Jim Olson

In Memory of

This windmill is one of 1,200 such water-pumping devices that once served the Irvine Ranch before modern water systems were available. Jim, a long-time employee of Irvine Ranch Water District, was responsible for dismantling and reconstructing it on ...

Jamestown Oaks

Through the Virginia 2007 Community Program the National Alumnae Association of Blackstone College planted 24 White and Pin Oak trees at this site to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North ...

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Mt. Pulaski, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is on East Cooke Street east of South Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Abraham Lincoln - Eighth Judicial District

Lincoln, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

traveled this way as he rode the Circuit of the Eighth Judicial District ···1847 - 1857

Marker is on South Kickapoo Street south of Broadway Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Judge Glover's Home

This house, used as headquarters by General William T. Sherman on February 12, 1865, was built in 1846 by Thomas Worth Glover (1798-1884), Teacher, Lawyer, Legislator, Circuit Judge, and Signer of the Ordinance of Secession. The house has been remodeled ...

Benjamin Welch Owens, CSA

(1836-1917)

On June 19, 1863, during the War Between the States (1861-65), Private Owens of the 1st Maryland Artillery, Confederate States of America, performed heroically at the Battle of Stephenson's Depot. Owens, born and raised in West River, Anne Arundel County, ...

Joshua Seney

Beneath this stone are interred the remains of Joshua Seney

who was born near the spot which now contains his ashes March 4, 1756 and died October 20, 1798. From the commencement of the American Revolution at various periods of his ...

Pvt. Benjamin Welch Owens

An Outstanding Example of Courage

This monument, dedicated on June 17, 1999, honors the memory of a local man, Benjamin Welch Owens, who left his nearby West River farm to join Confederate forces during the Civil War. Owens was among the ...

Landscape Restoration Project

In 1787 this field was a grassy meadow dotted with tall hardwoods, native grasses and cane. Today, the land is being restored to its appearance at the time of the battle.

Marker can be reached from Chesnee Highway (South Carolina Route ...

Dr. James Lee Dickey

Physician, humanitarian, civil rights advocate and concerned citizen Dr. James Lee Dickey (d. 1959) had a profound effect on the quality of life in his adopted hometown of Taylor. Born in McLennan County in 1893, he attended Waco public schools ...