Jacob Schunk Farmhouse

Germantown, Wisconsin

This limestone, Greek Revival dwelling was built by Jacob and Mary Ann Schunk in 1858. The clapboard and stone section was added in 1870. Of special interest are two sets of quarter-circle windows at the attic level. The history ...

Birthplace of Insulin

In 1920, while living and practicing medicine here, Dr. F. G. Banting conceived the idea which eventually led to the discovery of insulin and the saving of millions of lives worldwide.

This statue, created by sculptor John Miecznikowski, depicts Dr. Banting ...

Liberty Bell Slot Machine

Charles August Fey began inventing and manufacturing slot machines in 1894. Fey pioneered many innovations of coin operated gaming devices in his San Francisco workshop at 406 Market Street, including the original three-reel bell slot machine in 1898. The international ...

Anderson's Brigade

Ruggles' Division - Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Anderson's (2d) Brigade,

20th La., 9th Texas, 1st Fla. Batl., Conf. Gds. Resps. Batl.,

Ruggles' (1st) Division,

Bragg's Corps.

These troops were engaged here until about 10.30 a.m., April 7, 1862. They then fell back to the ...

Battery Hamilton

Built by Federal troops during the Civil War, in February 1862, Battery Hamilton prevented Confederate gunboats and reinforcements from moving down the Savannah River to aid the besieged Fort Pulaski. Its presence also allowed the Federals to construct the eleven ...

Civil War Skirmish at The Barton Cemetery

Bullet - marked tombstones in this cemetery shows evidence of a brisk skirmish here Oct. 26, 1863, when Gen. P.J. Osterhaus's first division of Sherman's Corps came under fire from Gen. S.D. Lee's Confederate troops. CSA artillery on a hill ...

Furman Class of '05 September 11 Memorial

Provided by

Members of the

Class of 2005

In memory of

September 11, 2001

our first day of class

[Left]:

In the early hours the news broke, the truth uncertain, the implications unfathomable

We continued on, not knowing the world was changed forever

Afternoon, our adrenaline slowed to the ...

Fort Brown

Fort Brown was built in 1812 by a "Col. Brown." Together with Fort Jennings and Fort Amanda to the south, and Fort Winchester to the north, it guarded the army supply route into the Maumee Valley. In 1813, Gen. Greene ...

James C. Furman Classroom Building

Erected 1955

In Memory of

James Clement Furman, D.D.

1809-1891

President 1859-1879

Professor 1844-1881

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At a crisis in 1868

Furman was admonished to abandon the institution.

His reply was:

"I will nail my colors to the

mast of the old ship, and if she

goes down I will go with her."

Courtesy ...

Williams' Brigade

Hurlbut's Division

U.S.

Army of the Tennessee.

Williams' (1st) Brigade,

41st Ill., 28th Ill., 32nd Ill., 3d Iowa,

Hurlbut's (4th) Division.

This brigade was engaged here from 10 A.M. to about noon April 7, 1862.

Marker can be reached from Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road Extension 0.1 miles north ...