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U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Old City Hall)
Nebraska, Lancaster County, Lincoln In 1874 construction began on Lincoln's first U.S. Post Office and Courthouse on a block originally intended as a market square. The building was completed by 1879...
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Thomas J. Jarvis
North Carolina, Pitt County, Greenville"The Grand Old Man Of North Carolina" Captain, 8th North Carolina, CSA Lt. Governor & Governor of North Carolina U.S. Ambassador to Brazil U.S. Senator The...
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Battle of Big Bethel
Virginia, HamptonThis is the site of the first land battle of the Civil War in present-day Virginia. During the spring of 1861, Federal officials took steps to secure Fort Monroe, which occupied a...
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Battle of Big Bethel Union Monument
Virginia, HamptonDedicated on the 150th anniversary Battle of Big Bethel Union regiments engaged: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th (Duryee Zouaves) & 7th New York 4th Mass. & 1st Vermont 2nd U.S. Artillery...
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Big Bethel UDC Monument
Virginia, HamptonBethel 1861 To commemorate the Battle of Bethel, June 10, 1861. The first conflict between the Confederate and Federal land forces and in memory of Henry A. Wyatt, Private Co. A, 1st...
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Big Bethel Church and Cemetery
Virginia, HamptonBethel Church moved to this location from Hampton in 1842. The original church built here—the third Bethel Church—was destroyed during the Civil War. The individuals interred here were...
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Two USCT Heroes
Virginia, Newport NewsTwo African American Civil War veterans, Pvt. Edward Diggs and Sgt. Anthony W. Poole, are buried here. Each enlisted in Co. G, 36th U.S. Colored Troops, in Yorktown. Blacks sought...
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100 Years of Syracuse History
Nebraska, Otoe County, Syracuse This mural celebrates 100 Years Time proceeds from top to bottom Past is dim so colors are more soft and grows intens[e] at the bottom Today The seasons are from left to...
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Oliver Hardy Residence
Georgia, Columbia County, HarlemFamous comedian resided here. Oliver Norvell Hardy. Harlem, Georgia. Born: January 18, 1892. Died: August 7, 1957. (Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment) Includes...
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Volkert Veeder
New York, Montgomery County, Mohawk Grave and Site of Home of Volkert Veeder Montgomery County Delegate To Constitution Ratification Convention at Poughkeepsie 17 June - 26 July 1788 (Cemeteries &...
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Last Cabinet Meeting of the C.S.A.
Georgia, Wilkes County, WashingtonSite of the Bank of the State of Georgia, Washington Branch. Last cabinet meeting Confederates States of America May 4, 1865. In a final act, Jefferson Davis dissolved...
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Steam Wagon
Nebraska, Otoe County, Nebraska City Invented and owned by Joseph R. Brown of Minnesota Manufactured by John A. Reed of New York Landed at Nebraska City from Steamer West Wind July 12 - 1862 Started...
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The Dissolution of the Confederate Government
Georgia, Wilkes County, WashingtonOn this site stood the old Georgia State Bank building in which Pres Davis held the last official cabinet meeting of the Confederacy May 4, 1865. Present President...
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West Grove
Indiana, Jay County, near PennvilleEarly Quaker settlement established 1836; center of Underground Railroad activity. Meeting house erected here, 1840, on land donated by Enos and Margaret Lewis; used...
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana, Marion County, LawrenceEstablished by Congress, 1903, as infantry post. Named for former U.S. president from Indianapolis. Became important as administration and finance training center....
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Birthplace of Roger D. Branigin
Indiana, Johnson County, FranklinAs Indiana's 42nd governor 1965-1969, championed equal opportunity in education and housing. Earned degrees from Franklin College and Harvard University. Deputy...
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Intersection of Treaty Lines
Indiana, Franklin County, near BrookvilleOne mile south is intersection of western boundary line of Treaty of Greenville, Ohio (1795) and Treaty of Grouseland, near Vincennes (1805), northeastern...
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Old Franklin United Brethren Church
Indiana, Franklin County, near BrookvilleUnited Brethren among earliest settlers in eastern Indiana during territorial period. Original structure, built 1831, one of first United Brethren churches in...
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Snow Hill Covered Bridge
Indiana, Franklin County, near Rockdale (Side 1) Built 1894-1895 over Johnson's Fork Creek by John H. Horn and William H. Butts to a Howe truss design by John Burkhart. All men were local residents....
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In Memory Of...Best Of Friends
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler Capt George M Perry - Pilot "Best Man" B-24 467th BG 791st BS 1st LT Warren E Thrun - Pilot "Tommy Thumper" B-24 34th BG 4th BS 2nd LT Louis E Wetzel -Co-Pilot...
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