Margaret Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell

(1902-2004)

Margaret Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell was born to a Moravian family in North Carolina, where her upbringing and education led her to devote her life to seeking educational opportunities for others. She served as dean of Staunton's Mary Baldwin College and ...

Great Buffalo Trace

On July 16th, 1773, James McAfee, George McAfee, Robert McAfee, James McCoun, Jr., Samuel Adams, and Hancock Taylor, following the Buffalo Trace from Big Bone Lick, crossed the Kentucky River at this point and made the first survey upon it. ...

Wilbur G. Grant Reservoir of Chester Metropolitan District

Dedicated by resolution of the Commission in recognition of the work and service of Senator Wilbur G. Grant in making possible this Reservoir and water system, for the people of Chester County.

E.J. Fowler, Chairman; Robert H. King, Secretary; W.E. ...

Ponca City Library

Ponca City had been in existence for 11 years. She had schools, churches and even an opera house, but not a library. A group of women from the Twentieth Century Club decided to remedy this and convinced H.C.R. Brodboll to ...

A Building Stood Here Before 1680

A building stood here before 1680. It was wrecked in the Great Indian Uprising. This house incorporates what remains.

Marker is on East Palace Avenue west of Cathedral Place, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

“Thirteen Original Colonies Bicentennial Covered Wagon Train”

Front

The state of Pennsylvania authorized the “Thirteen Original Colonies Bicentennial Covered Wagon Train” as an official Bicentennial project. It was one of five such trains that traveled across the country to reach Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for the 1976 July ...

Samuel Brannan and the Gold Rush

Saco Main Street Museum Walk

Saco native Samuel Brannan became one of the country’s richest men promoting the California gold rush, and one of the most colorful figures in California history, but he wasn’t a gold miner and he died in ...

Jacob Cochran, 1782-1836

Saco Main Street Museum Walk

Cochranism was the name given to the religious sect led by Jacob Cochran in the years 1816 to 1819, before this charismatic preacher was convicted and imprisoned for four years on charges of “gross lewd and ...

Dr. Laura Black Stickney, 1879-1961

Saco Main Street Museum Walk

Dr. Laura Black Stickney promoted public health, women’s suffrage, and ran for mayor during her 50 years of Saco civic leadership.

Born September 8, 1879 in Porter, Maine, Laura May Black learned to read in a one-room ...

Yolo County Savings Bank

History

This sandstone building was constructed in 1903 for the Yolo County Savings Bank, which occupied part of the lower floor. Other establishments in the building were J. D. Musgrove Insurance, F. V. Stening, Tailor and occupying the upstairs were the ...