Confederate Fort

On the hill to the northwest is an earthen fortification built in 1863 as part of the defenses on the Confederate navy yard, iron works and other war-related industries in nearby Columbus, Georgia. Designated Fort #5 on the plan done ...

The Basin Bath House

Basin Bath House was established 1879 adjacent to Basin Spring by Dr. Alvah Jackson's son, Thomas. John S. Tibbs succeeded Jackson about 1880, operated bath house and Eureka Water Shipping Company. Building was destroyed by Great Fire of 1888, replaced ...

Sloat's Landing

On this spot on July 7, 1846, U.S. Marines and Sailors landed and raised the American flag over the Custom House which stands before you. Mexico and the United States were at war. American forces landing in Monterey claimed 600,000 ...

Fitzgerald's Station

Here on this, the Old Wire Road, was located Fitzgerald's Station on the Butterfield Overland mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco.

First trip 1858. Last 1861. Longest and best conducted mail route in the world. 2795 miles. Service twice ...

Gateway to The Nation's Capital

Hub, Home, Heart

With its view of the Capitol and Senate office buildings, and with the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court just a short stroll away, Union Station truly is the gateway to the heart of the nation's ...

The State and Land-Grant University of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas came into being under the Morrell Land-Grant College Act of 1862, through which federal land sales established colleges devoted to “agriculture and mechanic arts,” scientific and classical studies, and military tactics for the “liberal and practical ...

First Confederate Company Organized in Washington County

Near this spot a flag

was presented to the

First Confederate Company

organized in

Washington County

Co. E, 2nd Cavalry Reg’t

Arkansas Volunteers

Capt. T.J. Kelly

May 1861

Marker is at the intersection of Center Street and East Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Center Street.

Courtesy ...

Significant Dates in Fayetteville History

Significant dates in Fayetteville history include: Incorporated town in 1836; Old Wire road from Jefferson City, Mo. to Ft. Smith cut in 1835; Washington County Fair first held on the Square in 1856; first telegraph installed around 1860; Butterfield Stage ...

St. Mary's Catholic Church Bell

Linwood, Nebraska

Inscribed on the Bell:

Henry Stuckstede B F Co.

St. Louis, Mo.

St John Baptist

Linwood, Nebr

1901

Weight: 1,450 lbs.

Father Francis Zalud of Abie, Nebraska, arranged for the organization of a new daughter parish, that of St. Mary's in nearby Linwood, Nebraska, and the ...

Bellevue Plantation

Dating from a royal grant by King George III to Samuel Eastlake in 1767, Belleview Plantation has been owned continuously by the Carswell family since 1835. The year in which the house was built is not known but it is ...