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Bunker Hill Covered Bridge
North Carolina, Catawba County, near ClaremontCounty commissioners, in 1894, called local land owners to build and maintain a bridge across Lyles Creek. In response, landowners hired the services of...
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Herman Haupt
North Carolina, Catawba County, near ClaremontIn 1862, the Secretary of War called on Haupt to assist in the reconstruction of railroads destroyed by retreating Confederates. Haupt was able to both...
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Highway of Exploration
Minnesota, Anoka County, Anoka The Rum and the Mississippi were highways for the earliest recorded European explorers of Minnesota. Many explorers traveled past The Point and some may have camped here...
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Antigua Guatemala UNESCO World Heritage Site
Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, La Antigua GuatemalaLa Antigua Guatemala Santiago de Guatemala Trazada en 1543, Capital del Reino de Guatemala hasta su traslado en 1775. Declarada patrimonio de la humanidad e...
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St. Mary's Mission
Kansas, Linn County, near Centerville Sugar Creek Mission 1839 - 1849 Potawatomi Settlement after a forced march from Northern Indiana A Journey Called "Trail of Death" (Charity & Public Work •...
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Kanza Indian Site?
Kansas, Linn County, near Centerville The rock lined pits in this area pre-date the arrival of the Potawatomi Indians. Theories are that they may have been used for seed or food storage. The rocks here...
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Lake Street and Young Street
New York, Niagara County, WilsonYoung Street and Lake Street. This large cobblestone building was built in 1844 as the home of Luther Wilson. Luther was the eldest child of Reuben Wilson, the founder...
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First School House
New York, Niagara County, WilsonFirst School House Built on This Site in 1820. Almira Welch, First Teacher. (Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 5 photos, GPS...
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The Official End Of World War I
New Jersey, Somerset County, RaritanOn this site stood the estate of U.S. Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. It was here, on July 2, 1921, that President Warren G. Harding signed a joint congressional...
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Site of Log House Built in 1818 by Reuben Wilson
New York, Niagara County, WilsonSite of Log House Built in 1818 by Reuben Wilson Founder of the Town of Wilson (Notable Buildings • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos,...
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Nicholas J. Clayton
Texas, Galveston County, GalvestonA native of Ireland, Nicholas Joseph Clayton emigrated to Ohio with his widowed mother in the early 1840s. After serving in the Union navy during the Civil War, he...
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World War II Memorial
Alabama, Elmore County, WetumpkaDedicated by Alabama Mills, Inc. In honor of those who served so gallantly In World War II 1941-1945 and In memory of the following who made the supreme sacrifice R.D....
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Independence County Office and Library
Arkansas, Independence County, BatesvilleThis building was constructed in 1904 by the federal government for the U.S. Postal Office and the Batesville division of federal court for the Eastern District...
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Batesville During The Civil War
Arkansas, Independence County, BatesvilleUnion soldiers occupied Batesville twice during the Civil War. Gen. Samuel Curtis's Army of the Southwest camped near this site in May 1862 while threatening...
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Arkansas Methodist Conference
Arkansas, Independence County, BatesvilleThe Arkansas conference of the Methodist Church created 1836. Composing Arkansas and parts of Louisiana and Indian Territory, held its first session November 2,...
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Lafferty Memorial Church
Arkansas, Independence County, BatesvilleLafferty disbanded in 1969 and its members requested the church at 8th and Neeley be sold and funds divided between Philander Smith College and the First United...
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Gen. Basil W. Duke, C.S.A. - Basil W. Duke (1838-1916)
Kentucky, Scott County, GeorgetownObverse Gen. Basil W. Duke, C.S.A. A close associate of brother-in-law John Hunt Morgan, Duke provided tactics, discipline, and spirit, major elements of success of...
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Remember the Raisin!
Kentucky, Scott County, GeorgetownRendezvous of Kentucky Volunteers, Aug. 15, 1812, ordered to relieve Gen. Hull at Detroit. Kentuckians took Frenchtown (Monroe) on Raisin River Jan. 18, 1813. Four...
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Coldstream Farm
Kentucky, Fayette County, LexingtonFamous Kentucky horse farm. Known earlier as McGrathiana. The home of Aristides, the first winner of the Kentucky Derby. (Animals • Sports) Includes location,...
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Ellerslie
Kentucky, Fayette County, LexingtonThe home which stood on this site from 1787 to 1947 was built by Levi Todd (1756-1807), who named it for his ancestral village in Scotland. He was one of a party of...
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