Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Pekin, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

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

Marker is on Court Street, on the left when traveling west.

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Carnegie Library

City of Vancouver Heritage Building

This eclectic 1903 building was one of 2,507 public libraries paid for by the Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie, the richest person in the world when he retired in 1901. Carnegie believed in the "Gospel of Wealth" ...

Belgian Settlement in Wisconsin

Wisconsin's and the nation's largest Belgian American settlement is located in por­tions of Brown, Kewaunee and Door counties adjacent to the waters of Green Bay. Walloon-speaking Belgians settled the region in the 1850s and still constitute a high proportion of ...

Lieber College

1837

Named for Francis Lieber (1800-1872), one of the most distinguished scholars in the history of the University. A native of Prussia, Lieber migrated to America in 1827 and was elected chair of history and political economy at South Carolina College ...

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial

Tombstone, Arizona

Dedicated May 30, 1887

In Memory of

the Comrades of

Burnside Post

G.A.R.

Marker can be reached from West Allen Street.

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Percival P. Baxter

Honorable

Percival P. Baxter

Governor of Maine

who arranged for the purchase of this and other forts from the Federal Government.

Fort Popham, with 6,73 acres of land was valued at $6,600.

Fort Baldwin, with 45.13 acres of land was valued at $5,000.

The transfer was ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Logan / Tazewell Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is at the intersection of North 300 Avenue and 2800 Street, on the left when traveling north on North 300 Avenue. ...

Brutontown

[Front]:

Brutontown, an historic African-American community, grew up around the intersection of Paris Mountain Rd. and Rutherford Rd. Benjamin Bruton, a mulatto freedman, bought 1.75 acres here in 1874. He built a house and blacksmith shop, labeled "Bruton's Shop" on Kyser's ...

Forts on the Kennebec River

Since before Columbus discovered the New World, the Kennebec River has been the scene of settlement and conflict. While Fort Halifax represents the most northern military outpost in the region, it is only one of more than twenty forts that ...

First Presbyterian Church

(Upper Medallion)

National Register of Historic Places

First Presbyterian Church

South Carolina

Department of Archives

and History

(Lower Medallion)

American Revolution Bicentennial

* Richland County Committee *

Landmark 21

Marker is on Marion Street near Lady Street, on the right ...