Christening the Towboat Eleanor

Paducah has long been the foremost hub of the inland marine waterways. Thus, many towboat companies have located here.The christening of the Towboat Eleanor is indicative of the significance of each new vessel that joins the home fleet of the ...

Stark’s Knob

A natural history site of

the New York State Museum

Stark’s Knob

A quarry in volcanic pillow basalt

donated by Jennie A. Hammond, Carrie B. Mercier, and Caroline E, Orville D. and Elizabeth M. Towne

1916

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Marker is at ...

Gov. Bert T. Combs (1959-1963)/Bert T. Combs (1911 – 1991)

(Front):

Gov. Bert T. Combs (1959-1963)

Accomplishments during Comb’s administration included highways connecting eastern and western Ky., expansion of state parks system, a statutory merit system for state employees, an end to segregation in public facilities, increased funding for teachers’ salaries and ...

Fort Anne First Baptist Church

Site of the

First Baptist Church

of Fort Anne Village. Erected

1874, destroyed by fire 1955.

This fragment of the bell

which rang also as the town

clock bears date of purchase.

Marker is on George Street (U.S. 4), on ...

Area riverbeds

Area riverbeds are rich with mussels whose shells, when polished, have a luster suitable for processing into "pearl" buttons. In the late 19th century, mussels were harvested by brailing from the river bottoms; they were then cooked in vats for ...

Building a Nation

Between 1862 and 1885, the United States undertook construction of a railroad to connect the East with the West. The Central Pacific Railroad was built 742 miles eastward from Sacramento. The Union Pacific was built 1,038 miles westward from Omaha. ...

A.B. Loveman House

The house was built c. 1908 for Adolph B. Loveman, a Hungarian immigrant who in 1887 founded the dry goods business that evolved into one of Birmingham’s signature retail establishments, Loveman, Joseph & Loeb. Its English-style neighbor to the north ...

Woodbury World War II Memorial

[Left Tablet]

In honor of the men and women of Woodbury who rendered service World War II 1941-1945

Abbott, H. Ellsworth • Cole, Francis P. • Giggey, Kempton L. • Lundin, Frank G. • Atwood, Gilbert • Cole, Ralph E. • Gillis, ...

Blountsville Court Square Timeline

1813: Colonel John Coffee and 800 Tennessee Volunteers see Bear Meat Cabin Cherokee Settlement near Blountsville

1816: Town settles around square

1820: Newly named Blountsville becomes county seat

1827: Town incorporated with Trustee System

1833: First courthouse built

1853: Town incorporated with new system; immediately ...

First Mobile Home

The former Noble Dise Store was replaced with the island's first mobile home in 1959.

Manufactured homes remain popular today, but require a community-wide effort to move one into place after being delivered to the island by barge.

Marker is at the ...