Elgin National Watch Company

From 1866 to 1966 this site was occupied by the Elgin National Watch Company. This was the first watch factory built west of the Alleghenies and grew to become the world's largest. During its lifetime over 60 million 'Elgin' watches ...

Elgin Road Races

This marker is along the “south leg” of the Elgin road races. Beginning in 1910, many leading drivers and mechanics competed here in grueling tests of speed and endurance that contributed to the development of the modern automobile.

Manufacturers were attracted ...

Burial Site of Josette Beaubien

Josette Beaubien, a survivor of the Fort Dearborn Massacre, was buried here in 1845. She was married to Jean Baptiste Beaubien, one of Chicago's first settlers. Her brother was Claude LaFramboise, a chief of the Potawatomi Indians. Chief Alexander Robinson ...

Alexander Robinson

(Chee Chee Pin Quay)

Chief of the Potawatomi, Chippewa, and Ottawa Indians

Who died April 22, 1872

Catherine (Chevalier) his wife

who died August 7, 1860

and other members of their family

are buried on this spot -

Part of the Reservation granted him

By the Treaty of ...

Minnehaha Grange Hall

[west side]

Minnehaha Grange No. 398 was organized on December 12, 1873. Its members came from Edina Mills, Richfield Mills, St. Louis Park and the surrounding area.

At first, the Grange met in the homes of its members. Then in the ...

Wyatt Earp Birthplace

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Wyatt Earp

Birthplace

March 19, 1848

Marker is on South 3rd Street south of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Prophet's Last Ride

On the morning of June 24, 1844, Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum left their families, homes, and fellow Saints for the last time. Traveling on horseback, they paused on this bluff. Joseph looked admiringly at the unfinished temple and ...

The Gate City of South Florida

In 1842, the U.S. Government began to encourage settlers to relocate to Florida by offering free land. Settlers came from all along the east coast, mostly Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas.

In 1870 Henry Sanford acquired 12,548 acres of land ...

Bidamon Stable

Lewis Bidamon, second husband of Emma Smith, built this structure during the 1860s from the foundation stone of the Nauvoo House. Bidamon owned a carriage “manufactory.” He, and his brothers John and Christian had conducted a number of business transactions ...

Nauvoo, Illinois

Nauvoo was once the site of a Sauk and Fox village. After the Indians moved west of the Mississippi, promoters attempted to develop town sites here but the marshy bottom lands attracted few settlers.

In 1839, the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith ...