In Memory of the Lumberjack

They were fallers, buckers, swampers, barkers, skidders, snipers, doggers, greasers, bull punchers, skinners, hook tenders, choker setters, rigging slingers, high climbers, donkey men, whistle punks, river pigs, and more. Once they were lumberjacks, as unique and hardy a legion as ...

Salomon Brothers in the Civil War

In memory of four brothers

Residents of Manitowoc

Distinguished for service in the Civil War

Charles E. Salomon

Brigadier General US Army

Fred Salomon

Major General US Army

Edward Salomon

Governor of Wisconsin 1862-1864

Herman Salomon

Sergt. Co. I 1st MO. Engrs. US Army

Marker is at the intersection of South ...

Architectural Significance of the First Lexington Park Community

The U.S. Navy developed Lexington Park to house the civilian workers who streamed into the area following the establishment of the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Named for the storied carrier Lexington, it was the first planned community in St. ...

Engagement at the Forty

[English Text]: Engagement at the Forty

Here at the Forty Mile Creek, on 8th June, 1813, American forces, retreating after the Battle of Stoney Creek, were bombarded by a British flotilla under Sir James Lucas Yeo.

Indians and groups of ...

History of the Dumplings

Historically, the rocky cliffs behind and above the buildings of the Harbor Mine Complex were of military significance to Rhode Island's earliest colonists, who built earthen fortifications on its headland and installed cannon to protect nearby Newport from the British ...

The Hull Mint

Near this site stood first mint in the British colonies of North America. Prior to 1652, the Massachusetts financial system was based on bartering and foreign coinage. The scarcity of coin currency was a problem for the growth of the ...

Emerson Majestic Theatre

The Emerson Majestic Theatre is the only Boston building designed by nationally prominent architect John Galen Howard. Completed in 1903 for merchant an music patron Eben Jordan, it has been used for movies, opera and musical theater. Its monumental Beaux ...

American Gold Star Mothers

Perpetuating The Noble Principles

For Which They Fought And Died

Our Legacy:

Out of tragedy we were formed

Out of love we continue

Representing the noble principles for which

they fought and died

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The Hogarth Family

The Hogarth Family has had a long involvement with the mining industry in Angels Camp. Patriarch Henry ("Harry") Hogarth, Sr. was born in Scotland in 1831. He immigrated to the United States at an early age and soon settled on ...

The Hogarth Stamp Mill

Common in California after 1853, the stamp mill consisted from one to five heavy pillar-like stamps whose bottom, (or shoes), were cylindrical hammers made of iron, each weighing as much as one thousand pounds. Power to operate the stamps was ...