Muskego Beach Amusement Park

Muskego Beach was once the highest class of amusement park. Rides like Bubble Bounce, Screwball, dodgem’, Tail Spin, Wild Mouse, Walking Charlie, and other attractions filled the air with excitement and thrills. During its peak, a quarter million people, young ...

Sounds from the past...hoof beats and heartbeats.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

Pro- and anti-slavery forces made their way to this area on horseback and on foot in the fight over whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. Skirmishes, scuffles and screams could be heard ...

Second Farmer's Bank of Carson Valley

The Second Farmer's Bank was constructed in 1918 and operated until 1968. The bank had sound financial resources for its size and in 1933, following a bank moratorium called by President Roosevelt, Farmer's Bank was among the first in the ...

The Battle of Olustee

(Front):The Battle of Olustee was fought

on this ground

February 20th, 1864.

Between 5,000 Confederate troops

commanded by General Joseph E. Finegan

and 6,000 Federal troops under

General Truman Seymour.

The Federals were defeated with

a loss of 2,000 men.

The Confederate loss

was less than 1,000.

(Back):To the men who ...

Second Brigade

Twelfth Corps

Army of the Potomac

Twelfth Corps

Second Brigade

Col. George A. Cobham, Jr.

Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Kane

29th. 109th. 111th. Pennsylvania Infantry

July 1 Arrived late in the afternoon and took position in support of a section of Battery K 5th U.S. on the ...

The Erie Canal / Albany Basin

The Erie Canal.

This site marks the east

end of the canal, opened in

1825. It carried products

and people between the

Hudson River and Lake Erie

Albany Basin.

For nearly 100 years boats

entered the Erie Canal at

nearby Lock 1, bringing

work, tradition and fame

to the State’s ...

Federal Building

U.S. Courthouse

Entered on the National Register of Historic Places

June 7, 1974

Federal Building

U.S. Courthouse

Downtown Postal Station

Tampa, Florida

James Knox Taylor

Architect      1902

This property significantly contributes to the

nation's cultural heritage

Commemorated June 1976

Gerald R. ...

Lisbon Plank School

First school in Lisbon-Sussex was built possibly as early as 1839 no later than 1841, by George Elliot, using stone from James Weaver’s nearby quarry (presently Halquist’s). Earliest school commissioners David Bonham, Sherman Botsford, & R. Blount set up first ...

Sounds along the byway...anxiety and anticipation in the creak o

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

Westward bound settlers crossed and traveled the Frontier Military Road as they headed to new land and new lives. These migrants faced the unknown with anxiety and anticipation in search of a better life. The Sante Fe ...

Hampton Roads – World’s Greatest Harbor

Historical Events Passing the Shores of Olde Wythe

The body of water before you, named Hampton Roads, is one of the world’s biggest, deepest, natural harbors. It is formed at the mouths of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers and empties ...