Peter Hammond

1798 - 1870

Under this oak is buried Peter Hammond, of Sweden, who founded Hammond, La., about 1818. Nearby are the graves of his wife, three daughters, and a favorite slave boy

Marker is on East Charles Street, on the right when ...

381st Bomb Group (H) B17

In remembrance of those who served in the

381st Bomb Group (H) B17

and

432nd Air Service Group

AAF Station 167

Ridgewell, Essex, England

Activated 1 January 1943

Deactivated 26 August 1945

Flight Squadrons

532nd•533rd•534th•535th

381st BG•8th AF

Dedicated to the honor of those members who valiantly served and gallantly died ...

First Long-Distance Phone Call

From this site

on October 9, 1876

the first two-way long distance

telephone conversation was carried

on for three hours. From here in

Cambridgeport Thomas G. Watson

spoke over a telegraph wire to

Alexander Graham Bell

at the office of the Walworth Mfg. Co.

69 Kilby Street, Boston Mass.

— ...

Sphagnum Moss

Wisconsin’s Invisible Industry

Marshy sections of Jackson, Monroe, Wood and Clark counties produce large quan­tities of Sphagnum moss, providing a major but little known state resource. The ability of Sphagnum to hold 20 times its weight in water makes it invaluable ...

Paducah 1873 "Birds Eye View"

It was common practice in post-Civil War America for communities to be depicted in bird's-eye views showing buildings, people, animals boats, rivers, streams and railroad lines. This mural recreates an 1873 Bird's -Eye View Map of Paducah which now hangs ...

Paducah's Architecture

Paducah architecture reflected the settlers' different religious faiths. These institutions helped unite the early settlers of the community. Broadway United Methodist Church is the oldest, founded 1832 at 4th and Broadway. It relocated to the southeast corner of 7th and ...

Dorothy Parker Birthplace

Site of the summer cottage of Dorothy Parker. Short story writer, critic and poet. Member of the Algonquin Round Table. Champion for social justice. Born here in West End, New Jersey. August 22, 1893 is designated a Literary Landmark by ...

Paducah's River Industry

Paducah's River Industry was the city's lifeblood. Steamboats and tobacco were critical to the area's economy in the late 1880's. Mule-drawn transfer wagons moved hogshead barrels of tobacco that weighed around 1,600 pounds each. Nearly 20,000 barrels were stored annually ...

The August 8th Emancipation Celebration at Stuart Nelson Park

Nelson was a graduate of Lincoln High School, commissioned officer in WWI, and president of several major universities. He marched with Ghandi in India and with Dr. King in Alabama.

Burks Chapel AME,7th and Ohio, ran the first school for Negro ...

Juan de Padilla Memorial

Quivira

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Juan de Padilla

Martyr for the Faith

Yielded his life here

in 1542

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Coronado 1541

J.V. Brower 1896

Courtesy hmdb.org