A Most Fortunate Thing...

Before the Army arrived in Yellowstone, the park's future was in doubt. Vandals destroyed thermal features, squatters sawed down trees and poachers decimated herds of wildlife. Perhaps the Army's greatest contribution to Yellowstone's history was bringing law and order to ...

The Federal Post Office

1870 – 1939

On this site stood the western wall of the Federal Post Office. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet – architect of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. – the ornate building’s broad north façade faced City ...

Crawford Long Birthsite

?— 1 block—«

Dr. Crawford W. Long who first used ether as an anesthetic, in a surgical operation at Jefferson, Ga., March 30, 1842, was born in a house that stands about 1 block from here. Dr. Long, born Nov. 1, ...

Pioneer Ferry and Bridge

Concrete shaft located one-half mile west on Bear River marks the site of the Nathan Williams Packer Toll Ferry and Bridge, one of the first on the river. The ferry operated with rope and carried equivalent of one team and ...

A Sense of Community

Fort Yellowstone was truly a community as well as a military outpost. The small village frequently assembled to welcome new residents or bid farewell to departing neighbors. The joys of births, christenings, and marriages mingles with the sorrows of illnesses, ...

Fire Bell

This was the first fire bell used in West Mineral, Kansas in the early 1900's.

Donated by City of West Mineral

Courtesy hmdb.org

New Hartford Remembers

New Hartford Remembers

Those Who Served In The

1917 World War 1919

Adams Edwin C • Banfield William G • Bartolucci Antonio • Brennan Daniel • Brochu Andrew • Brochu Joseph • Brown Nicoll • Caine Howard P • Caine William H Jr ...

Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company

Chartered in 1902 as a repair shop and parts supply house for local sawmills, Lufkin Foundry & Machine Company was begun by J.H. Kurth, Frank Kavanaugh, Sr., Frank Kavanaugh, Jr., Eli Wiener and Simon Henderson. Later, under the leadership of ...

Potts Fort

-1775-

Named for Captain John Potts who was killed by Indians during the Revolutionary War. This Fort protected early settlers living in the cove near the Indian boundary line.

Marker is at the intersection of Bills Creek Road and Landing Lane on ...

Fort Adams Foundation

To honor the members of

the Fort Adams Foundation

May 4, 1976

Governor Philip W. Noel

Lt. Governor J. Joseph Garrahy

Director Dennis J. Murphy, Jr.

George E. Howarth, 1st Commandant

Sen. Erich A. O’D. Taylor, President

Sen. Robert J. McKenna

Rep. James F. Mahoney

Councilman Robert O. Beattie

Antoinette F. ...