Lafayette McLaws
Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah Lafayette McLaws Major General Confederate States Army Born Augusta Ga. January 15th, 1821. Died Savannah Ga. July 24th 1897. (War, US Civil) Includes location,...
View ArticleRoute of El Camino Real
Texas, Brazos County, near BryanGreat thoroughfare of pioneer Texas, stretching 1,000 miles from Saltillo, Mexico, to present Louisiana. The general route followed ancient Indian and buffalo trails,...
View ArticleElite Cafe
Texas, McLennan County, WacoThe first Elite cafe opened in downtown Waco in 1919 and was acquired by the Greek immigrant Colias family in 1920. The Colias brothers opened this Elite cafe in 1941 on...
View ArticleMoseley's Ferry
Texas, Burleson County, near CaldwellSituated where the Old San Antonio Road crossed the Brazos River, this public ferry was begun by Michael Boren (1806-75) about 1846. The ferry and a settlement...
View ArticleCathcart Cemetery
Indiana, Elkhart County, Bristol Cathcart Cemetery Established circa 1834 A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...
View ArticleBonneyville Cemetery
Indiana, Elkhart County, near Bristol Bonneyville Cemetery Established 1848 A Historic Cemetery Listed in Indiana's Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources...
View ArticlePioneer Monument
Minnesota, Brown County, New Ulm east side In memory of our honored brave who fell in defence of The Union. north side In memory of those who fell in defence of New Ulm 1862. west side In memory of...
View ArticleWilliam Tuffs Memorial
Indiana, Elkhart County, near Bristol (Metal Tablet) In Memory of William Tuffs A member of The Boston Tea Party Erected by Improved Order of Redmen (Stone Tablet) William Tuffs Born June 11, 1750 Died...
View ArticleCathcart Memorial / Nicholson Memorial
Indiana, Elkhart County, Bristol (Side One) Buried in this cemetery were two soldiers. Befitting the honor due and so that future generations will always know this marker was dedicated July 4th 1956 by...
View ArticleThe Old Town Armory/Barracks
Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck Gleichzeitig mit der Anlage der Innsbucker Altstadt um 1180/1204 als Stadtburg der Grafen von Andechs, Herzoge von Meranien errichtet und vom 15. bis 18. Jh. als “inneres”...
View ArticleJacques Weil Company
Louisiana, Acadia Parish, RayneJacques Weil and brothers, Edmond and Gontran, came to Rayne from Paris in 1901 and established a mercantile business that shipped frogs to restaurants and universities...
View ArticleJohn Siney
Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, St. ClairPioneering labor organizer and leader of the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association (WBA) of Schuylkill County, a union of anthracite mineworkers. Formed nearby...
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Wisconsin, Racine County, Racine John M. Anderson, elephant trainer with the Great Wallace Circus Show, died in Racine on June 3, 1898 at the age of 54 when he was killed by his elephant. (Animals •...
View Article416th Bomb Group
Missouri, Ozark County, Gainesville416th Bombardment Group (L) World War II • European Theater 1943 - 1945 A26 Invader - First Group in the World A20 Havoc - First 9th Air Force Group in ETO Squadrons...
View ArticleCooper Cabin
California, Monterey County, near Big SurAnderw Molera State Park was once part of a Mexican land grant known as the Rancho El Sur. Though granted in 1834 to Juan Bautista Alvarado, later governor of...
View ArticleHome of Capt. James Cass
California, San Luis Obispo County, CayucosBuilt of lumber shipped from San Francisco 1867-1875. Capt. Cass, an Englishman, came to California in 1849, settling in Cayucos in 1867 he built the wharf...
View ArticleSacramento Pioneers Society
California, Sacramento County, SacramentoThe Pioneer Hall was built in 1868 as headquarters of the Sacramento Society of California Pioneers, which was organized February 6, 1853. It has been owned and...
View ArticlePioneer Hall
California, Sacramento County, SacramentoConstructed in 1868. Headquarters of Sacramento Society of California Pioneers Founded 1854Sacramento Pioneer Foundation Incorporated 1966 Plaque dedicated...
View ArticleGeneseo School
California, San Luis Obispo County, Paso RoblesBuilt by local families and named after their hometown of Geneseo, Illinois. Purchased in the mid-1960s by Linden Chandler and moved to his Creston ranch....
View ArticleIn Memory Of
California, San Luis Obispo County, Paso RoblesThe boys of the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital District who made the supreme sacrifice in World War IIThomas C. Calvert • William O. Cottle • Joseph G....
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