Prisoners on the Plains / Ride 'Em Cowboy

Prisoners on the Plains

During World War II, a seasonal Prisoner of War Camp was located in Ovid. Nearly 400 German prisoners worked in nearby potato and sugar beet fields. Housing was provided in 40 tents and two large downtown buildings.Ride ...

Dedication of Newburgh Landing

Dedication of

Newburgh Landing

Nov. 14, 1976

Presented By

Newburgh Chapter of

Unico

Service Above Self

Marker is at the intersection of Water Street and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Water Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Daniel Drawbaugh

Inventor of a telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. Claims contested by Bell Telephone, which won the court decision in 1888. Born in this village, July 14, 1827, where he developed his inventions; he removed in 1904 ...

Dewberry Drugs and Phenix Insurance Company Buildings

The two commercial buildings on this corner lot are some of the earliest surviving business houses in Birmingham. The Dewberry building appeared on the corner about 1881, and it housed the first and longest surviving drug store in the city, ...

The Strawberry School

The Strawberry School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built by pioneers in 1885, this one-room cabin provided elementary instruction to students until 1916. The building represents the effort to teach the "Three Rs" in rural

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Pioneer Cowboy Jail

City Calaboose Since 1849

"Only jail in early days on the Santa Fe Trail. Within its walls desperados, border ruffians, and robbers were held. During the Indian Raid of 1859 two Indians were taken out and hanged by a mob. A ...

Where Strawberries are Sweeter

Bienvenido! Welcome!

Watsonville, where strawberries are sweeter, apples are crisper and produce plentiful, is a friendly place of diverse people who share a strong sense of community and optimism.

Don Sebastian Rodriquez owned the grant, Bolsa de Pajaro, on which the city ...

Strawberry Square Phase I

Phase I of Strawberry Square represents the birth of downtown Harrisburg's revitalization and renewal activity that commenced in the mid 1970's and was pursued with fervor in the 1980's and since. The demolition of the renowned Penn-Harris Hotel at N. ...

The Catawba Branch

Hanging Rock Battlefield Trail

The rail line later referred to as the Catawba Branch of the Norfolk and Western Railway had its beginnings on March 25, 1902, when the Catawba Valley Railway and Mining Company was approved by the General Assembly ...

Strawberry Square Phase II

This block of historic buildings traces a glimpse of Harrisburg's 19th and 20th Century retail development. Restored as Phase II of the Strawberry Square shopping complex in the late 1980's and part of the Old Downtown Harrisburg Commercial Historic District, ...