African Americans and the Waterfront

Richmond Riverfront

African Americans and the waterfront

The Richmond waterfront is steeped in African American history. From the early days when Richmond was a colonial trading post, free, indentures, and enslaved African Americans lived and worked in the area. Later, the Richmond ...

Pardee Field

At 5 a.m. the One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Penna. Volunteers (Lt. Col. Ario Pardee Jr.) was ordered to charge and carry the stone wall occupied by the enemy this they did in handsome style their firing causing heavy loss to ...

Toveri Tupa – Finnish Hall

August Trille, Designer, 1908

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1979

Toward the end of the 19th-century, a large Finnish immigrant community was located in west Berkeley. Together they constructed this wooden building which integrates traditional Finnish and American vernacular elements. An auditorium ...

First Oil Well in Tulsa County

First oil well in Tulsa County, completed on June 25, 1901 .4 mi west by Drs. J.C.W. Bland and Fred S. Clinton. This well brought first nation wide publicity and oil boom to Indian Ter. rapid industrial development made Tulsa ...

Oklahoma's First Waterflood

Injection of water into an oil reservoir to increase recovery was first attempted in Oklahoma on an oil lease 5.8 miles east of this location.

From that effort, a recovery method previously used in eastern fields was adapted to conditions ...

In Memory of More Than 400 Prominent United States Colored Troop

In Memory of more than 400 prominent United States Colored Troops from Kent County, Maryland who bravely displayed extraordinary acts of heroism as they faithfully served their country with courage & honor in an attempt to gain freedom & equality ...

Fullen Market Building

Henry S. Patton, Builder

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1985

Built by a real-estate developer during the East Bay building boom that followed the 1906 earthquake, this corner store anchored the southwestern boundary of the neighborhood once known as Regents Park. For ...

The First Academy of Richmond County

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One block east on Bay Street was opened as a

boys' classicial school on April 12, 1785. Here

President George Washington attended

examinations in 1791. The buildings housed the

General Assembly of Georgia when Augusta

was the capital, the Federal ...

War of 1812 Soldiers Buried in Bond County

In memory of the

who are buried in

Bond County

Amos Balch • Ansel Birge

Welshier Buchanan • William Burgess

Allen Comer • John Etzler

Daniel Ferguson • John Floyd

Boling Grigg • Bonham Harlan

T. S. Hubbard • Joseph Hunter

Francis Jett • Nicholas Koonce

Joseph McAdams • ...

War of 1812 Gravesites

Two War of 1812 soldiers while on a march from Plattsburgh to Sackets Harbor, died and are buried on this historic spot.

Marker is on Russell-Pierrepont Road (County Route 24) 1.3 miles south of New York Route 56, on the left ...