Gumpp House
Austria, Tyrol, InnsbruckDieses Haus war von 1653 – 1765 die Wohnstätte der Künstlerfamilie Gumpp der die bedeutendsten barocken Baumeister Innsbrucks angehörten: Christof 1600 – 1672 Joh. Martin d.Ä....
View ArticlePandora's Box
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler 388th BG (H) 561st BS Pandora's Box Down 10 Feb 44 - Nordlehne, Belgium 2nd Lt Phillip C Evans KIA Lowell, Mass 2nd Lt Lewis C Heatly KIA...
View Article"Golden Eagle"
Austria, Tyrol, InnsbruckErrichtet im Zuge des Wiederaufbaues nach dem Brand von 1450 zählt der Goldene Adler am Unteren Stadtplatz zu den ältesten und –durch seinen Laubenvorbau – auch stattlichsten...
View ArticleMarc Antonio Cesti
Austria, Tyrol, InnsbruckMarc Antonio Cesti (1623 Arezzo – 1669 Florenz) Seit 1645 Kapellmeister am Dom zu Volterra, kam er 1652 als Hofkapellmeister an den Hof Erzherzog Ferdinand Karls. Ursprünglich...
View ArticleFort Howard
Maryland, Baltimore County, Fort HowardBuilt here in 1896 to defend Baltimore from possible naval attack. Named for Col. John Eager Howard, Revolutionary hero. Five coastal artillery batteries bore...
View ArticleHistory of the Logs Used in this Cabin
Tennessee, Wilson County, LebanonThe original site of this log cabin was in Leeville, Tennessee on the old Nashville-Lebanon stage route (Hickory Ridge Road). It was built in 1833 by John Kelley, a...
View ArticleLebanon
Tennessee, Wilson County, LebanonIn April 1862, after the Battle of Shiloh, Confederate Col. John Hunt Morgan planned a raid through Tennessee and Kentucky to sever Union supply lines. Morgan let the...
View ArticleConfederate Veterans and Robert H. Hatton Memorial
Tennessee, Wilson County, LebanonErected in Honor of the Confederate Veterans of Wilson County and all other true southern soldiers 1861-1865 (Side bar) General Robert Hatton’s statue is atop of the...
View ArticleSite of Robert H. Hatton Home
Tennessee, Wilson County, LebanonOn this site was the home of Robert H. Hatton that was unfortunately destroyed by fire after the war. He was born in October in 1826, but early in his life his family...
View ArticleSeawell Hill Camp
Tennessee, Wilson County, LebanonYou are standing on Seawell Hill, where Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler’s cavalrymen camped during their raid through Tennessee. They had destroyed parts of the...
View ArticleRome Ferry
Tennessee, Smith County, near CarthageAfter Union Gen. Ebenezer Dumont’s troops surprised Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan’s command at Lebanon on May 5, 1862, Morgan’s men escaped north and rushed...
View ArticleWillard R. Amidon Home
Wisconsin, Washington County, HartfordIn 1883, Willard R. Amidon built this Queen Anne style home for his wife Laura. This home served as the family residence until Laura’s death in 1944. The house has...
View ArticleLohr’s Gas Station
Wisconsin, Washington County, HartfordLohr’s Gas Station was built in 1928 by Lawrence Lohr on the front lawn of his residence at 158 Branch Street. It was operational as a gas station when $1.00 could...
View ArticleWestphal Mansion Inn
Wisconsin, Washington County, HartfordThis stately mansion was built be August and Mary (Schott) Westphal in 1913, on a triangular lot overlooking downtown historic Hartford. The home of brick and...
View ArticlePrehistoric Burial Mound
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, MilwaukeeThe last of a group of Indian Mounds formerly located on a Stone Age village site near this spot and destroyed in recent years. Several were of larger size. Also...
View ArticleThe Catholic Bark Chapel
Wisconsin, Brown County, AllouezBuilt by the Indians for Father Claude Allouez in 1671, this is a replica of Wisconsin's first Catholic Church. The original was part of Mission St. Francis Xavior,...
View ArticleFirst Episcopal Mission in Wisconsin
Wisconsin, Brown County, AllouezNear this site stood the first Episcopal Mission in Wisconsin Founded in 1827 by the Reverend Richard Fish-Cadle Later first director of Nashotah House (Churches, Etc. •...
View ArticleBirthplace of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, MilwaukeeOn Christmas Day 1847, a group of German-speaking settlers, mostly from Pennsylvania, met and founded the German Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church of...
View ArticleSaint Matthew Catholic Parish
Wisconsin, Lafayette County, ShullsburgSt. Matthew Parish was founded by Father Samuel Mazzuchelli OP on August 27, 1935 with the baptism of Henrica Murphy. Worship was held in the cabins of members...
View ArticleCumberland River Campaign
Tennessee, Jackson County, GainesboroNorth of this marker lies the site of Old Columbus, once an important landing on the Cumberland River. In the winter of 1863–1864, the war had disastrous...
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