Forward Brothers Sawmill

Site of

The original Forward Brother’s, Alfred T. and Frank, established the mill in 1908. The mill was moved from the original site which was where the Mt. Lassen Vineyards are now.

Alfred died in 1931 and Frank went on with the ...

Jerry Wurf

1919 - - - - - 1981

President, the American Federation of State,

County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME),

1964 - 1981

As president of AFSCME, Jerry Wurf was responsible for the union’s growth from 240,000 to one million members. He also helped ...

Mount of the Holy Cross

It is as if God has set His sign, His seal, His promise there – a beacon upon the very center and height of the Continent to all its people and all its generations…as if here was a great supply ...

1914 United Confederate Veterans Reunion

On these grounds, May 6-9, 1914, the United Confederate Veterans celebrated their 24th annual reunion. Expecting no more than 25,000 reunion goers, the city was nearly overwhelmed when an estimated 70,000 visitors including 8,000 Veterans converged on Jacksonville. The average ...

Discovering the Colorful History of Columbus

Commemorating Columbus’ Sesquicentennial 1856-2006

The mural reveals important moments in the city’s development by “peeling through” eight of the numerous layers of time from the present to the past.

An aspect of the mural is the transition of color through the piece. ...

Fort Arnold

Fort Arnold was renamed Fort Clinton following Benedict Arnold’s treason. It was the main fortification at West Point. Situated at the tip of the Plain overlooking the Hudson River, Fort Arnold, containing 12 cannon, 11 mortars and supported by ...

Franklintown Chapel

The Franklintown community was first populated by ex-slaves from the Samuel Harrison plantation. Franklintown Chapel's congregation was organized in 1880 by Trinity M.E. Church, located in the City of Fernandina at the north end of Amelia Island. The Reverend J.G. ...

McDonald Oil Field

Oil was first struck here in 1890, and in 1891 and 1892 the field yielded the highest levels of oil in the world. Second only in Pa. history to the Bradford Oil Field in both size and production, it was ...

The Franklin Springs

For the first hundred years. Franklin Springs existed as a famous health resort. The Springs, as well as the County, was named for Benjamin Franklin. Three types of water flowed strongly from these springs, mineral, sulphur and freestone.

Preceding the Civil ...

Father Flanagan Historic House

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Courtesy hmdb.org