Chief Wahbememe Burial Site

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Potawatomi Chief Wahbememe (White Pigeon) was a signer of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, which placed Michigan Great Lakes forts in U.S. hands. The chief was known as a friend to the white settlers in Michigan. According ...

Confederate March From the North Anna River

Following the Union army's departure from the North Anna River on 26 May 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee cautiously moved his army south toward Richmond to stay between the Federals and the capital. Lee's wagon trains, using nearby Ellett's ...

The Union Pacific Railroad / The Union Pacific Railroad

Part 1 (1867 - 1890) / Part 2 (1869 - 1890)

Part i

The story of the Union Pacific Railroad is also a story of Wyoming and particularly Cheyenne. One cannot be told without the telling of the other. It is no ...

Fort Severson

Built in 1867 by Nils Severson on his land with help of neighbor's using limestone and mortar of lime & sand from Deer Creek. Severson's design was a typical fort with small openings for rifles and larger openings for gatling ...

Potter's Headquarters / Federal Order Of Battle

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Potter's Headquarters

Federal troops commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward E. Potter, on a raid through this area in the last days of the Civil War, advanced to Sumter after defeating a small Confederate force at Dingle’s Mill on April ...

Fresno Traction Company

1903 - 1939

During the year 1903, streetcars began to rattle along the city streets from the San Joaquin River through the fig garden area to downtown Fresno and east along Huntington Boulevard to Sunnyside.

Providing a reliable, entertaining, even elegant method ...

Army of the Potomac

July 2, 1863

Second, Fifth and Sixth Corps, Lockwood's Brigade from the Middle Department, First and Third Brigades Second Cavalry Division, Third Cavalry Division and the Artillery Reserve reached the field of Gettysburg. First and Second Brigades First Cavalry Division ...

Fletcher

Formerly known as Six Mile Station, this stage stop and way station provided service between some of the smaller mining camps and Aurora and Bodie, CA during the late 1860's. The area became of greater importance with the arrival of ...

Mills Square Flag Pole

Raised September 9, 1905

Made from one log, originally 126 feet in length. 18 inch diameter at base, 5,300 pounds

Shortened 14 feet in 1959

City of Livermore

Historic Preservation Landmark Site

Dedicated July 1998

Marker can be reached from South J Street near 3rd ...

Fleming Building

Erected in 1863 – 1864

By John Ziegenbein as a general store

Sold to Herman Lohse 1879; to George Aldrich 1881;

To A.C. Fleming (& Alex Hemphill) in 1888

Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln’s first bank, here 1902 – 1911

U.S. Post Office here 1914 – ...