William Beaumont General Hospital /Biggs Air Force Base / Fort B

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William Beaumont General Hospital

This famous army hospital opened in 1921 and was named for Major & Surgeon William Beaumont, who distinguished himself as an army surgeon during the war of 1812. Later his observations of the stomach of Alexis St. ...

Beneath the Surface

This 1893 map shows the system of tunnels that ran under the West Side Milling District–part of the complex waterworks that brought energy from the 50-foot drop of the falls into the mills. Water from the

river above the falls flowed ...

Macedonia Baptist Church

(Front text)

This church, the first African-American Baptist church in Barnwell County, was founded in 1866 when Rev. James T. Tolbert preached in Blackville under a brush arbor; the first sanctuary was built in 1868. The church hosted the first ...

Crawford - Capper Burial Site

Samuel Crawford, publisher, attorney,

farmer, and financial agent, served

as Third Governor of Kansas, 1856-1868,

and as head of the 19th Kansas Volunteer

Cavalry, 1868-1869. His wife, Isabel,

the daughter of Enoch Chase, a founder

of Topeka, at age 18 became the youngest

First Lady of Kansas.

Arthur ...

Freedom Boat Yards

Moving from Phillipsburg, Stephen Phillips and Jonathan Betz built a three acre yard for building of steamboats and barges in 1832, on land bought from Abner Lacock. The firm changed ownership many times in the next forty years. 138 boats ...

Kemper's Brigade

August 30, 1862

5:30 p.m.

Kemper's Division, Right Wing (Longstreet)

Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

Kemper's Brigade

Col. Montgomery D. Corse

1st Virginia - 11th Virginia

7th Virginia - 17th Virginia

24th Virginia

"Above us, on a gentle rise, was ...

Historical Facts of Burt County

(South Side)

Old block house was built by U.S. War Department on this site in 1855 to protect white colony from Indians.

Crowning achievment of the pioneers was a gold medal award for best agricultural display at World's Fair 1893 in ...

Detroit Avenue Bridge

The fourth bridge to span the Rocky River was opened from Rocky River to Lakewood in 1910. Its outstanding features were its twin unreinforced concrete arches of 280 feet, a world record at the time. It was the first long ...

Hasman Building/General Store

This property has been

placed on the

NATIONAL

REGISTER OF

HISTORIC PLACES

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Elk Grove Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Navy Bicentennial

1775 - 1975

In conjunction with the 200th year of the United States Navy, the Cleveland Navy Commands commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie as the most significant naval event to ensure the northern boundary of the United States on ...