Fairbanks Public Schools

In the winter of 1904, the first Fairbanks Public School was opened. Ten students finished the spring term. In the fall of 1905, the school enrolled 50 students. The next year, 150 students attended.

Construction of a much-needed new school on ...

Near This Spot

Near this spot a portion of the

British troops under Gen. Tryon

of New York landed July 5, 1779

intending to burn New Haven.

The opposing force became so large

that the British retreated to their

boats on July 7.

Patriot Prisoners

In honor of the 38 Patriots who were carried as prisoners in boats to New York from this shore after the Battle of Groton Heights September 6, 1781

Marker is at the intersection of Thames Street and Fort Street, on the ...

Plymouth Soldiers Memorial

[ south side ]

Lincoln

Erected to Perpetuate the Memory

Of Those Who Lost Their Lives In

The War of 1861

Chaplain James Averill • Lieut. E. J. Candee • Lieut. H. Hubbard • Sgt. W.A. Bishop • Sgt. H.D. Bishop • Sgt. D.B. Wooster ...

The Rio Grande Irrigation Project

To the southeast is the El Paso - Juarez Valley.

Here, and in the adjoining valley north of the pass, agricultural production of cotton and other crops is among the highest on the continent. This is a tribute to the stalwart ...

Civilian Conservation Corps

Roosevelt's New Deal included Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Begun in 1933, the Corps employed men throughout U.S. building roads and dams., and planting trees for flood control. Jobless boys ages 18-25 received three meals a day and usually $30.00 a ...

Plymouth

Plymouth

First settled in the 1720's on land acquired from the Tunxis Indians, the Town of Plymouth, originally named Northbury, was incorporated in 1795. It includes the communities of Plymouth, Terryville, Pequabuck (formerly Susanville), East Church, and Greystone. In 1793 Eli ...

Revolutionary War Honor Roll - Spencer County

In Honor of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Spencer County Indiana

(Row One) - - Thomas Blair • David Chancellor • Lodowich Davis • Abraham Hornbeck • James Jones • Thomas Jones

(Row Two) - - Zachariah Briant • William Kelly • ...

El Paso Lower Valley Missions/ Cordova Island/ The City and Coun

El Paso Lower Valley Missions

Ysleta Mission -- 1681. Ysleta, the oldest community in Texas, claims the most steadily cultivated plot of land in the U.S.

Socorro Mission -- 1682. Regarded as the oldest active parish church in the U.S. Has a ...

The Chippewa Flowage

In 1921, the Federal Power Commission granted a license to the Wisconsin and Minnesota Power and Light Company for a dam construction on the Chippewa River. The dam was completed in 1923, and provided hydroelectric power and flood control to ...