B-52D Stratofortress

"Diamond Lil"

Dedicated to the men and women of the

Strategic Air Command who flew and maintained

the B-52D throughout its 26-year history in the

command. Aircraft 55-083, with over 15,000 flying

hours, is one of two B-52Ds credited with a

confirmed MIG kill ...

Big Gap Flume

In 1859 a wooden suspension flume 2200’ long was constructed across this valley by G.W. Holt and August Conrad as a link in the Golden Rock Ditch system which conveyed the water of the South Fork of the Tuolumne River ...

Site of Tassinong

Oldest Village in Northern Indiana

A French mission and Trading Post - 1673

Post Office Established - 1837

John Jones, P.M.

Incorporated as a Village 1852

by

Joseph Bartholomew and Jesse Spencer

Marker is on Baums Bridge Road near Indiana Route 49, on the left when traveling ...

John Lyman Chatfield

John Lyman Chatfield

Col. 6th Conn. Vols.

Born at Oxford, Sept. 13, 1826

Died at Waterbury, Aug. 9, 1863

From Wounds

Received at Fort Wagner

“Fidus ad Extremum.”

( Faithful to the end ...

Saint Mary's Church of the Visitation

Missionaries served Catholics in Huntsville until 1861, when Father Jeremiah F. Trecy was sent by Bishop John Quinlan to organize this parish. Cornerstone for the building was laid in October 1861. Due to the Civil War the church was not ...

The Home of Caroline Scott Harrison

The home of

Caroline Scott Harrison

First President General

National Society

Daughters of the American Revolution

1890-1892

and

Benjamin Harrison

Twenty Third President of the

United States

Erected in 1871

Presented by

Indiana

Daughers of the American Revoution

October 1959

Bear and Lynx Effigy Mounds

500-1000 A.D.

These mounds were constructed by a people of a hunting and gathering culture who met periodically at ceremonial grounds like this one to bury their dead.

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lakeland Avenue and Maple Avenue, on ...

Fountain City

Before the white man came to this area Indians of the Chippewa, Winnebago and other tribes roamed freely along the Mississippi River. Recorded history tells of an Indian tribal battle that took place on these river banks which was witnessed ...

Ferretti Shrine

The shrine was built for Moccasin Creek pioneer Guiseppe Ferretti by his neighbor Joseph Cavagnaro in 1884. The roadside shrine, believed to be the only one of its kind along Hwy. 49, was reminiscent of the kind found along roadsides ...

“The Famous Esclante Hotel”

The hotel opened March 1, 1907, and was built of steel and concrete in the Mission Style of Spanish architecture. The hotel covered the space 420’ X 200’. Cost was approximately $115,000.

On the ground floor of the structure was the ...