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Welcome to the Edgewood Park and Pleasure Drive

The Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association, incorporated in 1894, was granted an easement from the Dominican sisters of Sinsinawa for a road connecting Vilas Park with Woodrow Street.

The road was constructed in 1904 to provide a place to enjoy ...

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Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Piatt / Champaign Counties

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District

1847 - 1859

Marker is at the intersection of County Route 1675N and County Route 0E, on the left when traveling west on County Route ...

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The Washington Navy Yard

authorized by the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddard, is the U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment. It occupies land set aside by George Washington for use by the federal government. The Navy Yard expanded rapidly as a shipbuilding facility ...

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Battle on the Skirmish Line

May 24, 1864 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Grant misinterpreted Lee’s withdrawal on May 23 and 24 as Confederate weakness and ordered the Army of the Potomac to brush aside any scattered Rebel resistance and advance to Richmond. Major General Ambrose E. Burnside ...

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Roberto Clemente Bridge

Sixth Street Bridge

Historic Landmark

Roberto Clemente Bridge

Department of Public Works, Allegheny County, Engineers

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Primary Children’s Hospital

The Primary Association, a children’s organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, operated a children’s hospital near hear for 30 years, from 1922 to 1952.

· Located at 44 West North Temple Street.

· Founded by Sarah Louise “Louie” ...

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Battle of Richmond Masonic Memorial

Dedicated to the many brothers of the Masonic fraternity, both Union and Confederate, who gallantly fought during the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky August 29 & 30, 1862

Richmond Lodge No. 25

Madison Lodge No. 183

Kingston Lodge No. 315

Waco Lodge No. 338

Berea Lodge ...

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Turner Hall

Designed by Henry C. Koch, erected in 1882-83, and designated in 1975 as a Milwaukee Landmark in recognition of its architectural, cultural, and historical significance to the community.

Marker can be reached from North 4th Street 0.1 miles north of ...

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Pontiac Peace Treaty

A few miles west of here on July 18, 1765, Pontiac, an Ottawa Chief, and George Croghan, British Representative, met in a formal peace council which ended the most threatening Indian uprising against the British in North America. Following the ...

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One Brigade Alone

May 24, 1864 3:00pm - 4:00pm

The first unit of the Union Ninth Corps to cross the North Anna was Brigadier General James H. Ledlie’s brigade. His 1,500 infantrymen were ready to advance by 3:00 p.m., despite having been soaked up ...

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