county...
View ArticleVeterans Memorial
Wisconsin, Green Lake County, PrincetonDedicated to the American Veterans Past, Present, Future God Bless America 1994 V.F.W. Post 10452 (Military) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
View ArticlePioneer Founders of New Ulm
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmFrederick Beinhorn and Wilhelm Pfaender, pioneer founders of the prairie colony of New Ulm, were cut of the same cloth. Both came to America from Germany after the 1848...
View ArticleFries
Virginia, Grayson County, near FriesFries is named for Colonel Francis H. Fries of North Carolina, founder of the Washington Mills Company. By 1900, Fries and his associates had determined that the New...
View ArticleOriginal Hand-Dug Well
Kansas, Seward County, Liberal Approximately four-tenths of a mile south of this fountain and marker on Seymour S. Rogers' homestead was the original hand-dug well which gave Liberal its name. In 1885...
View ArticleDan C. Sullivan
Kansas, Grant County, Ulysses First White Child Born in Grant County Rancher • Grainman • Oilman Legislator • Community Leader Philanthropist Resided 78 Years in Grant County Mother first woman...
View ArticleFirst Presbyterian Church
South Carolina, Beaufort County, Beaufort Early attempts to establish a Presbyterian church in Beaufort, in the 1740s and 1880s, were unsuccessful. The first permanent congregation was founded in...
View ArticleCollege Park War Memorial
Maryland, Prince George's, College ParkPanel 1: This memorial is dedicated to the men and womenof the United States of America- Veterans and Volunteers -who gave of themselves so that the principles...
View Article"Treat Me Refined"
District of Columbia, WashingtonThe House at 3017 Sherman Avenue once was a boardinghouse for Howard University students. In 1923 a determined and talented young woman from the tiny town of Eatonville,...
View ArticleColumbia
Connecticut, Middlesex County, Deep RiverColumbia, painted by C.D. Batchelor, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist, was dedicated by Gov. Raymond Baldwin in Nov. 1943 on the library grounds. By 1969...
View ArticleDeep River Veterans Memorial
Connecticut, Middlesex County, Deep RiverDeep River Roll Of Honor Our Country Tis Of Thee ( left panel )Korea 25 Jun 1950 31 Jan 1955 John J Ziobron • Oscar A Buracchi • Donald G Hines • Vincent E...
View ArticleBurial Place
New York, Schoharie County, Middleburgh ← Timothy Murphy Revolutionary War Hero Gov. William C. Bouck, Gov. N.Y. State 1843, 1844 In Middleburgh Cemetery (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US...
View ArticlePigeon Forge Iron Works
Tennessee, Sevier County, Pigeon ForgeBefore white settlers arrived, Native Americans called this river “Pigeon” or “woyi.” Countless numbers of wild passenger pigeons gathered at this natural habitat...
View ArticleRoster of the Le Sueur Tigers
Minnesota, Le Sueur County, Le Sueur Le Sueur Tigers No. 1, William Dellaughter, commander I. Allen, E. Bacon, A. Bangs, H. Bridenthall, B. Birdsall, J. Birdsall, P. Burch, N. Burgers, L. Butman, F....
View Article448th Bomb Group
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler We came from all states of the United States of America. Some were so young, just out of high school, But most in their late teens or young twenties. Eager to do what...
View ArticleFremont Adobe
California, Mariposa County, MariposaThe oldest building in Mariposa, and the only 3 story adobe building still in use in the state of California. Erected in 1850 by Col. John C. Fremont and wife...
View ArticleThe Ahwahnee Porte Cochere
California, Mariposa County, Yosemite National ParkThe log, trestle-roofed entranceway to The Ahwahnee hotel is called the “porte cochere.” The hotel’s architect had originally intended that...
View ArticleThe Grand Lodge
California, Mariposa County, Yosemite National ParkThe first director of the National Park Service, Stephen T. Mather, was as at home in the High Sierra as he was in high society. To ensure Yosemite’s...
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