The Place Where the White Horse Went Down

In 1837-38 a smallpox epidemic spread from the American Fur Trading Company steamboat St. Peter which had docked at Fort Union. The terrible disease for which the Indians had no immunity eventually affected all Montana tribes. A story is told ...

Sardis Baptist Church

On Sept. 28, 1803, a group of men living in Burke County near Beech Branch Meeting House, "found to be in the true Baptist faith", by a presbytery of Rev. Henry Hand and Rev. John Ross, were constituted into one ...

Bell Street Terminal, Pier 66

Historical Point of Interest

The site of the Indian camping place called Muck-Muck-Wum. In 1911 the headquarters of Washington’s first public port was established here by commissioners H.M. Chittenden, C.E. Remsberg and Robert Bridges. This tablet dedicated May 19, during ...

Smith's Mississippi Battery

Stephens' Brigade - Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi.

Smith's Mississippi Battery,

Stephens' 2d Brig., Cheatham's 2d Div.,

Polk's Corps.

One section, two guns, of this battery was in action here Monday April 7, 1862 until about 10.30 A.M.

Marker can be reached ...

King’s Chapel Burial Ground

1630

Left Marker:

Here were buried

Governors of Massachusetts

John Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665,

John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771,

Lieut. Governors of Massachusetts

William Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841;

Governors of Connecticut

John Winthrop 1676, Fitz-John Winthrop 1707;

Judges of Massachusetts

Wait Still Winthrop 1717, Adam Winthrop 1743,

Oliver ...

The Visit of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet”

Centennial Celebration

In Commemoration of The Visit of President Theodore Roosevelt’s “Great White Fleet” to Seattle in May of 1908. From here The Fleet Continued on Their Famous Round the World Cruise.

Dedicated May 20, 2008 by Mayor Greg Nickels

Elroy – Sparta State Trail

This 32 mile state trail was formerly the mainline of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The conversion from “rail to trail” represented a new concept in recreational development. Utilizing the abandoned railbed, it was the first trail of its ...

Paul Revere Buried in this Ground

This tablet as a memorial to Paul Revere

is erected by the

Paul Revere Memorial Association to

commemorate the opening to the public

on April 19, 1908

of his old house at No. 19 North Square

in this city.

May the youth of today when they visit

this ...

Elroy – Sparta State Trail

This 32 mile state trail was formerly the mainline of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The conversion from “rail to trail” represented a new concept in recreational development. Utilizing the abandoned railbed, it was the first trail of its ...

The Pioneer Square Pergola

1909

This ornamental glass and cast iron pergola provided shelter at the northwest’s first comfort station, a place featuring modern conveniences such as public restrooms.

2002

The pergola was extensively damage when a truck failed to safely navigate its turn. ...