Dawn of the Atomic Age

Urgency was the order of the day, as construction of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, TVA's Shawnee Steam Plant, and Electric Energy Inc.'s Joppa, Il Steam Plant all began early in 1951. Recognizing the importance to national security, workers of ...

Potawatomie Baptist Manual Labor Training School

Student farm labor was intended to make this boarding school self-supporting. The building, completed in the spring of 1850, housed approximately ninety Indian children. Eleven years later, the school was closed due to funding failures and the Civil War.

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Monroe County - Tompkinsville

The only county of the 2,957 in the United States named for a President where the county seat is named for the contemporary Vice-President. County formed in 1820; named for James Monroe the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine. ...

Tommy Edwards

1922-1969

Born Thomas Jefferson Edwards here in Henrico County on 15 Oct. 1922, African American singer-songwriter Tommy Edwards composed songs recorded by well-known performers Tony Bennett, Red Foley, Tony Fontane, and

Louis Jordan. He recorded for Top and National Records before joining ...

The F-4 Phantom Pilots

In Loving Memory Of

The F-4 Phantom Pilots

Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice Over Vietnam

U.S.S. Coral Sea CV-43

Capt. James R. Bauder, VF-21 • Lt. Richard C. Clark, VF-151 •

LCDR. Roger G. Emrich, VF-161 • Capt. William ...

The Atomic Cannon

Model. M65 280 m.m.

Weight. 42,500 lbs.

Length. 42 feet

(1) One of only (3) three in existence, the other two are located at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and the U.S. Army Ordinance Center in Aberdeen, Maryland. It was placed in service November 17, ...

Schooner Parallel “Blown to Atoms” 1887

The two-masted, 148-ton Parallel left San Francisco for Astoria, Oregon, with a mixed cargo & 42 tons of black powder & dynamite. Capt. W.C. Miller, fought against difficult winds for two days & finally gave up. The abandon-ship order ...

Army of the Potomac

June 29 1863

Headquarters Army of the Potomac moved from Frederick to Middleburg. First and Eleventh Corps marched from Frederick to Emmitsburg. Second Corps from Monocacy Junction via Liberty and Johnsville to Uniontown. Third Corps from near Woodsborough to Taneytown. Fifth ...

Customs House

[English]

The 1957 portion of the building was renovated to provide retail space and a heritage facade compatible with the original 1914 section.

This project was completed by Public Works Canada as a contribution to the historical preservation of the City of ...

Tombstone, Arizona

"The Town Too Tough To Die"

In 1877 prospector Ed Schieffelin searched for silver in Apache land. He was told he would only find his own tombstone. Schieffelin ignored the advice. The result was a strike worth at least forty million ...