America’s First Garden Club

In I891 at this site, the Ladies Garden Club was founded by twelve Athens ladies in the home of Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin. Mrs. Lamar Cobb was the first president. Beginning as a small neighborhood group, the club extended membership ...

Bootleg Canyon

Originally a Native American trail, Bootleg Canyon – also called the Hooch Highway was a well-known backdoor into Boulder City and the Hoover Dam construction site during prohibition. Bootleggers brewed illegal alcohol in stills hidden in draws and arroyos then ...

"Mary Had a Little Lamb"

Statue front:

Born in Sterling, Mass.

Mary Elizabeth Sawyer

1806-1889

and her little lamb

Long side of the base:

“Mary had a little lamb,

Its fleece was white as snow,

And everywhere that Mary went,

The lamb was sure to go.”

. . . John Roulstone

Below lamb’s hindquarters:

This memorial, commemorating ...

Buckland's Brigade

Sherman's Division

U.S.

Buckland's (4th) Brigade,

70th Ohio, 48th Ohio, 72nd Ohio,

Sherman's (5th) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

This brigade, with its regiments in order from left to right as above, was in position here at 4.30 P.M. April 6, 1862.

The 48th Ohio went to ...

Opie/River Road Bridge

The previous bridge carrying Opie/River Road over the South Branch of the Raritan River was originally built at this location in 1921 by Dover Boiler Works and was significant as a rare example of a rivet-connected Pratt truss bridge. The ...

Indiana Harbor Belt 1181

Gasoline Motorcar ("Speeder")

The earliest motorcars (often called speeders or section cars) appeared just after the start of the 20th century, using many of the same mechanical components as the first automobiles.

The first speeders used single-cylinder engines connected directly to an ...

In the Council Chamber of Elizabeth Battell's Golden Fleece Tave

On this site, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States. December 7, 1787.We, the deputies of the people of the Delaware state, in Convention met, having taken in our serious consideration the Federal Constitution ...

1905 Houston County Courthouse Bell

This bell rang over the streets of Dothan from 1905 until 1960 when it was saved from demolition by Dewey Emfinger.

It was loaned to Houston County for display in 2006 by the Emfinger family in honor of Dewey and ...

Federal Building

Federal Building U.S. Courthouse Dothan, Alabama

James Knox Taylor Architect 1909

This property significantly contributes Nation's

Cultural Heritage commemorated June 1976.

Gerald R. Ford President of the United States

Jack Eckerd Administrator of General Services

Marker is on West Troy Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

History of the Battery Wall

This map, dated 1695, shows a wall with batteries built to the south and west of Fort George, located at the tip of Manhattan. It was likely constructed of wood and stone. Additional works were added throughout the early to ...