The Rondout Creek Suspension Bridge

Between the 1840’s and early 1920’s ferries were used to transport people and vehicles across the Rondout Creek. The last was a chain ferry affectionately nicknamed the “Skillypot”, Dutch for tortoise, apt for both its appearance and speed. This ...

William Porcher Miles

In Green Hill Cemetery is the grave of William Porcher Miles, who was a Congressman from SC, a signer of the SC Ordinance of Secession and a member of the Confederate Congress. During the Civil War he served on the ...

Crook's Occupation of Union

Confederate Union under Federal Control

In May 1864, as Union Gen. George Crook led his force through Union on a Sunday morning after his victory at Cloyd’s Mountain, VA., on May 9, “there was a Sabbath stillness, scarcely anyone to be ...

Salt Sulphur

Opened as a resort in 1820. Main building erected about 1823. Martin Van Buren, Clay, and Calhoun among prominent guests. General Jenkins and other Confederate leaders made headquarters here during several campaign.

Marker is at the intersection of Koontz Road (U.S. ...

Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins

(1844 - 1891)

The Northern Paiute name Thocmetony (Shell-flower) was bestowed on this valiant daughter of Chief Winnemucca, and grandchild of the redoubtable Captain Truckee -- a friend and supporter of General John C. Fremont. Sarah sought understanding between her people ...

Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works

c. 1863

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of 3rd Street and Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Street.

Frank W. Barker, George J. Kennedy, Walter James, Earnest R. Tip

Members of the

Civilian Conservation Corps

Company 1212

Paradise Camp F-5

who gave their lives for the conservation

of Nevada's Natural Resources, while fighting fire

about three miles east

of this point on July 28, 1939.

Marker is on U.S. 95 0.6 miles north of Buffalo Hetrick ...

"Big" Bill Murphy

This statue depicts Big Bill Murphy, hero of the tragic Tonopah Belmont Mine fire that killed 17 miners on February 23, 1911. Murphy went down in the mine cage a number of times to bring up stricken miners.

On the last ...

Reserve Corps

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger

Reserve Corps.

Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger.

Sept. 20, 1863, 1 P.M.

1st Division - Brig. Gen. James B. Steedman.

2nd Brigade, 2nd Division - Col. Daniel McCook.

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On the morning of the 20th of September the Reserve Corps was in the vicinity ...

Utah-Idaho Sugar Company

Former site of the

The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company after determining that sugar beet seed was a good cash crop, bought these grounds and started production that would last for nearly fifty years.

Sugar beets were planted in the fall in the Bloomington ...