Black Hawk and Winnebago Trail

Two trails across

Dr. Bean's door yard, the

Black Hawk Retreat and

the Winnebago Trail

which ran from Winne-

shiek's (De Soto) village

to large Winnebago town

above the forks of the

Kickapoo at Manning

prior to 1840.

Authority:

Dr. D.A. Bean 1854

Wm T Sterling 1840

No 4 CVP

Marker is at the ...

Rev. James Campbell

One of early Presbyterian ministers in N.C., 1757-1780. Organized Bluff, Barbecue, and Longstreet churches. Grave is 8 mi. east.

Marker is at the intersection of Ramsey Street (U.S. 401) and East Reeves Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north on ...

Wilkes-Barre

Laid out 1770 by a group of Connecticut settlers, on land claimed by that state. Seat of "County of Westmoreland," erected 1776. Near here took place the Wyoming Massacre, 1778, and the "Pennamite Wars" of 1769-72 and 1784.

Marker is at ...

Sacred to the Memory of Baron de Kalb

Knight of the Royal Order of Military Merit, Brigadier of the Armies of France and Major General in service of the United States of America.

Having served with honor and reputation for three years, he gave a last and glorious proof ...

Bath Iron Works

A General Dynamics Company

Known locally as "BIW" or "The Yard," Bath Iron Works has been building ships on the same site since 1890. Over 420 vessels have been built there, including cargo vessels, fishing vessels, yachts, tugs, barges, and naval ...

Old Fort Boise

An important Hudson's Bay Company fur trade post was established in 1834 four miles west of here on the bank of the Snake River.

Fur trading declined, but this British post became famous for its hospitality to American travellers on ...

Prelude to Averasboro

Late in 1864, two large Union armies, one in Virginia and the other in Georgia, were beginning to squeeze the Confederacy to defeat. Grant held Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia immobile at Petersburg, while Sherman, with 60,000 men, captured Atlanta ...

The Birch House

Located on 2.1 acres of land purchased by Joseph E. Birch for $105 in 1849 (part of 1837 24.5-acre Kidwell grant). Original house was 1 1/2 story "I" house, raised to 2-stories in 1850s; 1873 addition doubled the size. Blacksmith/farmer ...

Lower Boise

Confederate refugees from Missouri started farming in this area in 1863 and 1864, when gold and silver mining camps created a great demand for flour and cattle.

Driven out from their Missouri River homes below Kansas City by extremely bitter Civil ...

Sidney Joseph Bechet

1897-1959

First Panel:

This bronze bust of Sidney Bechet is a faithful copy of the original by French sculptor Abel Chrétien. The original erected in 1960, a year after Bechet’s death in Juan-Les-Fins, France. This town was named in 1994 ...