Fountain City

Thomas A. Holmes (1804-1888) established the first permanent settlement in Buffalo County in 1839 at the present site of Fountain City. In the fall of that year Holmes and a party of twelve including his wife came up the Mississippi ...

Atkins Gift

She was a woman of few words, but her wealth spoke volumes. Mary Atkins had been a school teacher in her younger years, and didn’t marry until her early forties when she met and fell in love with widower, ...

Sterling Furnace

This tablet was erected by the

Daughters of the Revolution

State of New York

June 23, 1906

To commemorate the ruins of

Sterling Furnace

Which was built on this spot in 1751.

This furnace is believed to have been the first place in the State of ...

KC: On Flight

From TWA to Executive Beechcraft, Kansas City has some big names to drop when it comes to our aviation history. The original TWA headquarters still stands at the Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport, though space-constriction caused operations to be ...

3rd Mo Infnt'y

3rd Mo Infnt'y

U.S.A.

Near this point

Night of Nov. 25, 1863

Marker is on Ridge Road north of South Crest Place, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Indiana State Meeting of the Christian Churches

First

Indiana State

Meeting

of the

Christian Churches

(Disciples of Christ)

was held in

Central Christian Church.

Then on the South Side

of Kentucky Avenue

between Capitol and

Senate Avenues,

June 7-11, 1839This marker dedicated at the 125th anniversary state ...

First Bank and Trust Co.

1922

Built as a bank, it operated until 11.20.1930

when it closed. Reorganized by local

investors, it reopened 2 weeks later as

State Trust Co., merged later with

Northwestern Bank, then First Union Bank

until 1998. Designed by prominent

architect Erle Stillwell.

Marker is on North Main Street ...

Original Home of the Stolley Family

Stolley State Park

Wilhelm Stolley

April 6, 1831 - May 17, 1911

Wilhelmine F. Hagge Stolley

April 21, 1837 - Jan. 31, 1923

Born in Schleswig Holstein, Germany

Friederich, March 26, 1857 - Sept. 25, 1938

Anna H., June 123, 1859 - Apr. 15, 1929

Born in Davenport, ...

Site of Norcross Presbyterian Church Circa 1899

Originally chartered in 1833 by the Fairview Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, the church was originally located at the intersection of Beaver Ruin Road and Hopkins Mill Road on land donated by Thomas H. Jones and was known as the Goshen ...

Soldiers Buried in "Old Town Cemetery" - Crawfordsville, Indiana

This Memorial erected in Memory of the following soldiers who are buried in this Cemetery.

The exact location of some are unknown.

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Revolutionary War

Thomas Mason • James McArthur

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War of 1812

Janson Cory

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Black Hawk War

Elijah Mills

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( Star of the G A R (Grand Army ...