William L. Barker

1857 — 1937

President of Warrick County Historical Society

1922 – 1927

President of Southwestern Indiana historical Society

1929 – 1931

Who performed important service in establishing by verified statements from pioneers the historical record of Abraham Lincoln’s early visits to Boonville ...

Boscobel - A River Town

Towns like Boscobel developed along the Lower Wisconsin River as a result of the confluence of transportation networks.

[map of stagecoach routes between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River]

In the 1830s and 1840s, lead mining in southwestern Wisconsin peaked. Mining companies ...

Ancrum Wharf Building

90 East Bay Street

Circa 1781

Altered circa 1855

The Ancrum Wharf Building was constructed by Parker Quince and John Ancrum, both North Carolina natives, who who married to Savannah and Mary Rhett. The Rhett sisters were heirs to Col. William ...

Grafenberg Medical Institute

1852 - 1861

Alabama’s first medical school.

Trained physicians who

rendered great service to

the State and Confederacy.

Closed by war

and death of its founder,

Philip M. Shepard, M.D.

Marker is at the intersection of North Broadnax Street and West Lafayett Street, on the right when traveling ...

Fort Chambers

Southwest 150 Feet

Erected 1755-56 by

Colonel Benjamin Chambers

Founder of Chambersburg

A two story stone structure surrounded

By a moat

A stockade manned by two swivel guns

Enclosed the fort, flour mill, sawmill,

And dwelling.

1984

Kittochtinny Historical Society

Franklin County Chapter D.A.R.

Marker is on West King Street.

Courtesy ...

The Highland Presbyterian Mission

In 1845 the missions board began construction of a building to house and educate the children of the Iowa and Sac & Fox tribes. Much larger than it is now, the mission was originally 106 feet long and contained 32 ...

Camp of 1st Battalion, 4th Illinois Cavalry

McClernand's Division

U.S.

Camp of

1st Battalion,

4th Illinois Cavalry,

McClernand's (1st) Division,

Army of the Tennessee.

April 6, 1862.

Marker is on Cavalry Road 0.4 miles west of Hamburg-Savannah Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Betty and Barney Hill Incident

On the night of September 19–20, 1961, Portsmouth, NH couple Betty and Barney Hill experienced a close encounter with an unidentified flying object and two hours of “lost” time while driving south on Rte 3 near Lincoln. They filed an ...

Rowley Burial Ground

1630 - 1930

The burial ground set apartat the settlement of the

town of Rowley in 1639. Here

are buried Ezekiel Rogers,

Samuel Phillips, Samuel

Shepard, Edward Payson andJedediah Jewett, the earliest

ministers of the town, and

nearly all the original settlers.

Marker is on Main Street (Alternate ...

Bacon Creek Bridge

The L & N R.R. bridge near here, a main USA supply line between Louisville and Bowling Green, was destroyed by Confederate troops in late 1861. Before repairs were complete, Morgan's Raiders burned it Dec. 5, 1861. This act brought ...