Early History of Waterloo

1795 1927

350 feet west of this spot, Zalmon Disbrow, in 1795 first began clearing the forest on what was later the Dr. Gardner Welles Farm, military lot 97. Sept, 30, 1796 the first stage left Utica for Geneva, passing here ...

Jean Brunet

Jean Brunet is one of the most noteworthy pioneers of the Chippewa Valley. Born in France in 1791, Brunet immigrated to this country in 1818 and moved to Chippewa Falls in 1828. He built the first dams on the Chippewa ...

Peralta House

First brick house built in Alameda County. Constructed 1860 by W. R. Toler for Ignacio Peralta. Early San Leandro Spanish settler, whose father, Don Luis Maria Peralta, received land grant from Spanish Governor Don Pablo Vicente de Sola, October 20, ...

Famous Travelers Along the Turnpike

In its 82 year history, the Warm Springs Turnpike was used by many noted travelers. Daniel Boone, when an old man, used the road when he visited the sons of his boyhood friend Henry Miller at Mossy Creek Ironworks to ...

Shoshone Falls Project

Owned and operated by Idaho Power, the Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project located on the Snake River, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Project No. 2778.

The reservoir provides recreation opportunities for boating, fishing, hunting and sightseeing. Public access ...

The First Memorial Day

Historic New York

Memorial Day

On May 5, 1866, the residents of Waterloo held the first complete,

community-wide observance of Memorial Day. They dedicated the entire day to honoring the Civil War dead in a solemn and patriotic manner. Throughout the village, flags, ...

Site of Marfa Army Air Field

During World War II, The U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) established a significant number of training airfields across the state of Texas. The USAAF Western Flying Training Command selected Marfa as the site for an advanced multi-engine flying school in ...

Van Derveer's Brigade.

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Van Derveer's Brigade.

Baird's Division - Palmer's Corps.

Col. Ferdinand Van Derveer.

Nov. 25, 1863.

75th Indiana - Col. Milton S. Robinson.

87th Indiana - Col. Newell Gleason.

101st Indiana - Lieut. Col. Thomas Doan.

2nd Minnesota - Lieut. Col. J. W. Bishop.

9th ...

General Sullivan’s New York Campaign Trail

Routes of the armies of

General John Sullivan

and

General James Clinton

1779

An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggression of the English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States

Marker ...

Harrisonburg

Here Thomas Harrison and wife deeded land for the Rockingham County public buildings, August 5, 1779. The same act established both Louisville, Ky., and Harrisonburg, May, 1780. Named for its founder, the town was also known as Rocktown. It was ...