Albert A. Michelson

Dec. 19, 1852 – May 9, 1931

First American scientist awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (Physics – 1907); Dean of American Optics; Measured velocity of light, ether drift, standard meter, steller diameters. Lived here during childhood.

Marker is on Main Street west ...

Battle of Westport Commemoration

To commemorate the battle fought on and

near this point between the British forces

and the American Patriots, April 28, 1777.

Ordnance presented by U.S. Government

and erected July 4, 1901

Marker can be reached from Compo Beach Road 0.3 miles south of Soundview ...

Battle of Darbytown Road

Lee’s Last Advance North of the James

A massive two-pronged Union attack on September 29, 1864, captured New Market Heights and a section of Richmond’s outer defenses including Fort Harrison. Not wishing to concede a vital part of his line to ...

Westminster Presbyterian Church

The former site of

Westminster

Presbyterian Church

Dedicated March 11, 1883

Destroyed by fire

September 6, 1895.

Marker is at the intersection of Nicollet Avenue South and 7th Street South on Nicollet Avenue South.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Blaine Hill "S" Bridge / Blaine Hill Viaduct

Blaine Hill "S" Bridge

The first Blaine Hill Bridge was constructed in 1828 as part of the National Road, the nation's first federally funded highway. This three-arch S-shaped structure, 345 feet in length, spans Wheeling Creek (a tributary of the Ohio ...

Seven Days Battles - Savage’s Station

Here Magruder’s line of Battle, facing east, formed in the late afternoon of June 29, 1862. Barksdale’s, Semmes’s and Kershaw’s Brigades, extending from south of this road to the railroad, made a desperate effort to prevent the Union withdrawal. After ...

Farmers Union Building

The Farmers Union Corporation, established in this building in 1874, was once indispensible to San Jose’s farming community. It served as an agricultural cooperative and bank and throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries was the chief general merchandiser ...

First Presbyterian Church

First Presbyterian Church is the oldest Protestant Church in the City of Chippewa Falls.

It was organized in 1855 by Rev. W. W. McNair. The first services were held in a log cabin 12 x 14 feet located on the ...

Battle of Savage’s Station

A Fighting Withdrawal

On the night of June 27, 1862, following the Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Gen. George McClellan ordered a withdrawal of his Union army to the James River. In the wake of the retreating army, Savage’s Station, located one ...

Battle Between Confederate Gunboats and Union Field Artillery

(December 12, 1864)

In December, 1864, was fought on the Savannah River near here one of the few battles in which Confederate gunboats and Union field artillery were engaged against each other.

Colerain Plantation, as these lands were then known, had been ...