John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937 / The Standard Oil Company

John D. Rockefeller, 1839-1937

Born at Richford, New York, John D. Rockefeller moved to the Cleveland area with his family at age 14. He began his business career as a bookkeeper in 1855. From modest beginnings he became one ...

Gateway to the Rockies

Tall trees, short trees, shrubs, grasses and flowering plants -- mountains, canyons, river bottoms, and prairies -- all intermingle to form the landscape. The greater the variety of landforms and vegetation, the more homes or habitats there are for wildlife.the ...

The Rock on Brightwood Avenue

Battleground to Community

Across Quackenbos Street is Emory United Methodist Church. Named to honor Bishop John Emory of Maryland (1789-1835), the congregation dates from 1832.

From the beginning, Emory welcomed all races but, like most Washington churches then, seated African ...

The Old Rock Church

Symbol of Heritage

Listed on the National Register of Historical Places in recognition of its architectural and historical significance, and to encourage its preservation.

The 1869 completion of the transcontinental railroad ended an era, that of Utah’s overland pioneers. For 23 ...

The Rock

A geologic phenomenon known as a “glowing avalanche” formed Castle Rock and the other buttes of Douglas County 36.7 million years ago. A volcanic eruption near Mount Princeton, about 95 miles southwest of here, spewed a frothy, gleaming cloud of ...

South Shell Rock Lutheran

Congregation organized

by Rev C.L. Clausen

1869. Church erected

on "Rustad Bakke."

Dedicated 1875

Destroyed by fire 1920

Iowa 150

Celebrate Our State

1846 • 1996

Marker is on County Road 105 west of Nettle Avenue, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Hanging Rock Blast Furnace

The Hanging Rock blast furnaces varied little in their design. They resembled flat-topped pyramids built of sandstone block. The narrow furnace top rose 35-40 feet from the broad base. Inside the sandstone blocks was a lining of bricks made of ...

The Hanging Rock Iron Region

Charcoal iron production in Ohio was centered in the Hanging Rock Iron Region, a geographical area extending from Hocking County to the Ohio River and including portions of Northern Kentucky. The region encompassed an 1800 square mile area that was ...

The Amazing Balanced Rock

Around 300 million years ago, the Ancestral Rockies once stood here. Over time, the forces of wind and water eroded the magnificent peaks into swift streams full of sediments. These sediments were eventually pressed and cemented into solid rock. The ...

The Rock Landing

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Five miles south of this point is the Rock Landing at the head of navigation on the Oconee River and at the junction of the old Indian trading paths leading westward. In 1789 Pres. Washington sent Gen. Benjamin Lincoln here ...