Manzanita

Since 1850

First called Manzanita Grove. Dense brush provided a rustlers’ hideout and corral. Area burial site, 1855, with public support:

"Manzanita Grove Cemetery Association.”

Site of Manzanita School 1857 – 1899. Land for school and cemetery deeded in 1862 to Coon Creek ...

Town of Trinidad

Founded April 8, 1850, Trinidad is the oldest town on the Northern California coast. During the 1850s, it served as a vital supply link between ships anchored at Trinidad Bay and miners in the Klamath, Trinity, Salmon River, and Gold ...

S.S. Lane Victory

Panel 1:

1945:

March: Lane Victory is named for the former slave, Isaac Lane, founder of Lane College, in Jackson, Tennessee. The Victory Ship was one of a class of cargo ships designed and built during World War II ...

Salute to Early Amador Miners

E Clampus Vitus

This plaque is dedicated on September 10, 1960 by the ancient and honorable society of E Clampus Vitus to honor the memory of the early miners, both placer and quartz, of Amador County on the Mother Lode in ...

Iron Mining in Wisconsin

Although iron mining in Wisconsin had its beginnings in Sauk, Dodge and Jackson counties in the southern part of the state in the 1850’s, discoveries of vast new deposits shifted the focus to northern Wisconsin in 1880. The major iron ...

St. Bernard's Catholic Church

1926 - 1927

Since it was founded in 1907, St. Bernard's Parish has been a religious and social focus of neighborhood life on the East side. This imposing church building was erected during a decade of heavy construction activity among Madison's ...

Robert Emmet

[front (south) face of statue base:

Robert Emmet

Irish Patriot

1778-1803

[Coat of arms of "The United Irishmen"]

[plaque on north face of the statue base:]

"I wished to procure for my

country the guarantee which

Washington procured for America...

"I have parted from everything

that ...

Littlestown

Developing Years

The coming of the Littlestown Railroad in 1858 brought growth and a new life to Littlestown. The railroad ran E-W along Cemetery Street and was extended west to Frederick, MD, in 1872. It was not uncommon for Littlestown citizens ...

Alexander Campbell

Here lived the leading influence in America's largest indigenous religious movement, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and founder of Bethany College. Built in four periods: the John Brown Mansion, completed in 1793; Buffalo Seminary, in 1819; brick dining wing, in ...

The Betsy Ross Flag

This flag, commonly referred to as "The Betsy Ross Flag," was adopted June 14, 1777 (Flag Day). The Continental Congress on this day resolved "That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes alternating red and white; that the ...