The DeForest Block

Erected - 1887

The DeForest Block, built in 1887, was Mr. Henry L. DeForest's first brick building in the downtown commercial district. It is one of the oldest brick buildings in Sanford and the only one that survived the disastrous fire ...

41st Ohio Infantry

Hazen's Brigade - Nelson's Division

(front)

Ohio

41st Infantry,

Commanded by

Lt. Col. George S.

Mygatt

Hazen's

(19th)Brigade

Nelson's

(4th)Division

Army of the

Ohio

(back)

This regiment advanced to this point Monday morning, April 7, 1862, where it became engaged at 10 a.m. It had present 18 officers and 355 men. Its loss was ...

Glencoe - Life in the Mill Village

From Farm to Factory

The whole matter of providing attractive and comfortable habitations for cotton operatives [is] summarized in the statement that they are essentially a rural people…while their condition is in most cases decidedly bettered by going to the factory, ...

19th Ohio Infantry

Boyle's Brigade - Crittenden's Division

(front)

Ohio

19th Infantry

Commanded by

Col. Samuel Beatty

Boyle's (11th) Brigade

Crittenden's (5th) Division

Army of the Ohio

(back)

This regiment arrived on the field about midnight. Monday morning, April 7, 1862, it advanced to this position where it was engaged about 10 a.m. ...

Laona School Forest

In 1927 this tract of land was purchased for the Laona School Forest, the first in Wisconsin and the United States. It was dedicated April 22, 1928.

Motivated by the suggestion of Dean H.L. Russell, of the College of Agriculture, University ...

Taft Homestead Site

In 1799, Aaron Taft settled on a 100-acre farm on Taft Hill. His grandson, Alphonso, born here in 1810, served as Secretary of War and Attorney General under President Grant, and as Minister to Austria-Hungary and Russia. Alphonso’s son, William ...

Esplanade/Fountain Square

Since 1826, the Esplanade has been the traditional center of Springfield and Clark County. The National Road passed within one block of “Market Square” as it was then called. Three city halls, several hotels, train stations, and numerous commercial interests ...

The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Anima

Near this site occurred

the incident which led to the formation of

The San Francisco

Society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Animals

on April 8, 1868

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James Sloan Hutchinson, a pioneer banker witnessing nearby an act of ...

13th Ohio Infantry

Smith's Brigade - Crittenden's Division

(front)

Ohio

13th Infantry

Commanded by

Lt. Col. Jos. G. Hawkins

W.S. Smith's (14th) Brigade

Crittenden's (5th) Division

Army of the Ohio

(back)

This regiment bivouacked Sunday night in front of the siege guns. It advanced Monday morning, April 7, 1862, and became engaged here ...

Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Inventor of the telegraph

To honor and perpetuate

his memory this plaque

is presented by the

members of the

Morse Telegraph Club

1968

Upper Monument:

Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Born

Charlestown Mass:

April XXVII

1791

Died

April 11

1872

Marker can be reached from Orchard Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...