Near this site Fort Huntington was Erected

Near this site

Fort Huntington was erected

by Captain Stanton Sholes' Company

May, 1813.

On June 19, 1813, a part of the British flee appeared off the fort but was driven away by a storm and no attack made. General ...

Admiral Ben Moreell

Father of the Seabees

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About the Seabees

Born in the early days of World War II when the nation was in dire peril, their mission was to build bases for the combat forces, to defend those bases, and to provide other ...

Dr. Reuben Saunders

Side A

On this site stood the office of Reuben Saunders, M.D., credited with discovering that hypodermic use of morphine~atropine halted cholera during epidemic here in 1873. Telegraphed prescription to other plague~stricken areas.

Accepted by Materia Medica, world over. Honored by ...

Milton Public Library

The Milton Library Association was organized in

January 1875, and incorporated in March 1883. The

first library consisted of one bookcase in Welch’s

Store. Books were donated by members who paid

an annual fee for user privileges. In later years

...

Irvin S. Cobb Said: / Alben W. Barkley Said:

Irvin S. Cobb Said:

"Here in Paducah one encounters, I claim, an agreeable blend of Western kindliness, and Northern enterprises, superimposed upon a Southern background. Here, I claim, more chickens are fried, more hot biscuits are eaten, more corn pone is ...

Com. Oliver Hazard Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry was only 27 when named commander of the Lake Erie Fleet. His combination of determination and tactical brilliance won him acclaim at home and the lasting respect of the British. "More than any other battle of the ...

Boothill Graveyard

1878-1884

This Tombstone Cemetery gives mute testimony to the hardships of Western frontier life. The people buried here were housewives, painted ladies, outlaws, gamblers, miners, business men and women, blacksmiths, cowboys and those "who died with their boots on". Among its ...

Reed Bingham State Park Bridge

This bridge, which connects the Cook County side of Reed Bingham State Park with the Colquitt County side, was completed in 1974 and was dedicated on July 13, 1974 by Governor Jimmy Carter.

Serving as an outstanding state park facility for ...

Corydon Convention Of Freemasons

In the home of Reuben W. Nelson two blocks east of here, eleven Master Masons representing the nine lodges of Indiana assembled Dec. 3, 1817 and called a meeting at Madison to organize a Grand Lodge.

Marker is on North Elm ...

Governor Joseph Maull Carey

Born in Milton on January 19, 1845, he was the son of merchant Robert H. Carey and his wife, Susan. Educated in local schools, he later attended Union College and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. An ...