The Gregory Home- 720 N. Davis Street (tour stop 2)

2. Henry Moore cruised up to this location at 720 North Davis, which in January 1931 was the site of the Gregory family home. Henry drove a roadster coupe, basically a 1930s sports car. Not the kind of car you ...

Dillon Depot, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

When the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) decided to build the Utah & Northern to the Montana mines, Richard Deacon named a kingly sum for his prized grazing land. UPRR, unwilling to pay the $8,000, sought businessmen willing to invest along ...

Humphrey, Idaho on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

Humphrey, Idaho, is a ghost town.

     In 1902, Humphrey was the site of Patt Ranch, where the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) built a dam and ice pond along the early Utah & Northern route. Workers harvested up to 31,000 ...

Idaho Falls, on the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision

In 1880, as the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) was advancing the former Utah & Northern north toward Silver Bow, Montana, UPRR officials chose Idaho Falls for their principal workshops. A team of one hundred men built “a station, several two-story ...

Southern Terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's Montana Subdivision, Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello, Idaho, is the southern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad's (UPRR's) Montana Subdivision, formally known as the Utah & Northern line, which stretched north to the former silver and copper mines of Butte, Montana.

     Rail lines used to ...

BARRY FARMS

 The Barry Farm neighborhood is located off of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, west of historic Anacostia. The area is bounded by two arterial highways – Suitland Parkway on the east and Interstate 295 ...

Bethune Council House National Capital Parks-East

The Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site interprets the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune. From 1943 to 1966, ...

Meridian Hill Park, aka Malcolm X Park

In 1819, John Porter erected a mansion here on Meridian Hill so called because it was on the exact longitude of the original District of Columbia milestone marker, set down on April 15, 1791. In 1829, the mansion became departing ...

Charles Sumner School

The Charles Sumner School was constructed in 1872 and designed by Washington architect Adolph Cluss. Named for US Senator Charles Sumner, a major figure in the fight for abolition of slavery and the establishment of equal rights for African Americans, ...

Fort Stevens

Fort Stevens, now partially restored, was built to defend the approaches ...