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 – ...

Governors Island History in Brief

Governors Island

Governors Island boasts a long military history and has played an important role in every major American military engagement since the Revolutionary War, including the War of 1812, the Civil War, World War I, World War II and ...

Cumberland Gateway Westward

Will's Creek Settlement, later known as Cumberland, served as a major gateway for trade, military campaigns against the French, and settlement beyond the mountains in our growing nation. "The New Storehouses" of the Ohio Company were across the river beyond ...

Battle of Baxter Springs

October 6, 1863

Major General J.G. Blunt left Ft. Scott on October 4, 1863 en route to Ft. Smith. With him was his military escort consisting of about 125 men from Company I, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and Company A, Fourteenth Kansas ...

2nd Kansas Colored Infantry at Fort Blair

The brush arbor was located in this general area and was used for a dining area for the troops at Ft. Blair. The colored troops were having lunch here when Quantrill's attackers approached from both the east and the south. ...

Bloomingburg Cemetery

The Bloomingburg Presbyterian Church and cemetery was established in the northwest corner of the current cemetery grounds on March 7, 1818. Several years later it became a center for anti-slavery activity. The Reverend William Dickey, who presided over the church, ...

Fort Blair West Breastworks

The west wall of the breastworks had been removed the day before the attack in order to enlarge the encampment to make room for more than 100 additional cavalry troops which had arrived under the command of Lt. Pond.

Marker can ...

Bridgeport Chronicle-Union

On this site stood the original office of the Bridgeport Chronicle - Union newspaper. In 1880, while still publishing the "Bodie Chronicle", the Folger Brothers, Robert and Alex, started the "Bridgeport Union". The first number of the Bridgeport paper appeared ...

Mother's Day In Albion / Mother's Day

Marker Front:

On May 13, 1877, the second Sunday of the month, Juliet Calhoun Blakeley stepped into the pulpit of the Methodist-Episcopal Church and completed the sermon for the Reverend Myron Daugherty. According to local legend, Daugherty was distraught because ...

Fort Blair Blockhouse

This is a replication of the blockhouse which records tell us was in the center of the encampment. The original blockhouse measured 16 feet square and was constructed of logs. It was built to store equipment and supplies. Reports indicate ...