Pacolet River Heritage Preserve

Pacolet River Heritage Preserve, owned and managed by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources, covers 278 acres in Spartanburg County, SC. Come to bird-watch, take photographs, fish or simply enjoy the woods and Pacolet River. Leave with a sense of ...

Beaver Creek

The history of the earth is written in the rocks. In Ohio, nearly 500 million years of time are recorded in our bedrocks, reflecting the coming of inland seas, the upheaval of mountain ranges and the birth and death of ...

Empire and the Carson River Mills

1864 - 1964

When the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, the problem of reducing the ore from the fabulously rich Virginia City mines had to be solved. Mills were built in Gold Canyon and Six Mile Canyon. In Washoe Valley, ...

Warner Park

This park was dedicated in memory of Ernest N. Warner (1868-1929). An astute politician, state senator, and president of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association from 1912 until his death in 1929. He is credited with making park services ...

Building Cannery Row

Historic Cannery Row

Roofing contractor Charles L. Frost (top) supervises his crew hot mopping a Monterey cannery roof. Concentrated along the shoreline, the fish processing plants were subject to storm damage. In addition, changes were required to accommodate new technologies to ...

Bishop James M. Thoburn

Methodist missionary to India, south Asia, and the Philippines, 1859 to 1908. Upon retirement he lived in Meadville until his death in 1922. He is buried in Greendale Cemetery.

Marker is on Hickory Street (Pennsylvania Route 77) 0.4 miles north of ...

Columbia Falls Town Hall

The Union Church was built in 1840 by the Union Meetinghouse Association to be used for non-denominational worship.

In 1898 the bell was donated to the church by the Columbia Falls Women's Society.

In 1903 the Church was deeded to the Town ...

Library Hall

Built as a production facility for the Meadville Woolen Co., this building later served as market & meeting hall. From 1879 to 1925 it was the home of the Meadville Library, Art, & Historical Association then was converted to commercial ...

Roddy Law Office

Canadian born Thomas Roddy was admitted to the Crawford County Bar in 1870. He served on City Council, library boards & Market House oversight committee. In 1881 he won Elias Allen's suit which desegregated PA schools-all despite being profoundly deaf.

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The Spirella Company

On this site were located the offices of the Spirella Company which produced made-to-measure corsets. The company provided jobs for 25% of Meadville's residents after the 1904 invention of a flexible steel stay by MM Beeman. Employee benefits included travel, ...