Wakondiota Park

In the 1857 town plat of Frontenac (then called Westervelt), Wakondiota Park was designated as two blocks long, one block wide, and located at what is now the Christ Episcopal Church site. When the town was renamed in 1859, the ...

Interstate Park Centennial

On September 20, 1900, through the dedicated efforts of local citizens, the State of Wisconsin acquired land here along the Dalles of the St. Croix River, officially establishing Interstate Park as Wisconsin's oldest state park. The year 2000 marks the ...

Bob Sheppard

Public Address Announcer

For half a century he has welcomed generations of fans with his trademark greeting "Ladies and Gentleman, welcome to Yankee Stadium". His clear, concise and correct vocal style has announced the names of hundreds of players - ...

A Trophy of War

After the fall of Fort Fisher, the Armstrong gun became a war trophy and the focus of photographs and newspaper articles. Union soldiers, such as Captain Trickey of the 3rd New Hampshire, noted the “elegantly mounted Armstrong gun … the ...

Judge William Prince

Erected 1914

Centennial Year

by

General John Gibson

Chapter Daughters

of the

American Revolution

in Honor of

Judge William Prince

after whom Princeton

was Named

Marker is at the intersection of West Broadway Street (Indiana Route 64) and North Hart Street, on the ...

The Ramona Hotel Depot

The Ramona Depot

In March of 1896, the Southern Pacific Railroad officially declared that the Ramona Hotel will be an eating station for passengers heading north and south. ”It is expected that within a few days tickets can be purchased from ...

Posey County American Revolution Honor Roll

In Memory of

Soldiers of the

American Revolution

1775 — 1783

Buried in Posey County

Lagroe Bennett • James Black • Cornelius Bradley • Charles Carson • David Gamble • Jonathan Jaquess, Jr. • Andrew McFadden • William McFadden • Joseph McReynolds ...

The Old Powerhouse

The old powerhouse was built in 1908, and is the oldest building on the Cal Poly campus. It utilized student labor in its construction, thus embodying “learn by doing”. From 1910 to 1940 it supplied all of the electricity and ...

Joseph N. Nicollet

Nicollet Island bears the name of a French scholar and scientist who explored the headwaters of the Mississippi for the US government in 1836. Accompanied by some Ojibway friends and two hired voyageurs, Joseph Nicollet camped by the falls for ...

Capture!

The Union fleet returned in January 1865 and fired another 20,000 shells in three days. Supported by this massive gunfire and a naval landing party, the U.S. Army captured the fort on January 15.

Marker can be reached from Fort Fisher ...