Restoring a Local Treasure

The Mexican Canyon Trestle was restored in 2009-2010. Over 420 timbers were replaced and large sections of the trestle were rebuilt. The US Forest Service, New Mexico Rails-to-Trails and local efforts continue to preserve this treasure.

The Mexican Canyon Trestle, built ...

McIntosh Gate

Named in honor of Brig. General William McIntosh, U.S. Army. Chief of the Coweta Tribe of the Creek Nation, he negotiated a treaty ceding this territory to the United States, which included the land on which the Depot now stands. ...

Confederate Saltpeter Works

Civil War Industrial Center

Although saltpeter (potassium nitrate or nitre), an essential element in the manufacture of gunpowder, had been mined at Organ Cave since the eighteenth century, the need for the mineral increased dramatically during the Civil War. Several saltpeter ...

Scioto County, Experience Our Heritage

Introduction

The idea of painting murals on the floodwall first occurred to lifetime residents Dr. Louis R. and Ava Chaboudy in 1992 after viewing outdoor murals in Steubenville, Ohio. An ad hoc committee was formed and the decision was made to ...

Dave McCoy

Pioneering Eastern Sierra skier, visionary and entrepreneur, Dave McCoy's passion for skiing began in high school and soon thereafter he joined the Eastern

Sierra Ski Culb. In 1936, Dave was hired by Ladwp as a hydrographer, conducting snow surveys while ...

All Saints' Episcopal Church

c.1851

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Court Streets and 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Court Streets.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bigelow Church

c.1858

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Street and 5th Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fancher Pony Truss Bridge

Hiram B. Trout and his brother, Everett Trout, were born on a farm about five miles north of this location. They operated a machine shop in Shelbyville, Illinois in the late 1800’s at which in time they invented and patented ...

Charles Green

1740 - 1827

“If the captain wants me, he may come himself and if he does I will shoot him.”

With these words, Charles Green refused induction into the N. Jersey rebel militia. Imprisoned, he escaped and joined the “King’s Rangers” a ...

Embassy of Canada, Washington, DC

On April 28, 1988, the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada, dedicated this building to peace and friendship between Canada and the United-States .

Le 28 Avril 1988, le Très Honorable Brian Mulroney, Premier Ministre du Canada, ...