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Messerer Trapper Cabin
The Swan Valley was homesteaded in the early 1900s. Many h...
Northern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision, Silver Bow, MT
There was no railroad into Montana in August 1864 when fou...
A History Shaped by Hurricanes
Pensacola’s residents have endured more than 450 yea...
The Ballard House
The Ballard House
This wooden home ...
Colonial Parkway Bridges
The meticulous landscaping undertaken during the constr...
Construction of Halfway Creek Bridge
Construction of the bridge across Halfway Creek. Finish...
Bellfield Plantation
Bellfield Plantation
The Bellfield house site and ...
Nathaniel Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
Among the tombs in the burial grou...
Glebe Land
Glebe Land
After 1619 these 100 acres of land were...
Footbridge and Tobacco Road
Footbridge and Tobacco Road.
This foot bridge cros...
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Messerer Trapper Cabin
The Swan Valley was homesteaded in the early 1900s. Many homesteaders relied on income from trapping to pay taxes and to purchase food and supplies they weren’t able to produce on their land.
Fred Messerer lived on the Swan Clearwater ...
Northern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision, Silver Bow, MT
There was no railroad into Montana in August 1864 when four prospectors found gold along the banks of Silver Bow Creek in Montana.[1] As prospectors built cabins there and on the nearby butte (now the City of Butte), they were ...
A History Shaped by Hurricanes
Pensacola’s residents have endured more than 450 years of destructive hurricanes. The first historically recorded hurricane overwhelmed Don Tristán de Luna’s 1559 colonization attempt, destroying most of the ships in his fleet. In 1752, another hurricane drove a subsequent Spanish ...
The Ballard House
The Ballard House
This wooden home was built in the early part of the 18th century and it is quite remarkable that it still stands today. It was built sometime between 1706 and 1709 and it was acquired ...
Colonial Parkway Bridges
The meticulous landscaping undertaken during the construction of the Colonial Parkway in the 1930s is evident to this day.
Construction of Halfway Creek Bridge
Construction of the bridge across Halfway Creek. Finished in 1942 this bridge, along with the Colonial Parkway tunnel, was one of the few federal highway construction projects completed during World War II.
Bellfield Plantation
Bellfield Plantation
The Bellfield house site and graveyard are located some 300 yards to the east. This was the home of two early Virginia governors; Captain John West in 1632 and Edward Digges produced superior tobacco and led attempts to ...
Nathaniel Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon
Among the tombs in the burial ground of the Ringfield family is a marker to Colonel Nathaniel Bacon who was prominent in Virginia affairs in the last half of the seventeenth century. He was a kinsman but an ...
Glebe Land
Glebe Land
After 1619 these 100 acres of land were set aside for the benefit of the Jamestown parish church and minister. Richard Buck was the first clergyman to have use of it. Later on Francis Bolton became minister at ...
Footbridge and Tobacco Road
Footbridge and Tobacco Road.
This foot bridge crosses a deep ravine. Underneath the footbridge is a path that in the 18th Century was known as Tobacco Road.
Tobacco, in the 17th and 18th centuries, was a valuable form of currency. ...
