Wittel Dormitory
Alabama, Lee County, AuburnWittel Dormitory has long been admired as one of Auburn’s most significant examples of classic nineteenth-century design. Built in the early 1900’s by Samuel S. Wittel to...
View ArticleSigma Alpha Epsilon
Alabama, Lee County, AuburnThe Alpha Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded on June 15, 1878 at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University). John E.D. Shipp came...
View ArticleRochambeau Route
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, near ChesterAfter an encampment of several days in Philadelphia where French troops passed in review before Congress, the French and American armies moved toward...
View ArticleSun Village War Memorial
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, near ChesterA Tribute to those from Sun Village who served our country in World War II • Clyde Robert Thompson • Ralph Jack Emory • James Walter Brogan • David R....
View ArticleJosé Artigas Memorial
District of Columbia, Washington, Foggy Bottom[inscription, south face of base:] José Artigas Father of the Independence of Uruguay [inscription, north face of base:] From the people of Uruguayto the...
View ArticleFT. Robinette
Mississippi, Alcorn County, CorinthW. 1/2 mi. Now Confederate Park. Here, Oct. 5, 1862, during Battle of Corinth, occurred a C.S.A. charge as heedless of cost as those of Pickett at Gettysburg and...
View ArticleSite of the Provost Marshal's Office
Mississippi, Alcorn County, CorinthThe Moss House, one of Corinth's popular hotels, stood across this intersection. When the Union army occupied Corinth in 1862, the Provost Marshal established...
View ArticleIf These Mansions Could Talk
District of Columbia, WashingtonOver the years most of Logan Circle's Mansions experienced numerous uses and have returned to private occupancy. For example 15 Logan Circle was completed in 1877 for...
View ArticleWildehausen
New York, Albany County, Guilderland Site of an Indian Village Nearby Stream Called Wildehausekill or "Indian House Creek" (Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions,...
View ArticleAndersons & Claytons Memorial
Tennessee, Madison County, JacksonMonroe Dunaway Anderson 1878 - 1939 Benefactor Of Medicine and Mankind Born in Jackson at 111 E. Orleans St. Banker with Peoples Savings Bank Founding Partner of...
View ArticleGettysburg Seminary Ridge Museum
Pennsylvania, Adams County, GettysburgConstructed in 1832 under the leadership of the Reverend Samuel Simon Schmucker, the brick federal-style building was an impressive home for the Lutheran...
View ArticleDaniel Webster's First Law Office
New Hampshire, Merrimack County, BoscawenNear this spot A.D. 1805 stood the first law office of Daniel Webster the great interpreter of the American Constitution. One of the world's great orators....
View ArticleFonda Tavern
New York, Montgomery County, Fonda Built About 1781 By John Fonda Of Tryon County Militia (Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS...
View ArticleOriginal B-29 Pilots At Great Bend Army Air Field
Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend Of the 12 original pilots chosen for the B-29 program the following were stationed at Great Bend Army Air Field —————————— Marshall (Moe) Brown • Jack Doran Archie...
View ArticleTalie Ho
Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend Paul J Burnor • Kenneth W Fisher John R Brown • Harold L Hadden John M Williams • Raymond E Nelson Frank O'Neil • Ellis W Conrad Frank W Steed • Burrel S Lewis James R...
View ArticleKansas Aviators in the B-29 Program
Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend *Lt R. Nelson Minneapolis, Kansas B-29 Navigator 73rd Bomb Wing Shot Down - March 1945 Beheaded - September 1945 ————————— *S/Sgt L. [Lynn] Barnett Colby, Kansas...
View Article40th Bomb Group
Kansas, Barton County, Great Bend Activated April 1, 1941 Deactivated October 22, 1946 Served with Distinction From Bases In ————————— Puerto Rico • Panama • Guatamala • Ecuador • Pratt, Kansas •...
View ArticleBrown County Bank
Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm The Brown County Bank is among the oldest commercial properties within the district. As the local economy recovered from the devastating effects of the Dakota Conflict,...
View ArticleOriginal Site of St. Paul Methodist Church
Nebraska, Lancaster County, Lincoln First Church in Lincoln (Churches, Etc. • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleLincoln's Founding Block
Nebraska, Lancaster County, Lincoln The Territorial Legislature at Omaha drew the boundaries of Lancaster County in 1855. Settlers first arrived in 1856 and a county government was established "on...
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