Birthplace of U.S. Copper Industry

In this building in 1801 Paul Revere-famed " Midnight Rider" Patriot and silversmith- founded an industry as well as a business.

Here he rolled copper successfully for the first time in America. Thus beginning one of the most vital industries in ...

Sheard Playground

In Memory of 2nd Lt. William J. Sheard

Dedicated to the memory of

2nd Lt. William J. Sheard

Co. G 157th Inf. Regt. 7th Army

Sept. 11, 1911 + Dec. 21, 1944

Killed in Action in Germany during

World War II

Lt. Sheard was a love of ...

Vietnam

1959 - 1975

Center monument

With sincere appreciation to the men of Holyoke who gave their lives in the Republic of Vietnam. To the men and women called upon to serve during an era of discord and turmoil and did so with ...

Korean Veterans Memorial Plaza

Dedicated to the memory and honor of those men from Holyoke who gave their lives in the Korean Conflict

1950-1955

Norman Brissette • William G. Carroll • Anthony J. Castro • Roland V. Charpentier • Richard F. Donoghue • Roland J. Dostie ...

Kansas Oil Museum

George W. Brown drilled Kansas' first oil well in 1860. Since that time, Kansas oilmen have tested their courage, their fortunes, and their luck in the search for oil in all parts of the state. The Kansas Oil Museum is ...

Mrs. Addie Cowley Bradley

In honor of

Mrs. Addie Cowley Bradley

who was the first white girl born

in Eldorado Township;

the first in Butler County;

the first in the Fifth District of Kansas.

Born May 4, 1858. Died Feb. 27, 1932.

Boulder furnished by

W.H.L. Wallace

Womens Relief Corps. No. 7.

ElDorado Kansas

Courtesy ...

Alfred Washington Ellet

Oct. 11, 1820 - Jan. 9, 1895

Brig. Gen. - U.S. Volunteers

Commander [Mississippi] Marine Brigade

Capt. 59th Ill. Inf. Aug. 20, 1861

Lieut. Col. U.S. Volunteers Apr. 28, 1862

Brig. Gen. Nov. 1, 1862

This marker erected in 1979

at the request of his grandson,

the late ...

Schooner Daniel Lyons

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden Schooner, three masted

Built: 1873, George Goble, Oswego, N.Y.

Sank: October 18, 1878

Length: 138’ Beam: 26’

Cargo: Wheat

Depth of Wreckage: 110’

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About eight miles northeast of here, the wooden schooner Daniel Lyons rests 110 ...

Steam Barge Francis Hinton

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden steam barge

Built: 1889, Hansen & Scove, Manitowoc, Wis.

Sank: November 16, 1909

Length: 152’ Beam: 31’

Cargoes: Lumber, wood products

Propulsion: Propeller

Depth of Wreckage: 15’

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

About one-quarter mile offshore from this point lies the wreck ...

Shakespeare's Head

Built by publisher John Carter in 1772 to house the printing press of the Providence Gazette, the post office and a bookshop as well as Carter's growing family, this is one of the oldest three-story structures in Providence. So named ...