F-4J Phantom II

BuNo. 153077

The F-4 Phantom II was a two seat supersonic

long range all weather fighter-bomber

originally built for the US Navy. The Phantom II

began service aboard aircraft carriers in the

early 1960s, and would set many speed and

Jesse K. Dubois House

This was the home of Jesse K. Dubois and his family from 1859 to 1864. Dubois was the Illinois State Auditor, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln and his most important political ally in this neighborhood. One of the Dubois ...

Julia Sprigg House

Mrs. Sprigg, a widow, purchased this house in 1853 and used it as a residence for herself and her children until 1869.She became close friends with her neighbor, Mrs. Lincoln; Mrs. Sprigg's daughter often babysat for the younger Lincoln boys.

Marker ...

The Old Spanish Trail – Armijo's Route

On January 8, 1830, the first pack train to pass from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Los Angles crossed Las Vegas Valley. Antonio Armijo, a merchant in Santa Fe, commanded the train and roughly sixty men. The successful completion of ...

Sergeant Jasper

A Memorial to the Valor of

Sergeant Jasper

who at Fort Moultrie on June 28, 1776 gallantly rescued his regimental flag during heavy cannonading by the British Fleet under Sir Peter Parker

Erected by the North Carolina Pine Association

G.J. ...

General John Ashe

Stamp Act patriot; Speaker of the House. Colonel under Tryon in “War of Regulation.” Revolutionary General. Home stood 2 miles east.

Marker is on U.S. 117 north of Simpson Lane, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jakes Corner - An Arizona Stage Stop

In 1916, Jakes Corner originally called Felton, started as a stage stop, on the Annie Hardt homestead.

As a pull out on the road to Globe, stages used to stop and wait as the occasional flooding Salt River receded. Annie Hardt ...

Chattahoochee County Jail

Side 1:

This jail is situated on property that was purchased soon after the county was created on February 13, 1854. Mr. Asbury Bryan was paid $1,250 for the original two-story log jail that was completed by July 20, 1855, under ...

Arthur Horace James (1883-1973)

Prominent Pennsylvania Republican politician and public official. Elected Luzerne County District Attorney, 1919-1926; Lieutenant Governor, 1927-1931; and Governor, 1939-1943. Served as a Judge on the Superior Court of the Commonwealth, 1933-1938, and was a Republican presidential primary candidate in 1940. ...

"The Great Peace Jubilee"

On July 1-4, 1913, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg was celebrated with the first joint reunion for all Union and Confederate veterans, many of whom fought here in 1863.

53,407 veterans attended. 44,713 Union and 8,694 Confederate. A ...