Gadsden Times-News Building

This Italianate brick commercial structure with a cast-iron storefront on the first floor is significant for its 24 year association with Gadsden’s principal newspaper. It was constructed in 1904 to house The Gadsden Times-News, which was established in 1867 under ...

Cleyson L. Brown Neighborhood

The Abilene community would have taken a much different shape had it not been for the influence of C. L. Brown. Known as an industrialist, utilities magnate, financier, philanthropist, and organizing genius, Brown was responsible for the formation of the ...

Victims of the Boston Massacre

The remains of

Samuel Gray

Samuel Maverick

James Caldwell

Crispus Attucks

and

Patrick Carr

Victims of the Boston Massacre,

March 5th, 1770,

were here interred by order of the

Town of Boston.

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Here also lies buried the body of

Christopher Snider

Aged 12 years,

Killed February 22nd, 1770

The innocent victim of the

struggles between the ...

Josiah and Abiah Franklin

Josiah Franklin and Abiah his wife

lie here interred.

They lived lovingly together in wedlock fifty-five years, and without an estate, or any gainful employment, by constant labor and honest industry, maintained a large family comfortably, and brought up thirteen children and ...

Brandywine Mansion

Historic Fleming house, purchased by Moses Coates in 1787. Acquired in 1810 by Jesse Kersey and Isaac Pennock, founders of the Brandywine Iron Works. Occupied 1816-1825 by Pennock's son-in-law, Dr. Charles Lukens, whose widow Rebecca continued and expanded the firm's ...

O’Neal’s Brigade at the Ravine

July 20, 1864. Not until O’Neal’s Alabama & Mississippi troops [CS] plunged down the wooded slope from Collier Rd., did the formation of Geary’s [US] refused line & the re-entrant angle created thereby, become apparent to them.

Geary’s right (Jones’ brigade) ...

The Burlington Zephyrs / Articulated Trains

The Burlington Zephyrs

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy introduced the three-car Zephyr, the first in a series of lightweight stainless steel streamliners, in 1934. The Zephyr (later called Pioneer Zephyr) captured national attention with an initial Denver-Chicago run of 13 hours, ...

Camp Beale Springs Arizona

This camp, established March 25, 1871 by Company F, 12th Infantry commanded by Capt. Thomas Bryne, was located at a spring used by Indians for centuries. It was named for Navy Lt. Edward F Beale who established a wagon road ...

Southbury Veterans Memorial

In memory of the Veterans of all wars

In honor of those from Southbury who served in the Korean Conflict 1950 – 1955 (east face)

In honor of those from Southbury who served in the Vietnam Conflict 1964 – 1975 (west face)

Marker ...

Kimbell House

Built circa 1848 by Isham Kimbell on Lower Commerce Street. Given to city by Woodson family and moved

to this site in 1977 by Jackson Historical Commission, successors to Jackson Bi-Centennial Committee, with a grant from the M. W. Smith, ...