Ely House

1896

Designed in the the Georgian Revival style by Chicago architect Charles Sumner Frost, who was a partner of Henry Ives Cobb, this house was commissioned by Richard T. Ely, nationally known economist and university professor. In the academic freedom case ...

Carter Hall

Col. Nathaniel Burwell, great-grandson of Robert "King" Carter, constructed Carter Hall in the mid-1790s after moving here from Tidewater Virginia. Edmund Randolph Governor of Virginia, U.S. Attorney General, and U.S. Secretary of State, died here in 1815 and was buried ...

Campaign of 1781

Two miles north, near the mouth of Willis River, Steuben camped, June 5-6, 1781, when driven from Point of Fork by Simcoe.

Marker is at the intersection of Cartersville Road (Virginia Route 45) and Ampthill Road, on the left when traveling ...

Historic Omro

Located along one of Wisconsin's first transportation and communication routes, the community of Omro developed quickly on the Fox River. French fur trader and blacksmith Charles Omreau had a trading post here and give his name to the future city. ...

Wilkinson Mill

National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark

Wilkinson Mill, 1810.

Site of the shop of David Wilkinson (1771–1852)

Father of the American Machine Tool Industry.

Marker can be reached from Roosevelt Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Battle of Osawatomie

On the morning of August 30, 1856, John Brown led about 30 antislavery men into battle against 250 proslavery Missourians. This Battle of Osawatomie raged on the site of John Brown Memorial Park.

Local tradition maintains that the statue of ...

Wadhams Brothers Memorial

[ west side ]

Wadhams

The battle is fought,

the victory won.

Rest, Soldiers, Rest.

[ north side ]

Edward Wadhams

1st Sergt.

Co. E. 8. Regt. C.V.

Killed near Fort Darling Va.

May 16, 1864

Aged 27

[ east side ]

Capt.

Luman Wadhams

Co. A. 2. C.V.A.

Wounded at the Battle

Cold ...

Cumberland County / Powhatan County

(Obverse)

Cumberland County

Area 293 square miles

Formed in 1748 from Goochland, and named for the Duke of Cumberland, second son of King George II. The earliest call for independence came from this county, April 22, 1776.

(Reverse)

Powhatan County

Area 273 square miles

Formed in 1777 ...

Pedro Fages Trail

On October 29, 1772, Colonel Pedro Fages headed east from San Diego searching for army deserters. It was the first entry by Europeans into Oriflamme Canyon. From there, Fages and his men traveled on through Cajon Pass, around the Mojave ...

Ashland Station

In 1973, the oldest depot in the West moved to a new home. Ashland Station, reportedly the oldest railroad depot west of the Mississippi, was transported across Rainbow Bridge to its present location at the Folsom Interpretive Area next to ...