The Heart of the Household

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

“At four in the morning I had to be up. I went up and made the fire in [Johnson’s] room, shined his boots, and then made a fire in the kitchen stove. I stood by ...

The Hearthstone

Over 100 Years of Victorian Charm

The Hearthstone building was established in 1883. The original structure was build and owned by the Kaiser family, who ran a market on Lincoln St., when Breckenridge existed as a thriving mining community. The Hearthstone ...

The Dartmouth

Near this spot in 1767 the first ship built in New Bedford was launched.

The Dartmouth

Francis Rotch, Owner

She was one of the vessels boarded by the Boston Tea Party in 1773

Marker is at the intersection of Centre Street and Front ...

General Crook's Headquarters at Fort Omaha

Fort Omaha Walking Tour

Upon the recommendation of Lt. General William T. Sherman, in 1866 the Adjutant General’s office created the Department of the Platte which included present-day Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and a portion of southeastern Idaho. As departmental ...

Quartermaster's Office and Commissary

Fort Omaha Walking Tour

Throughout the frontier era, the Quartermaster’s Department oversaw post construction, supply procurement and transportation. It worked closely with the Subsistence Department which purchased and assigned rations. To both agencies, Fort Omaha represented the best distribution site for ...

Fort Omaha Quartermaster Depot

Fort Omaha Walking Tour

Even after the 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad, the Army relied on mules and wagons to outfit its isolated posts. The Department of the Platte, headquartered at Fort Omaha, paid over $700,000 to acquire and transport ...

Fort Omaha Headquarters Building

Fort Omaha Walking Tour

Constructed in 1906, this double barracks building housed noncommissioned officers of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, which had reactivated Fort Omaha in 1905. During World War I, this building served as South Post Headquarters for the Army’s ...

The Stewart Building

Julius Kauffman (1856-1935) and Julius Runge (1851-1906), second generation owners of a commission firm established in 1842, had architect Eugene T. Heiner design this renaissance revival building in the north Italian mode. Contractor Robert Palisser completed the structure in 1882. ...

McArthur Cabin

Findley McArthur and son built 20x30 cabin 1803-1805 of oak & poplar from farm. Sen. McNaughton's office attached on east side.

Marker is on Scottsville-Mumford Road (Route 383) just east of Twin Bridge Road, on the left when traveling west.

Quarters of Major General William Alexander

Lord Sterling

Quarters of

Maj. Gen. William Alexander

Lord Sterling

Continental Army

During the Valley Forge

Encampment

December 19, 1777 – June 19, 1778

Maj. James Monroe

Fifth President of the United States

Also quartered here

as Aide-De-Camp to Stirling