Wisconsin River Headwaters

About two miles east of here, the Wisconsin River has its source in Lac Vieux Desert. Several spellings and meanings were given to the name of the stream in early days. The Algonquian "Wees-konsan" means "the gathering of the waters." ...

State Seal

One-quarter mile SW on the main street of Jonesboro stood the silversmith shop of William and Matthew Atkinson, designers of the Great Seal of the State of Tennessee. Although authorized by the Tennessee Constitution of 1796, the seal was first ...

French Legation

Erected in the year 1841 by Conte Alphonse Dubois De Saligny, Charge D’Affaires for King Louis Philippe of France, to the Texas Republic. He lived here 1841-1842.

House constructed of Bastrop pine, in Louisiana bayou style.

Furnishings include several pieces once owned ...

Matthew J. Perry House

(Front text)

Matthew J. Perry, Jr. (b. 1921), lawyer, civil rights pioneer, and jurist, lived in a house on this site as a youth; the house was torn down in 1997. He served in the U.S. Army during World War ...

Swedish Consulate and Swante Palm Library

Swante Palm (1815-1899), Vice Consul for Sweden and Norway from 1866 until his death, built a small house on Ash Street (now 9th Street) in the 1850s. It was a repository for Palm’s extensive book collection and served as the ...

Cathedral of the Madeleine

Begun with land purchase in 1889.

Dedicated 1909.

Architects:

C.M. Neuhausen, B.O. Mecklenburg, John Comes.

Built under leadership of

Bishop Lawrence Scanlon with monies from the

Pius Fund, mining philanthropists, and parishoners.

Marker is at the intersection of South Temple Street and B Street, on the right ...

Battle of Rivers' Bridge

Feb. 2-3, 1865

Dig In

Part of McLaws' division protected the middle crossing of the Salkehatchie at Rivers Bridge. This small force, consisting of a brigade of Georgia infantrymen, South Carolina cavalrymen and four cannons of the South Carolina Light Artillery, prepared ...

Battle of Rivers' Bridge

Feb. 2-3, 1865

Crucial Routes to the Heart of the State:

The Salkehatchie River Crossings

As Sherman's right wing- about 28,000 men underGen. Oliver Otis Howard- advanced up the south side of the Salkehatchie, Gen. Lafayette McLaws' Confederate division marched into position on ...

Alcazar (Star) Theater

A combination moving picture theater and boarding house were the original tenants of this two-story masonry building, completed in 1908. Several directors managed the rather short-lived Alcazar, including Steve Roman, whose family long monopolized Red Lodge’s theater business. Roman closed ...

Army of the Tenn. At Dallas

May 25, 1864. McPherson’s Army of the Tenn., [US] marching from Wooley’s Bridge (Etowah River), via Van Wert, reached Pumpkin Vine Cr., Logan’s 15th A.C. [US] camped near Pumpkin Vine Church, 2 mi. S.

May 26, Dodge’s 16th A.C. [US] ...