William Howard Taft / Robert Alphonso Taft

William Howard Taft

Born here on September 15, 1857, William Howard Taft is the only American to have served as President and Chief Justice of the United States. His unique career of public service began after he graduated from ...

Confederate Saltpeter Works

Civil War Industrial Center

Although saltpeter (potassium nitrate or nitre), an essential element in the manufacture of gunpowder, had been mined at Organ Cave since the eighteenth century, the need for the mineral increased dramatically during the Civil War. Several saltpeter ...

Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage

Introduction

The idea of painting murals on the floodwall first occurred to lifetime residents Dr. Louis R. and Ava Chaboudy in 1992 after viewing outdoor murals in Steubenville, Ohio. An ad hoc committee was formed and the decision was made to ...

All Saints' Episcopal Church

c.1851

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Court Streets and 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Court Streets.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fancher Pony Truss Bridge

Hiram B. Trout and his brother, Everett Trout, were born on a farm about five miles north of this location. They operated a machine shop in Shelbyville, Illinois in the late 1800’s at which in time they invented and patented ...

Historic Pine Valley Mountain

To the north stands historic Pine Valley Mountain, one of the best known and most historic mountains of the Southern Utah Rockies. Indian legends carry traditions of this imposing landmark back many generations. To the Mormon Pioneers it furnished fuel ...

Adair Spring

Birthplace of Utah's Dixie

In early 1857 Brigham Young called a group of Southerners on a cotton mission to southern Utah to raise cotton. Samuel Newton Adair, the leader of ten families, arrived at this spot Apr. 15, 1857, after leaving ...

Prominent Pioneer Men and Women Who Helped Settle Washington Cit

Present city officials and citizens of Washington City desired to pay tribute to early prominent pioneers who first settled here in 1857. These pioneers sacrificed their all while improving conditions in this harsh, dry, hot inhospitable, mosquito-infested area. This spot ...

ZCMI Co-op Building

1872 - 1875

Official outlet of ZCMI (Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution), "America's First Department Store." This building housed the Zions Co-op Rio Virgin Manufacturing Company from 1872-1875. It was part of the ZCMI co-operative system which served more than 150 communities ...

The Temple and Honeymoon Trails

The Temple Trail

The temple trail is the route used from 1871 to 1877 to haul timber from Mt. Trumbull, Arizona, to St. George, Utah, for the building of the St. George LDS Temple. Pioneers traveled 80 miles along the ...