Vogler-Reynolds House
North Carolina, Forsyth County, LewisvilleLate nineteenth century homestead of James Emmanuel and Elizabeth Irene Standiford Vogler. Residence of Lamb Archibald and Bessie Binkley Reynolds from...
View ArticleMethodist Church Parsonage
North Carolina, Forsyth County, LewisvilleIn 1884 the Forsyth Circuit of the Methodist Church bought this house, known as the Wesley Vogler house, for a parsonage. The Circuit consisted of twelve...
View ArticleGeorge Mock House
North Carolina, Forsyth County, LewisvilleGeorge Mock (1847-1925) built this house in the 1870s and brought his bride, Adeline Shouse, here. The structure of the house had not changed until their son,...
View ArticleLewisville Baptist Church
North Carolina, Forsyth County, LewisvilleLewisville Baptist Church was established in 1881. In 1882 on this highest knoll in the Lewisville village, a 40'x60' wooden building with double doors and a...
View ArticleRacepond Named For "Race Pond"
Georgia, Charlton County, near FolkstonRacepond was named for “Race Pond,” a round cypress pond near here, where, about 1836, United States soldiers ran their horses for sport. The troops were...
View ArticleLewisville United Methodist Church
North Carolina, Forsyth County, LewisvilleThe church was established in 1878 by Methodists from Brookstown and Sharon. The chief founder, Augustus Eugene Conrad, made plans for the first church, a one...
View ArticleShiloh Lutheran Church
North Carolina, Forsyth County, LewisvilleFounded in 1777 as the German Church Beyond Muddy Creek. Named Gerber's Church in 1813. Graveyard and old church site, quarter mile east. Called Shiloh since...
View ArticleJoe DiMaggio's Birthsite
California, Contra Costa County, MartinezJoe DiMaggio was born here 11/25/1914. The 8th of 9 children to parents Giuseppe and Rosalia. Later moved to San Francisco, but returned often to this...
View ArticleHistory of Treck Through Mountains
New Mexico, Hidalgo County, near AnnimasOn November 28, 1896 the Mormon Battalion of the U. S. Army West crossed these mountains near this summit enroute to California during the Mexican War. Col....
View ArticleAll American Veterans
Kansas, Crawford County, Pittsburg Dedicated to the memory of All American Veterans [Dedicated] Nov. 11, 1955 —————— U.S. Army Mothers National honoring Gold Star Members Irene Kinsch, National Comm....
View ArticleThe Freedom Tree
Kansas, Crawford County, Pittsburg With the vision of universal freedom for all mankind this tree is dedicated to Col. William H. Nelson and all Prisoners of War and Missing in Action (Patriots &...
View ArticleSt. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary's Charleston Established 1789 Incorporated February 19, 1791 The first Roman Catholic Church in South Carolina, North...
View ArticleBradford's Landing
Tennessee, Haywood County, near BrownsvilleHiram S. and Miles Bradford inaugurated this landing in 1824. Together with Brownsville Landing, 10 miles upriver, it was a river terminal for the first...
View ArticleStanton Masonic Lodge And School
Tennessee, Haywood County, StantonBuilt in 1871, just six years after the end of the Civil War, the Stanton Lodge and School enjoyed dual purposes from its beginning. Before the arrival of free public...
View ArticleBayonne Terrorist Victims
New Jersey, Hudson County, BayonneIn remembrance of the Bayonne residents who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on our country on February 26, 1993 and September 11, 2001.Dedicated by the...
View ArticleMonument to the Struggle Against World Terrorism
New Jersey, Hudson County, BayonneGiftFrom the people of RussiaPresident Vladimir PutinArtistZurab Tsereteli (Notable Events) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
View ArticleTear of Grief
New Jersey, Hudson County, BayonneGiftfrom the people of RussiaPresident Vladimir PutinThis site will be a homefor the monumentto the struggle againstworld terrorismArtistZurab Tsereteli (Disasters)...
View ArticlePort Jersey Peninsula Preserve
New Jersey, Hudson County, BayonneThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has established preserved areas within the Port Jersey Peninsula to protect and maintain fragile wetlands and wildlife,...
View ArticleCherryvale War Memorial
Kansas, Montgomery County, Cherryvale Erected to the memory of the Union Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War Dedicated in memory of the U.S. Armed Forces of the War with Spain Dedicated in memory of...
View ArticleTurkey Red Wheat
Kansas, Harvey County, Walton Children in Russia hand-picked the first seeds of this famous winter wheat for Kansas. They belonged to Mennonite Colonies preparing to emigrate from the steppes to the...
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