The Christian Brothers Mt. La Salle Vineyards

The Christian Brothers started their wine business September 2, 1882, at Martinez, California. On May 29, 1930, they bought the Mont La Salle property from Theodore Gier and began to move winery equipment and 54,000 gallons of wine from Martinez ...

The Columbus Quincentenary Belltower

In 1492 Christopher Columbus,

his crew and three ships, the

Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria

set sail from Spain

to the New World.

That voyage is depicted

in the scene above as

we pay tribute to the man,

the voyage and the

community namesake.

Dedicated April 25, 1992

In Commemoration of

Christopher ...

The Batty Mine Location

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In memory of the heritage of

John & Ann (Sneath) Batty

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Immigrants of England 1844

Nyesville — Circa 1866

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Owners and Operators of

The Batty Mine this Location

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John & Ann Batty

Parents of: Charlie

Grandparents ...

Keshena Falls and The Menominee

From the Pineries to the Present

Of nine million acres of land in Wisconsin originally controlled by the Menominee, they chose the surrounding Keshena Falls as their present reservation. Because sturgeon were so important to the Menominee, so too was ...

The Ironton Mine

The first iron deposits in Sauk County were discovered about 1½ miles south of here in 1849. The commercial production of iron was begun by Jonas Tower in 1858. Large slag deposits at the smelter site still give evidence of ...

The First Meeting House in Upper Ashuelot

The First Meeting House in Upper Ashuelot, now Keene was built on this knoll in 1736-7. Here also was located the Burying Ground of the original settlers. Erected by Ashuelot Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in 1913

Marker is on ...

Site of the McDonald Massacre

Pioneer preacher Matthew Taylor and the families of his daughter and two sons moved here in 1863 from their homestead on the Llano River. They built a cabin on this site near the source of the Pedernales River. In August ...

Monarch of the Plains

Herds of 60 million buffalo once roamed the prairie until reduced to 300 and near extinction. They were the basis of Indian economy; food for the emigrant, railroad worker and soldier.

Marker is on Bypass U.S. 183, on the right when ...

Crossing the Potomac at Rowser's Ford

J.E.B. Stuart's Most Difficult Achievement

Late afternoon on June 27, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart began assembling his cavalry brigades at Dranesville. To avoid the Union Army of the Potomac (90,000-strong) then crossing the Potomac upstream at Edwards Ferry, Stuart ordered ...

Jimmie Rodgers and The Blues

Jimmie Rodgers (1897 – 1933) is widely known as the "father of country music," but blues was a prominent element

of his music. The influence of his famous "blue yodels" can be heard in the music of Mississippi blues artists