Battle of Round Mountain

This first battle of the Civil War in Indian Territory began 6 miles south, Nov. 19, 1861, when Col. D.H. Cooper's Confederate vanguard was repulsed by Little Captain's warriors from Opothleyahola's Indian allies moving to north of the Ark. River ...

John A. Roebling

(1806-1869)

Here in 1846, Roebling built the first wire rope suspension bridge to carry a highway over the Monongahela River. He also designed a bridge across the Allegheny River, a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls, & the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Battle of Chusto-Talasah or "Caving Banks"

The Battle of "Caving Banks" was fought on Dec. 9, 1861 between 1500 Texas and Indian calvarymen under Confederate Col. D.H. Cooper and 2500 Loyal Creeks and Cherokees enroute to Kansas with Chief Opothle Yahola. The struggle centered on a ...

Freedom Began Here

Trail to Freedom

”The soldier assured me that I was now a free man…I never would be a slave no more.”

- John Washington, a Fredericksburg slave

”Our camps are now flooeded with negroes, with packs on their backs and bound for freedom. ...

Allegheny Observatory

Part of the University of Pittsburgh. Chartered 1860; located here since 1912. At the original site nearby, Professor Samuel P. Langley conducted experiments that would lead to the first sustained, mechanically powered flight in 1896.

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East Broad Top Railroad

East Broad Top Railroad

Has Been Designated A

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the Provisions of The

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This Site Possesses Exceptional Value

In Commemorating and Illustrating

The History of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1964

Marker is at the ...

Bound for Freedom

Trail to Freedom

“Fredericksburg is a captured town, the enemy took possession of the Stafford Hills … and their guns have frowned down upon us ever since… The Federal army has abolished slavery wherever it has gone.”

— Jane Beale,

a Fredericksburg Citizen

“I ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Taylorville, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is on East Main Cross Street west of South Main Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Chalmers' Brigade

Withers' Division - Bragg's Corps

C. S.

Chalmers' (2d) Brigade,

9th Miss., 7th Miss., 5th Miss., 2 Cos. 52d Tenn., 10th Miss.,

Withers' (2d) Div., Bragg's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade, in order of regiments as above, was engaged here at 4 p.m., April ...

First Reliable Test of Milk Quality

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

A milestone in modern dairying was the development of a simple and accurate measure of the butterfat content of milk. University of Wisconsin biochemist Stephen M. Babcock in 1890 developed the test that made him ...