Home of Casey Jones

This is the house where John Luther Jones was living, at the time of his death at the throttle of his engine, “Old 382”, at Vaughan, Miss., April 30, 1900. A folk song has immortalized his name.

"All the switchmen knew ...

John Nolen Causeway

This causeway overlooking Lake Monona and downtown Madison is named after John Nolen (1869-1937). A nationally known landscape architect, Nolen was retained by the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association to study ways to make the city more functional and ...

The John W. Alford Building

21 South First Street

The Park National Bank dedicates this building to

John W. Alford

His leadership, judgement, dedication and integrity have been of inestimable value to this bank and this community for 50 years

Courtesy hmdb.org

J. Holland Laidler Camp No.5 Plot

J. Holland Laidler, in honor of whose memory the Camp was named, was on staff of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company’s Hospital in Sacramento prior to the commencement of the war between the United States and Spain. At the outbreak ...

St. James Park

St. James Park and its environs were the heart of nineteenth century San Jose. While the Plaza has been the center of the older Hispanic settlement, St. James Park and its surrounding buildings reflect the aspirations of an emerging American ...

Maj. Thomas Y. Seymour

Maj. Thomas Y. SeymourThis plaque and the renaming of this bridge honor the Revolutionary War hero and distinguished citizen of Connecticut, Thomas Y. Seymour. Seymour, who later rose to the rank of Major in the Continental Army, was born June ...

Jeremiah McLain Rusk

Jeremiah Mc Lain Rusk.

Born June 17, 1830.

Died November 21, 1893.

Entered U.S. Vol. Army July, 1862,

as Major of 25th. Wisc. Infantry.

Brevetted Col. and Brigadier General

of U.S. Vol's March, 1865. "For Gallant

and meritorious service during the

war and For conspicuous gallantry at

the battle ...

Japantowns

From the late 1800s, Japantowns began to emerge in California’s port towns and agricultural areas where Japanese immigrants helped build the state’s economy through fishing, farming and other businesses. By the 1930s, as many as forty Japan towns existed throughout ...

Jeff Davis County Veterans Memorial

All Gave Some Some Gave All

Dedicated

To the Courageous Men and

Women of Jeff Davis County

who Served in

The United States Military

Killed in Action

World War I

[List of 7 names]

World War ...

Japanese Kuwabara Hospital

The Nishiura Brothers built this Colonial Revival structure in 1910. Named after its first resident physician from Japan, Dr. Taisuka Kuwabara, the Kumamoto Kenjin-kai (a prefectural association) established the hospital to serve the Japanese community. In 1934 the Japanese Association, ...