Salomon Brothers in the Civil War

In memory of four brothers

Residents of Manitowoc

Distinguished for service in the Civil War

Charles E. Salomon

Brigadier General US Army

Fred Salomon

Major General US Army

Edward Salomon

Governor of Wisconsin 1862-1864

Herman Salomon

Sergt. Co. I 1st MO. Engrs. US Army

Marker is at the intersection of South ...

Burlington Heights 1813 - 1814

[English Text]:

Here in June, 1813, General John Vincent assembled troops that made the successful night attack on the invaders at Stoney Creek. From this point of vantage, in December, 1813, the force which retook Fort George and carried Fort Niagara ...

Valatie Santa Claus Club

First in the Nation

The Valatie Santa Claus Club was founded on Christmas Eve, 1946. Veterans of World War II pooled their discharge pay to bring gifts to every child in Valatie.

These Santas and their successors prove the truth ...

Battle of Stoney Creek 1813

On June 5, 1813, an invading United States army of about 3,000 men, commanded by Brigadier - General John Chandler, camped in this vicinity. That evening some 700 British regulars of the 8th and 49th Regiments, under the command of ...

Boardinghouses

The first boardinghouses were built by Red River Logging in 1915 near the mill in Pine Town. The consisted of wood floors and canvas tents. Nine 2 story units built on Birch Street housed 80 men each while two units ...

Humble Cemetery

This cemetery is believed to be the town of Humble's oldest. The earliest documented burial is that of Joseph Dunman (1867-1879). Also believed to be buried here in an unmarked grave is Jane Elizabeth Humble, wife of the community's founder, ...

Red River Bakery

1917

Built in 1917 by the Red River Lumber Co. as a bakery, it supplied 3 stores and the company cookhouse. It was famed for its biscuits (as in biscuits & gravy) that gave the loggers the fuel needed to build ...

The Burning of St. Davids 1814

On July 18th, 1814, during the final American campaign on the Niagara frontier, Major-General Peter B. Porter sent a detachment of militia from the United States encampment at Queenston to attack St. Davids. This force, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac W. ...

Dr. L.B. McBrayer

Leader in fight against

tuberculosis in North

Carolina, Superintendent

of State Sanatorium

in

Hoke County, 1914-24. His

birthplace is 400 ft. W.

Marker is on Brevard Road (North Carolina Route 191) near Bent Creek Ranch Road, on the right when traveling ...

Van Ness Street Player Banners

Suspended high above Van Ness street between Gates B and D, these banners represent legends in Red Sox history. Each of these players entered the National Baseball Hall of Fame wearing a Red Sox hat, or joined the Hall of ...