Chattooga County

Chattooga County was created by Act of Dec. 28, 1838 from Floyd and Walker Counties. It was named for the river which flows through county, called Chattooga by the Cherokee Indians. Sequoyah (George Guess or Gist), inventor of the Cherokee ...

Memorial Fountain and Union Soldier Statue

Erected at center of Memorial Square to honor over 5,000 Franklin County soldiers who served in Civil War, 1861-65. Secured through gifts of Franklin County citizens and dedicated July 17, 1878.

Entered in National Register of Historic Places, May 19, 1978. ...

La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

In 1961, the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) approved Dairyland Power Cooperative's proposal to construct and operate Wisconsin's first nuclear-fueled power plant. This reactor was part of a pilot program to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of nuclear reactors for ...

Rib Mountain State Park

The summit of this rock is the

highest known point in the state

–1940 feet above sea level–

This land, forty acres in area,

was presented to the commonwealth

on January 26, 1923, by the estate of

Jacob Gensman

The park was enlarged to 160 ...

Skirmish At Carroll Station

December 19, 1862

Here on a bitterly cold morning of December 19,1862, while General N.B. Forrest (C.S.A.) fought at Salem Cemetery seven miles southeast, Colonel G.G. Dibrell's 8th Tennessee Cavalry regiment was sent to interrupt Federal reinforcement from the north. Carroll ...

Burgess' Water Hole

Called San Lorenzo by Juan Dominguez de Mendoza,1684. Later Charco Alzate in honor of an Apache chieftain. Water hole honoring John W. Burgess, pioneer freighter who here outwitted the Apaches. The emigrant road to California by the way of Chihuahua ...

United States Regulars

(Front):Erected by the Congress

to commemorate the services

of that portion of the

Army of the Potomac

composed of

Cavalry Artillery Infantry and Engineers

of the Regular Army of the United States

in the Gettysburg Campaign June-July 1863

(Left):United States ArtilleryBatteries E & G 1st. Regiment Captain Alanson ...

Pick a Climate

As you drive up Pikes Peak, you’ll feel it get colder. You’ll also notice that the plants change. See if you can pick out four different life zones on the way to and from the summit.

A life zone is a ...

The Native Alaskan Village

Native Alaskans, brought to Fort Ross by the Russian-American Company to hunt sea mammals and provide a work force for the colon, established a village on the marine terrace in front of the fort. The neighborhood also included the dwellings ...

McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas

Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald lived ...