The Little White House

Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this ...

The Little White House

Built in 1890 on the waterfront as a two-family dwelling for the base commandant and paymaster, this building was known as Quarters A and B. It was converted into a single-family residence in 1911. President William Howard Taft visited this ...

Summer White House - 1928

On May 31, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge accepted former Senator Irvine Lenroot's invitation to spend the summer in the Superior area. Henry Clay Pierce had offered Cedar Island Lodge, part of a 4,000 acre Brule River estate, to serve as ...

White House Bridge

Critical Crossing

On May 21, 1862. Confederate Gen. Thomas J.

“Stonewall” Jackson’s Valley Army plodded north

along this road to threaten Front Royal and out

flank Union Gen. Nathaniel Bank’s position at Strasburg. With the addition of Gen. Richard S.

Ewell’s division, Jackson’s command numbered

nearly ...

Whitehouse

Whitehouse Road marks the south boundary of land settled about 1842 by James Gibbons under the Armed Occupation Act. The first Fort Dade Post Office was established there in 1845. In that year, Gibbons' widow, Mary, wed William Kendrick, Captain ...

White House Ferry

Operated from 1870–1910 about ¼ mile north of U.S. 211 over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with its approach road close to the existing White House. You can easily see the White House, on the east side of ...

White House

The old building just north of the road was built for a fort in 1760. It has long been a landmark in this valley.

Marker is on U.S. 211 west of the U.S. Route 340 South turnoff, on the right when ...

Whitefish Point Lighthouse

This light, the oldest active on Lake Superior, began operating in 1849, though the present tower was constructed later. Early a stopping place for Indians, voyageurs, and Jesuit missionaries, the point marks a course change for ore boats and other ...