Harriet Tubman

1820-1913

The "Moses of her People", Harriett Tubman of the Bucktown District found freedom for herself and some three hundred other slaves whom she led north. In the Civil War she served the Union army as a nurse, scout and spy.

Marker ...

World War II Submarine Lost Boat Memorial

Still On Patrol

–– • ––

U.S. Navy Submarines

paid heavily for

their success in

World War II.

A total of

374 Officers and

3131 men are on

board these 52

U.S. Submarines

still on "patrol."

(left column names)

Albacore •  Amberjack •  Argonaut •  ...

Doughboy Monument

All Wars Memorial

This memorial is dedicated to the everlasting memory of the heros of all the wars who by their heroism and sacrifice have made the United States of America the foremost country of the world.

Erected in honor ...

Gibson's Brigade

Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Gibson's (1st) Brigade,

4th La., 13th La., 1st Ark., 19th La.,

Ruggles' (1st) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This Brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, formed here about noon April 6, 1862 ...

Frank Robinson

Outfielder 1956-65

Playing with unparalleled intensity, Frank Robinson quickly earned a reputation for challenging pitchers, crowding the plate and charging hard around the bases. He spent the first half of his career in Cincinnati, where his powerful swing produced 324 ...

Anderson's Brigade

Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Anderson's (2d) Brigade,

20th La., 9th Tex., 1st Fla. Batt'n., Conf. Gds. Resp. Batt'n., 17th La.,

Ruggles' (1st) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This Brigade was engaged here at about 3.30 p.m. April 6, 1862. It was repulsed ...

Black Hawk War

In the spring of 1831, the Sauk Indians led by Chief Keokuk left their ancestral home near the mouth of the Rock River and moved across the Mississippi, to fulfill the terms of a treaty signed in 1804.

On April ...

Francis Asbury

1745 - 1816

Methodist Pioneer

Itinerant Preacher

Marker can be reached from Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Black Hawk War / Black Hawk's Grove

The Black Hawk War

In April 1832, unhappy about their forced relocation to Iowa and misadvised by tribal chiefs, about 1,000 Sac, Fox and Kickapoo men, women and children followed Sac war leader Black Hawk back to their Illinois home where ...

Signal Beacon #11

During the Revolutionary War, signal beacon #11 was located on Long Hill Road in the vicinity of John Cooper's windmill near this site and served to summon local militia in time of danger and invasion.

Marker is at the intersection of ...