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The Capital City Guards
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryIn July 1885, the state Adjutant General authorized the organization of a black infantry company known as the Capital City Guards. Joseph L. Ligon was elected...
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Forest Avenue's Medical Facilities / Oak Park Montgomery's First Public Park
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomerySide A Forest Avenue's Medical Facilities With the growth of the Highland Park suburb in the 1890s, a medical community developed along Forest Avenue. In 1895, Dr....
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Johnnie R. and Arlam Carr, Sr. Home
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryThis home was originally owned in 1901 by Emily V. Semple. It changed hands several times until purchased by Flora K. Daniels and Arlam and Johnnie R. Carr, Sr....
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The Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Federal Building and US Courthouse
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomerySide 1 Named in honor of Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. (1918-1999), who served here as U.S. District Judge from 1955-1979, as U.S. Circuit Judge of the United States...
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A Family's Proud Heritage
Minnesota, Renville County, near Sacred Heart This land was first tilled in 1867 by Ole Enestvedt and a pair of oxen with a single bottom plow. The early years were hard, back-breaking years as...
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Civil War Memorial
Kansas, Allen County, near Moran In memory of Our Fallen Comrades May 30, 1893 (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
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Civil War Memorial
Kansas, Bourbon County, Bronson In memory of the Heroes of '61-'65. May the deeds of valor of them and their comrades forever inspire love of liberty and country. (Man-Made Features • Patriots &...
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Historical Village of Hero Named in Honor of Private Jesse Taylor
Pennsylvania, Greene County, near JollytownThe village of Hero was originally located on the land where this sign now proudly stands. Today Hero is identified by a dot on most county maps. Even so the...
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Ladies Memorial Association
Alabama, Montgomery County, MontgomeryTo the Ladies Memorial Association formed in this auditorium April 1866 for the purpose of ministering to the living Confederate soldier and to keep in remembrance...
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Toll Gate Hill
New York, Niagara County, LockportToll Gate built and owned by the Lockport - Wrights Corners Plank Road Co. One of three toll roads in Niagara County 1849-1905. (Roads & Vehicles) Includes...
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Lockport Bank
New York, Niagara County, LockportEstablished 1829. First and only bank in Niagara County until 1837. Used as bank until 1852. (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS...
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Tabor Bridge
New York, Niagara County, WilsonDr. Hiram B. Tabor, Wilson Physician for 45 years, built this house beside bridge in 1846 on land acquired from Simon Sheldon. (Bridges & Viaducts) Includes...
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Leake - Stillwell Mills
New Jersey, Hunterdon County, WhitehouseSite of the Leake-Stillwell Grist & Fulling Mills. c1757 (Colonial Era • Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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The Kittelsland Water Wheel
Minnesota, Renville County, near Sacred Heart This water wheel was put to use about 100 years ago, (around 1900) in this creek to pump water to a storage tank in Peter and Gunhild (Enestvedt)...
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IRA Volunteers Honor Roll
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Throughout this city the Republican Movement has marked the spots, with commemorative plaques where IRA Volunteers died on active...
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Motorman
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, County Londonderry, Derry-Londonderry Free Derry ended at 4am on 30th July 1972 when thousands of British troops in tanks and armoured cars invaded the Bogside and...
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Fort Malden Points of Interest
Ontario, Essex County, AmherstburgFort Malden Points of Interest • Fort Malden Points d'intérêt (1) Visitor Centre 1939 Centre d'accueil 1939 (2) Military Pensioner's Cottage circa 1851 (Restoration)...
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The Enestvedt Marker
Minnesota, Renville County, near Sacred Heart This memorial to Ole O. and Anne Enestvedt and their children is near the location of the log and dugout home of these Norwegian immigrants. This pioneer...
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Newgate Tavern
Virginia, Fairfax County, CentrevilleThe Tavern William Carr Lane established the Newgate Tavern ca. 1768 on what was then a main route to the west. In the early 1800s, the tavern (renamed the Eagle...
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A Cotton Kingdom
Alabama, Lawrence County, CourtlandSide A A combination of rich soil, mild climate and ready access to market via river and later railroad made Courtland an early center of cotton production. From...
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