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Creating a Harbor
Michigan, Berrien County, St. Joseph The meeting of river and lake provided a natural setting for a harbor at St. Joseph. Human engineering would ultimately develop the port into one of the busiest on...
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Butterfield Overland Mail
Texas, El Paso County, El PasoThe Butterfield Overland Mail was a mail and passenger stagecoach service that linked the Western and Eastern states. John Butterfield, president of the Overland Mail...
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Confederate Dead of Wilcox County
Alabama, Wilcox County, Camden (front) In memory of the Confederate Dead of Wilcox County 1861. - 1865. "The manner of their death was the crowning glory of their lives." Jefferson Davis. (left side)...
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S.S. Kresge Company
Michigan, Oakland County, TroySebastion Spering Kresge founded the firm in 1899 in Detroit. His guidance during its formative years was responsible for its initial success. By 1916, when it was...
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Furman National Historic District
Alabama, Wilcox County, Furman(obverse) Representing 10,300 acres with 73 buildings, and 14 structures, the Furman Historic District, encompassing Old Snow Hill Road, Wilcox County Road 59, Burson...
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African American Physicians
Kentucky, Fayette County, LexingtonSite of office building which housed prominent African-American physicians and pharmacy. Among the doctors who practiced here between 1909 and 1930 were Obed Cooley;...
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Woodworth Farm
New York, Fulton County, Mayfield»—›Woodworth Farm Conveyed by Commissioners of Forfeiture to William G. Woodworth in 1786. Served in Revolution. Passed to Hiram Woodworth 1810-1910 (Settlements &...
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Nick Stoner Hut
New York, Fulton County, MayfieldHere Henry Stoner and his sons Nick and John held the cabin against the Tory and Indian raiders who burned Broadalbin, June 1778. (Settlements & Settlers • War, US...
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First Maple Sap Tubing System
New York, Fulton County, MayfieldOn this site in 1916 Wm c. Brower invented and patented the first sap gravity flow tubing system from tree to sugar house for making maple syrup (Horticulture &...
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Boatbuilding Industry
Michigan, Berrien County, St. Joseph St. Joseph and Benton Harbor once ranked among the nation's leading boatbuilding centers. From 1892 to 1955, waterfront facilities of the Truscott Boat...
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Shipbuilding in the Twin Cities
Michigan, Berrien County, St. Joseph With a ready supply of lumber and a thriving port, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor offered a natural setting for shipbuilding. As early as the 1830s, sailing and...
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St. Joseph Maritime Heritage
Michigan, Berrien County, St. Joseph Two historic waterways, Lake Michigan and the St. Joseph River, meet here. Opportunities for maritime trade, transportation, industry and recreation led to the...
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Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma
California, Sonoma County, near SonomaOn this site, 4 July 1823, Padre Altimira, Lt. Castro and 19 armed men erected a cross, set a camp altar, consecrated the ground with a mass and fired a volley....
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Mission San José de Tumacácori
Arizona, Santa Cruz County, TumacacoriBeginning and History In January of 1691, at the request of the O'odham (Pima) Indians of the Santa Cruz River Valley, Jesuit Father Eusebio Francisco Kino...
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Veterans Memorial
Minnesota, Brown County, SpringfieldIn grateful tribute to all men and women of this area who have or will serve in defense of our country. (Military) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS...
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The Josephine Mine Cemetery
California, El Dorado County, VolcanovilleThe Josephine Mine was an integral part of the 1849 California Gold Rush and remained in operation until 1937. This cemetery is the final resting place of some...
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Clay County African American Pioneers
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty[Front] "Come, drink, all who thirst for freedom: The water fountain will no longer separate us as a people." During the Civil War era, one of every four Clay County...
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Site of First Daylight Bank Hold Up in United States
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty Clay County Savings Association robbed of $60,000 February 13, 1866 Attributed to Jesse James Gang (Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers)...
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Jesse James Bank Museum
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty Built in 1858, only ante-bellum building remaining on the square. Originally housed a branch of the Farmer's Bank. Scene of first daylight robbery in 1866, supposedly by...
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Liberty Lodge No. 49 I.O.O.F.
Missouri, Clay County, Liberty This property built in 1923 has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior 1993 (Fraternal or Sororal...
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