Yasunaga Produce and Transfer Company

Occupying the entire south side of Taylor Street between 5th and 6th was a truck transfer company owned by Mr. K. Yasunage. Farmers had to sell their produce in San Francisco and Oakland markets and needed someone to transport the ...

Cynthia Ann Parker and Native Americans of North Texas

Native Americans hunted bison on the plains of North Texas in the 1800s. They traded freely with settlers, but conflicts did occur. Some tribal villages were attacked and some settlers’ homesteads were raided and captives taken.

In January 1861, a photo ...

Battle of Cedar Creek

The breaking of this bridge in the evening of October 19, 1864 permitted Sheridan to retake most of the material captured in the morning by Early.

Marker is on Valley Pike (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

Site of the Lincoln Cabin

The Lincoln Cabin stood near the north bank of the Sangamon River about 600 yards to the east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fifth Division, Army of the Tennessee

Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman

U. S.

Fifth Division, Army of the Tennessee.

Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman, (w’d).

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1st Brigade, Col. John A. McDowell, 8th Iowa.

2d Brigade, Col. David Stuart, 55th Illinois, (w’d).

Col. T. Kilby Smith, 54th Ohio.

3d Brigade, Col. Jesse Hildebrand, ...

Henry's Hi-Life

Henry’s Hi-Life, once known as the Torino Hotel, was opened in 1960 by Henry Puckett (1914-1986). Originally a boarding house for dozens of newly immigrated Italian workers, the building was first named the new Progress Hotel.

Charles Sacco, a cook, was ...

Flying Machines

Fort Worth residents got their first sight of flying machines in 1911 when the International Aviators National Tour was lured to town by Amon G. Carter, Sr. That same year the first “air mail” letter was delivered.

During World War I, ...

Bushfield

A mile and a half east, this was the home of John Augustine Washington, younger brother of George Washington, who visited here. Here was born, in 1762, Bushrod Washington, who became Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1798, ...

141st Infantry Regiment

"Remember the Alamo"

Texas Revolution - 1836

Spanish-American War - 1898

Cuban Occupation - 1898

Mexican Border Serivce - 1916

World War I - 1918

World War II 1940-1945

Campaigns

Naples-Foggia • Anzio

Rome-Arno • Southern France

Ardennes • Alsace

Rhineland • Central Europe

To the men who died at the Alamo:

All ...

Prince Frederick Library “Firsts”

The west wing of this library was built in 1903 on Main Street as the County’s first bank. In 1913, it was replaced, moved and became the County’s first library; 1916 County’s first Boy Scoot Troop met there; 1921 it ...