The 1858 Senate Campaign

Abraham Lincoln accepted the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on June 16, 1858. To open his campaign, Lincoln delivered the famous House Divided speech from Springfield that evening. Upon hearing the speech, Senator Stephen A. Douglas, the incumbent knew ...

The Davenport Home

This house was built ca 1778.

Daniel (1755-1807) and Sarah Nichols (1756-?) were the first Davenports to occupy this home. They were wed in 1786, and from this union came: Elizabeth Warrington, Eunice Arnold, Priscilla Long, Nancy Bateman and Asenath Davenport.

The ...

First Chemical Synthesis of a Gene

College of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Biochemist Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1968 for research that was essential to understanding how DNA is translated into proteins. His work at the Institute for Enzyme Research ...

The Meridian Mark Pier and Geodetic Survey Monuments

Latitude Observatory Park

The Gaithersburg International Latitude Observatory is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been declared a National Historic Landmark. The designation includes the Observatory, the Meridian Mark Pier, and the five monuments.

About 200 feet to ...

The Abraham Tegarden Family

Abraham (1718-1781) and Mary Parker Tegarden from Frederick County, Virginia 1753, made an 'improvement' opposite mouth of Tenmile Creek, Fayette County; Abraham, sutler for Col. Bouquet 1759, fought in French and Indian War, Capt. Virginia Militia 1775, American Revolutionary record, ...

The Kings Mountain Campaign of 1780

The Kings Mountain campaign is one of the turning points of the American Revolution. The British commander in the Southern Colonies, Lord Charles Cornwallis, anticipated strong Loyalist support in the Carolinas. Major Patrick Ferguson, an experienced and charismatic officer, ...

Salmon Creek and Eden House: Seedbed of the Colony

Along the banks of the Chowan River and Salmon Creek, the seeds were planted for the colony and state of North Carolina. From these roots in the 1600s emerged the refined plantation life of the ruling colonial gentry in the ...

The Hotel and Ulysses S. Grant at Mt. McGregor

Mt. McGregor developed as a resort after a road and a small hotel (now Grant Cottage) were built by Duncan McGregor in the 1870s. A group of investors recognized the site’s potential and, in 1882, built a railroad line ...

Birthplace of the Grand Army of the Republic

In a second floor room on this spot the Grand Army of the Republic was organized April 6, 1866, by Dr. Benjamin E. Stephenson.This tablet is placed by The Department of Illinois Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army ...

The Richard J. Oglesby Mansion

A three time Governor of Illinois

A Major General in the Civil War

A United States Senator

Marker is at the intersection of West Williams Street and North Edwards Street on West Williams Street.

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