The Gallant Pelham

The Battle of Fredericksburg

Young, handsome, and modest, Major John Pelham was one of the most popular men in the Confederate army. He was also one of its premier artillerists. Time and again the twenty-four-year-old officer had engaged the enemy at ...

New Paltz Patentees

To the Memory and in honor of-

Louis DuBois

Christian Deyo

Abraham Hasbrouck

Andre LeFevre

Jean Hasbrouck

Piere Deyo

Louis Bevier

Anthoine Crespel

Hugo Frere

Issac DuBois

Simon LeFevre

The New Paltz Patentees, who, driven by religious persecution from their ...

The Spirit of the Northwest

This statue, designed by Suamico native, Sydney Bedore, and dedicated on June 10, 1931 with Governor Phillip Lafollette among the speakers, represents a Fox Indian, Claude Allouez and Nicholas Perrot.

Native Americans lived in Wisconsin for about ten thousand years before ...

Lightship Overfalls

Responsible for establishing aids for the navigation of our nation’s waterways, the United States government Initiated the use of manned lightships or “floating lighthouses" in 1820. These vessels addressed many needs. They could be placed in locations where deep water ...

"Mississippi" Fred McDowell

1904 - 1972

Born in Rossville on January 12, 1904, Fred McDowell was one of America's eminent blues artists. His work, rooted in the Delta blues tradition, won him international fame. Of his unique bottleneck guitar style he said: "I make ...

Benson Pioneer Cemetery

Known as "7th Street Cemetery"

This land was deeded to the City of Benson as a cemetery by the Pacific Improvement Company, the California based land company of the Southern Pacific Railroad, in March 1929.

Burial plots were sold to residents by ...

Two Rivers' North Pier Lighthouse

Built in 1886 by a Mr. Boehmer of Manitowoc for the U.S. Lighthouse Service this lighthouse stood at the harbor entrance of Two Rivers for 89 years until it was replaced by an automated beacon. The original lamp was a ...

New Paltz

Founded 1678. Six houses built before 1720 are on Huguenot Street, on the Wallkill River, homes of refugees from France.

Marker is on Broadhead Avenue 0.1 miles west of North Chesternut Street (New York Route 32), on the right.

Courtesy ...

Army Camp at Goffs

Desert Training Center

The U. S. Army maintained a camp at Goffs 1942-1944. Goffs was an important railhead, supply point, hospital, and for three months in 1942 Headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division. That unit went on to distinguish itself in ...

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific 37A

1961 E9A Diesel-Electric Cab Unit

Along with long-distance passenger service from Chicago to Milwaukee, the Twin Cities, Omaha, and the Pacific Northwest, the Milwaukee Road also ran an extensive commuter service to Chicago's Western and Northern suburbs.

Electro-Motive's streamlined E-units, ...