The Water Tower

Was designed by the Architectural Firm of Holabird and Roche and is a classic example of Military Architecture. It was built in 1891 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior ...

Fort Sheridan

This U.S. Army Post was named after Civil War Cavalry General Philip Sheridan, to honor his many services to Chicago (1868-1883).

The Commercial Club of Chicago, concerned since 1877 with the need for a military garrison, was motivated by the Haymarket ...

The Hunt-Phelan Home

During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as ...

The History of Sunset Park

The members of the Minden Town Board selected this site, on the Minden-Gardnerville boundary and adjacent to the telephone company offices, as a particularly appropriate location for what they have named "Sunset Park".

In the early 1900's, United Farmers Telephone and ...

Pine Lodge-Erhman Mansion

Lake Tahoe first lured hardy souls who came here to build a life in its wilderness.

Pine Lodge, rises -grandly above the translucent blue waters of Lake Tahoe's west shore.

San Francisco's elite built seasonal retreats like Pine Lodge, bringing a leisurely ...

"The First of Patriots - The Best of Men"

Commodore John Barry (1745-1803) was born in County Wexford, Ireland, but by age 15 called Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home. He commanded several Continental Navy ships during the Revolutionary War and won decisive victories over the British. In 1794, Barry received appointment ...

Tahoe City's Constables

In 1901 Tahoe City needed a constable. There was an influx of workers and summer visitors expected with the completion of a 15-mile railroad line from Truckee and the opening of the 400-room hotel, The Tahoe Tavern. Robert Montgomery Watson, ...

A Courthouse Reborn

Civil War to Civil Rights

(Front):

The old City Hall/Courthouse endured hard use, was abandoned, and then was transformed. In 2009 it re-opened as the DC Court of Appeals, redesigned by Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, which modernized the ...

James Kenan

Revolutionary leader, member Provincial Congresses, conventions 1788, '89; militia brigadier general; trustee of University. Grave 2 mi. N.

Marker is on Turkey Highway (Route 24), on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Bowdoin College War Memorial

• Honored Here Are All Bowdoin Generations Who Served When Our Country Called and Those Who Fell •

World War II [Honored Dead]

Korea [Honored Dead]

Vietnam [Honored Dead]

I hear even now the infinite fierce chorus,

The cries of agony, the endless groan.

Which, ...