Steven Thomas Stefani IV

Forest Service Range Conservationist

United States Department of Agriculture

An American chestnut (Castanea dentate) tree

has been planted in honor of

Forest Service Range Conservationist,

Steven Thomas Stefani IV (1978-2007)

who died serving his country, helping the people of

Ghazni, ...

Crowfield Plantation

(Front text)

Crowfield Plantation, on the headwaters of Goose Creek, was originally granted to John Berringer in 1701. John Gibbes (1696-1764), a member of the Royal Assembly, sold it in 1721 to Arthur Middleton (1681-1737), also a member of the ...

Church of the Good Shepherd

Charles L. Bugbee, Architect, 1878

This is Berkeley's oldest remaining church building and the oldest church in the East Bay still in continuous use by its founding congregation. The one-story Victorian Gothic-style building was built here on what was Bristol Street, ...

Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado

First Railroad in Texas

Planned 1840 to benefit the Republic of Texas by moving rich sugar and cotton crops from plantation areas. Chartered 1841 by 5th Congress of the Republic, in name of Harrisburg Railroad & Trading Company.

H. R. ...

Village of Pomeroy

Since it was formed in 1819, Meigs County was fostered by its location on 57 miles of the Ohio River, named by the Indians"Oyo," meaning beautiful river. Pomeroy, the county seat, was named for Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, an early landholder. ...

100th Anniversary of the Crystal Springs Dam

Chrystal Springs Dam continues to provide the critical link in the delivery of water to the people of the San Francisco Peninsula. Centennial Observation held on this spot by joint resolution of the

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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

Tom Huening, ...

Civil War Battle of Mesilla & Major Lynde's Retreat

July 24-27, 1861

On July 24, 1861, Lt. Col. John Robert Baylor led 300 men consisting of two companies of the Second Texas Mounted Rifles, a Texas light-artillery company without its howitzers, an El Paso County scout company, and some ...

Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building

Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, public sentiment largely supported a self-sustaining prison system, with ...

Rendezvous of the Minute Men

Built 1709

Rendezvous of the

Minute Men

before the

Battle of Lexington

April 19, 1775

Marker is at the intersection of Bedford Street (Massachusetts Route 225) and Massachusetts Ave (Massachusetts Route 4), on the right when traveling north on Bedford Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Rufus B. Atwood

March 15, 1897 - March 18, 1983

Noted as one of Kentucky's most famous African American citizens, Hickman's Atwood served as the president of Kentucky State College from 1929 to 1962.

During his tenure at the school, Atwood led the battle for ...