Old Military Road

?In March 1863 Abraham Lincoln signed an Act of Congress which enabled the states of Michigan and Wisconsin to begin construction of a road between Fort Howard at Green Bay and Fort Wilkins near Copper Harbor. It took one year ...

Ratcliff

About 1875, a 32 - wagon train of settlers came here from Georgia. Jesse H. Ratcliff (1844 - 1920) built sawmill about 1885, drawing more people. Post office opened 1889, with Ratcliff as postmaster, and town soon had several stores. ...

Morris Ford Earthworks

1780 & 1865

(Front text)

Nearby earthworks at Morris Ford, on the Salkehatchie River, built in the spring 1780 by Loyalists under Ben John. In May, soon after Charleston fell to the British, Capt. John Mumford of the South Carolina militia was ...

George Abernethy

Oregon History

From 1845 to 1849, George Abernethy was the first Provisional Governor of the Oregon Country, which extended from the Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains and from California to Northern British Columbia. After arriving in Oregon in 1840 as ...

First Presbyterian Church Confederate Veterans Monument

Men who served in the

Confederate States Army

from the congregation of

The First Presbyterian Church

Columbia, South Carolina

1861-1865

Dedicated to those who died

in gratitude to those who served

[List of 64 names]

************

Members of this Congregation after 1865, who served

in the Confederate Army

[List of 22 names]

Marker ...

What You Can See From Here Today

•This diagram illustrates the features you can see from here. North and South table Mountains are remnants of ancient lava flows now separated and eroded by Clear Creek. The Dakota Hogbacks on the left and right sides of the image ...

Our Changing Landscape-From Sea Floor to Mountain Top

•Colorado’s geologic history dates back nearly two billion years. Several mountain ranges have been uplifted and eroded away before the rise of today’s Rocky Mountains. The landscape you see in front of you has undergone many dramatic changes. This story ...

Dr. John McLoughlin 1784 - 1857

Oregon History

Chief factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, philanthropist, and founder of Oregon City. The land on the east bank of the Willamette River at the falls was claimed by Dr. McLoughlin and the Hudson’s Bay ...

End of Boone's Lick Trail

Marker is on Broadway, in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Carter Family In Del Rio

Known as country music's First Family, the Carter family first found national acclaim while on XERA radio. Owned by Dr. John R. Brinkley, the powerful radio station across the Rio Grande from Del Rio reached listeners around the country. A.P. ...