Harvey Hospital

On this city block stood, during the Civil War, Harvey Hospital, and later the Wisconsin Soldiers' Orphans' Home, both established through the influence of Mrs. Cordelia P. Harvey, whose honored husband, Governor Louis R. Harvey, had, April 19, 1862, been ...

The Albert Cook Memorial

To the Martyrs who fell

and the heroes who fought

in defense of Liberty and

the Union.

1861-1865

( Right Side )

“Liberty and Union

now and forever

one and inseparable.”

( Back Side )

“The Union it must

and shall be preserved.”

( Left Side )

“That government of the ...

Gabriel Marion

When Capt. John Nelson, sent by Gen. Marion, Jan., 1781, to the Sampit Road to reconnoitre, met Capt. Barfield and his Tories near White’s Bridge, a sharp fight ensued. Lieut. Gabriel Marion, nephew of Gen. Marion, was captured and inhumanely ...

19th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry

3rd Brigade, 2nd Division

The 19th Reg't Mass. Vol. Infty

of the

3rd Brigade - 2nd Division - 2nd Army Corps

stood here

on the afternoon of July 3rd 1863

Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Home of Governor Harvey

Louis Powell Harvey lived here 1851-1859. He was a leader in business, education, journalism, and politics. Soon after his inauguration, Gov. Harvey led a relief expedition to Wisconsin troops who had just fought their first major battle and suffered big ...

Sterling Price Reynolds

In honor of

Sterling Price Reynolds

to whom this park is dedicated

on his 100th birthday

November 9th, 1961

Born in Callaway County, Missouri.

Graduated from University of

Missouri, 1883, with highest honors.

Settled in Caruthersville in 1896.

Levee District engineer since 1900.

Little River Drainage District

board member since 1907.

Presented ...

Brigadier General John Gibbon

(Front):John Gibbon

Brigadier General

July 2-3, 1863

At Gettysburg commanded 2nd Division, II Corps on July 3, 1863 serving with "conspicuous gallantry and distinction" in the repulse of Longstreet's Assault, until he was wounded and carried from the battlefield.

At the beginning of the ...

Henry R. Holbrook

Chief Engineer of the Western Div. of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Town named by John W. Young contractor for the railroad.

24 September 1881

Marker is at the intersection of North 1st Avenue and West Deleware Street, on the left when ...

McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas

Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald lived ...

Joel Roberts Poinsett

1759 - 1851

Statesman • Diplomat • Naturalist

Founder, National Institution for the

Promotion of Science, forerunner of

the Smithsonian Institution

• First United States Minister to Mexico •

• United States Secretary of War •

While serving as Minister to Mexico in 1825, Poinsett ...