Park Theatre
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, AugustaBuilt in 1949 by D. Eli and Dorothy Frank, this was one of the last single-screen theaters built in Kalamazoo County. The Art Moderne-inspired structure is a Quonset...
View ArticleCooper Congregational Church
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Cooper Township (Side One) In 1843 the Reverends Mason Knappen and Ova Hoyt organized the Cooper Congregational Church with families from New York and Vermont. Church...
View ArticleW.K. Kellogg House
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, near Hickory CornersW.K. Kellogg (1860-1951) founded the Toasted Corn Flake Company of Battle Creek in 1906. In 1925, Kellogg and his second wife, Dr. Carrie Staines, a...
View ArticleOur Beloved Brothers
Georgia, Chatham County, Pooler 2nd Lt Nicholas A Constantinos 445 BG 701 Sq KIA 5-8-44 RM3 William A Constantinos USS Shark II KIA 10-24-44 (War, World II) Includes location, directions, 4...
View Article"Ottoburg" Castle
Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck Spätgotischer Wohnturm, seit 1476 urkundlich nachweisbar. Der spätere Kaiser Maximilian I. verlieh den “Turn” 1497 an den Fürsten Rudolf von Anhalt, nach dessen Tod (1515) nur...
View ArticleFirst Office Building of the Tyrolean Provincial Assembly
Austria, Tyrol, InnsbruckErstes Amtshaus der Tiroler Landstände (Landhaus) Wohl aus zwei Bürgerhäusern zusammen=gewachsen, trug diese Haus um 1536 die Bezeichnung “Zum guldenen Engl” und wurde 1613 von...
View ArticleTradition of Washington Spring
Maryland, Garrett County, OaklandThe flat land beside the little Youghiogheny River on the western edge of Oakland has two items of historic interest. First, it contains a spring, and according to...
View ArticleDeLano Homestead
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, near Cooper TownshipWilliam Smith DeLano (1819-1901) was a southwestern Michigan pioneer settler. He built this modest Greek Revival style house in 1858. A native of western...
View ArticleCommunity Library
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, RichlandThe Ladies Library Association raised the funds to build this Classical Revival style building, which was completed in 1910. After serving as a private library for...
View ArticleThe Original Skyline Club Sign
Texas, Travis County, AustinIn 1947, C.J. Stark opened the original Skyline Club in North Austin. For the better part of a half a century this neon giant heralded the likes of Patsy Cline, Roger...
View ArticleThe First Presbyterian Church
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Richland (Side One) Settlers from Hudson, Ohio, came to the Richland area (then known as Gull Prairie) in 1830. A year later, a Presbyterian congregation was organized....
View ArticleThe Battle of Mobile Bay
Alabama, Baldwin County, Gulf ShoresEager to attack Mobile Bay since 1862, U. S. Admiral David Farragut knew he could not capture control of the lower bay without the support of the army and without a...
View ArticleStrahl's Brigade
Tennessee, Hamilton County, ChattanoogaStrahl's Brigade Stewart's Division - Breckinridge's Corps. Advanced Line. 4th and 5th Tennessee, Col. J. J. Lamb. Nov. 25, 1863 3. P.M. The rifle pit two hundred...
View Article42nd Indiana
Tennessee, Hamilton County, Chattanooga42nd Indiana Infantry. Lieut. Col. W.T.B. McIntire. Nov. 25, 1863. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View Article38th Indiana
Tennessee, Hamilton County, Chattanooga38th Indiana Infantry. Lieut. Col. D. F. Griffin. Nov. 25, 1863. 7 Wounded. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleGregory B. Jarvis and Roger B. Chaffee Memorial
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, Portage Gregory B. Jarvis August 24, 1944 January 28, 1986 Born in Detroit Michigan, Payload Specialist, Gregory Jarvis and his crew members, Ellison Onizuka, Michael Smith,...
View ArticleFirst Religious Service in Kalamazoo County
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, RichlandThis tablet commemorates the first religious service held in Kalamazoo County. It was conducted by John Barnes and Seldon Norton in May 1830, under an oak one and...
View ArticleFor A Pal
Michigan, Kalamazoo County, PortageThis sculpture is dedicated to all my Navy shipmates, Marine, Army and Coast Guard buddies, and allies of all faiths who served in the Guadalcanal Campaign from...
View ArticleJohnson's Division
Tennessee, Hamilton County, ChattanoogaU.S.A. Johnson's Division. Right of Assault. Nov. 25, 1863. (War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleResidence of Richard Wagner
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Mansfeld-Südharz District, Lutherstadt Eisleben In this home, Richard Wagner stayed with his step-uncle, Master Goldsmith Carl Geyer, from 19 September 1822 for some time....
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