Home of Robert Limehouse

Built Circa 1820

Originally this area was Limehouse farmland. The small scale and sturdy appearance denote that it is older than its neighbors. The bold colonade of piazza columns give the house dignity and permanence.

The exceptionally fine brickwork is ...

General John and Annie K. Bidwell Gravesite

This marks the location of

General John and

Annie K. Bidwell’s

Gravesite

Founders and Benefactors of Chico

Marker can be reached from Mangrove Avenue near 881 Mangrove Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cold War Submarine Memorial

1947 - 1989

A Tribute to Professional Excellence

Dedication, Sacrifice, and National Will

Our submarines went to sea a silent invisible force solemnly dedicated to maintaining peace, but ready to fight if necessary to defend our nation and allies

Constructed ...

US Bank

The old Presbyterian church occupied this site until it was purchased and demolished by General J.O. Amos in 1892. He built a three-story structure here to house the Sidney Daily News and Shelby County Democrat newspapers. That business remained until ...

Log Cabin to Victorian Parlour

As the Helmcken family grew, so did this house. You can see three stages in the structure.

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The original 1852 log cabin was built in a fur trade post-in-sill style with hand hewn squared logs and cedar shingles. Hearths in ...

Hunt Cabin

Ransom and Martha Hunt were well-to-do farmers, with over 8,000 acres of land. They lived in this cabin (built by slaves in 1835) with their 12 children near Seneca, South Carolina.

19th century life in the South Carolina Piedmont was characterized ...

Albright Training Center History

The Horace M. Albright Training Center is a National Park Service facility for employee development. Established in 1963 and named for the National Park Service's second director, the training center serves as an educational program center for employees throughout the ...

Dr. Florence Seibert

(1897-1991)

Birth site of the renowned biochemist. In spite of the handicap of polio, she developed in the 1920s a safe process for intravenous therapy. Later, in 1934, she refined the tuberculin skin test that was ultimately adopted worldwide.

Marker is on ...

Doctor John Sebastian Helmcken

John Sebastian Helmcken was born in London in 1924. He trained to be a doctor at Guys Hospital, London.

He arrived in Victoria as a surgeon and clerk for the Hudson Bay Company on March 24, 1850.

Dr. Helmcken entered politics in ...

Horace M. Albright

Albright's contributions to the National Park Service can hardly be overstated. While working with the agency's first director, Stephen Mather, in the early years of the National Park Service, Horace Albright played a decisive role in guiding the agency. Upon ...