Frankstown

The site, prior to 1748, of a Delaware-Shawnee village called Assunepachla. Here the trader, Frank Stevens, had a fur post as early as 1734. The Kittanning Path led through here.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 22 and Local Route ...

First Home in Illinois of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Trail Homestead State Memorial

[Main Marker]:

This Tablet marks the site of the First Home in Illinois of

Abraham Lincoln.

- - 1831 - -

[Secondary Marker]:

Rededicated

Stephen Decatur Chapter,

NSDAR

1990

Courtesy hmdb.org

Roosevelt Farm

Over 2200 acres atop Pine Mountain were purchased 1926-37, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, some 150 acres of which were pasture and crop land -- the rest in pine and hardwoods.

The farm was operated on a self-sustaining basis by adherence ...

Ferndale, Maryland

Named in 1921, formerly Wellham. Railroads have long been part of Ferndale’s history. The WB&A Railroad steamed through the neighborhood from 1888 to 1950, carrying as many as 1,750,000 passengers a year. With the historic spike pulling ceremony on February ...

Carferry SS Milwaukee

Historic Shipwreck

Type: railroad carferry, steel hull

Built: 1903, American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Sank: October 22, 1929 Lives Lost: 40-50

Length: 388’ Beam: 56’

Cargo: train cars (loaded), tubs, mixed freight, 3 automobiles

Propulsion: triple expansion steam engine, twin ...

Roll of Honor

WORLD WAR I

Hugh Corum • William Nickens • Harry Hatcher • Omer Smith • Champ L. Jones • Maurice Beavers • Eugene Ross • G. O. Lynch • John C. Blight • John Berry • Floyd Whetzel • William Saffer ...

The Great Dayton Flood of 1913 / And The Rivers Flowed Through T

The Great Dayton Flood of 1913

On Sunday, March 23, 1913, three storm systems met over western Ohio and, over the next four days, poured nine to eleven inches of rain over the Miami Valley. Falling on near-frozen and saturated ground, ...

Award of Excellence KTLA-TV

Award of Excellence KTLA-TV

The first television station west of the Mississippi, KTLA-5 has been a part of Los Angeles broadcasting since January 22, 1947.

Marker is on Hollywood Boulevard west of North Orange Drive, on the right when traveling ...

Boyhood Home of Daniel W. Voorhees

“Tall Sycamore of the Wabash” — 1827-1897 — Famous orator - Representative in Congress, 1861-66, 1869-73; U.S. Senator, 1877–1897; chief promoter of the building of the Library of Congress.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 41 and County Road E ...

Bashford House

1856-7

This house is an example of the towered Italian Villa style executed in sandstone. Its square, hipped roof, three story tower, or campanile, is unique among old Madison residences. The house was first occupied by H. K. Lawrence, banker and ...