In Memory of Sergeant John J. Clark

John J. Clark was born in Canada in 1844.

He enlisted as a private in Company F of

the New York Infantry in 1862, serving

actively in the Civil War. After being shot

in the hand and contracting typhoid

fever, he was honorably discharged ...

The Nevada Bank of San Francisco

Built in 1862-63, this building was first the office of the private bankers Paxton and Thornburgh. After their move to Reese River in 1864-65, it was used sporadically until the Nevada Bank of San Francisco opened January 10, 1876.

Owned ...

Five Brothers

In honor of

Five Brothers

from Staten Island who served

in the Revolutionary War

Joshua Mersereau, 3rd Quarter Master General

Col. Jacob Mersereau

Cornelius Mersereau, soldier

Capt. John Mersereau

Paul Mersereau, sailor

Erected by the Staten Island Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution June 19, 1925

Rededicated November 14, 1998

Marker is ...

Leland Stanford, Jr.

1824 – 1893

A man of tremendous ambition, Leland Stanford, Sr., was one of California’s most distinguished businessmen, politicians, philanthropists, and proponents of education. Lured to California by the Gold Rush in 1852, he became an owner of Sutter Creek’s Union-Lincoln ...

Peter Francisco

Abandoned on the wharf at City

Point, now Hopewell, in 1765, he was

taken as a small boy to Buckingham

County, where he grew to gigantic

size. Enlisting at 16 he served

under Washington with distinction

in the North. Later in the South

he became a hero ...

Francis Marion / Francis Marion's Grave

( Front Text )

Francis Marion

Brigadier General of S.C. militia during the American Revolution, Francis Marion, was one of the partisan leaders who kept the war alive during the British occupation of the state. His elusive disappearances after surprise ...

Reformed Protestant Dutch Church

Landmarks of New York

Built in 1845 in Greek Revival style, this is the third church on the site. The first, a hexagonal wooden building erected in 1714, was destroyed by the British during the Revolution. The original license to the ...

Field Hospital

After the Battle of Shiloh, Federal soldiers buried the dead, and medical officers faced the enormous task of caring for the 16,400 wounded. Many were crowded onto steamboats for transport to Northern cities, while others were taken to nearby homes. ...

Founding of Granville, The Licking Company / The Granville Site

Founding of Granville

The Licking Company

In 1804 a group of neighbors in Granville, Massachusetts and Granby, Connecticut formed The Licking Company for the purpose of moving to "Newlands" in Ohio. Inspired and informed by the settlement of Worthington in 1803, the ...

Forging Agrarian Democracy

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

The modern discipline of agricultural and applied economics owes much to University of Wisconsin scholars Henry C. Taylor and Benjamin H. Hibbard for their seminal work on the economic, political, and social meaning of land ...