Wagonhound Rest Area

The area near the Wagonhound Rest Area has played an important role in western transportation since the earliest days of human activity in the Rock Mountain west. The area has provided Wyoming's earliest inhabitants, explorers, westbound settlers, and modern travelers ...

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Conquistador..........,

   Treasurer of the ill-fated Panfilo de Narvez expedition, was first to write of the discovery of Tampa Bay, April 17, 1528, calling it "Bahia de la Cruz, the best harbor in the world."

   After the disastrous trek through Florida ...

Wagonhound Tipi Rings

The stone circles of "Tipi Rings" as this site mark the location of a prehistoric Native American campsite. The stones were probably used to anchor the skins of conical tents known by the Sioux word "Tipi". the stones were placed ...

President Abraham Lincoln

Campaign Speech, Sept. 30, 1859

Candidate Abraham Lincoln delivered a campaign speech at the 1859 Wisconsin State Fair.

The Fair site, at that time, was at the Spring Street Hill/Brockway Grounds located in the heart of Milwaukee between Wisconsin Avenue ...

Landscapes of Power

About three million years ago, a volcano dominated the landscape east of U.S. 191. The powerful forces of wind and water eroded softer rocks surrounding the volcano's more resistant core, resulting in the tooth-shaped butte on the eastern horizon. Boars ...

Fort Pocahontas

South of here, on a bluff overlooking the James River, stands the half-mile-long Fort Pocahontas, built in the spring of 1869 by Union soldiers during the Civil War. The fort protected Union vessels on the river and guarded the landing ...

Little Sandy Crossing

On Monday evening, June 28, 1847, Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers met James Bridger and party near this place. Both companies encamped here over night and conferred at length regarding the route and the possibility of establishing and sustaining ...

The Hiram Embry Plantation

500 ft. W. stood the ante-bellum residence of Hiram H. Embry (1805-1877), a notable landmark during the battle of Peachtree Cr.

At 4 P.M., July 20, 1864, Walthall’s div. [CS] advanced N. on this road to attack the Federal line above ...

At the State Fair on these Grounds

At the State Fair on these Grounds

In 1859

Near this Spot

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Made an address

This tablet as a reminder of that event

was erected

under the auspices of the Old Settlers Club of Milwaukee County in 1928

Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road / Rail Road

[Front side of Marker]:Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road

The first railway in the Northwest Territory, the Erie and Kalamazoo Rail Road linked the east coast with the Michigan Territory and points westward. The E&K was chartered on April 22, 1833, to ...