German Methodist Episcopal Churches

of Chipmunk Coulee

In the mid 1800's immigrants from Bohemia and Germany began to settle the Chipmunk Coulee area. Some of the early settlers were the Belling, Bendel, Hiekel, Herold, Kunerth, Lorenz, Meyer, Neumann, Paudler, Preidel, Ringel, Ritschel, Starch, Tietze and ...

Bishop Francis Asbury

Considered "The Father of American

Methodism" arrived in America 1771

calm in temperament, courageous,

and untiring in effort, this

"Prophet of the long road" was

foremost among early American

circuit riders and Colonists

Marker is on N. Lakeshore Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Arizona's Pioneer Women

Before 1875 hundreds of heroic women came to Arizona from the East and South. From this group came Arizona's first schoolteachers and the publisher of the first newspaper.

In 1876 a group of pioneer women and their families came from the ...

Working Together at the Dorchester Cooperative Center 1930s-1940

Dorchester Academy

The Industrial Arts Department at Dorchester Academy taught students practical skills they could use in everyday life. The boys took classes in farming, woodworking, iron-working, and architecture. The girls were instructed in cooking, sewing, dressmaking and related industries. Most ...

Canaan Baptist Church

Jefferson County's Oldest Baptist Church

Organized September 5, 1818 in home of Isaac Brown 3 miles west of Elyton. Met in homes and schoolhouse near Old Jonesboro until 1824. First building erected on site now the 14th Street entrance to Cedar ...

Pequot Swamp Fountain

1637

This Fountain Commemorates The

Valor And Victory

Of The Colonist Forefathers At

Pequot Swamp

[ on the west side ]

1903

Erected By

Dorothy Ripley Chapter

D. A. R.

And Friends

Marker is at the intersection of Center ...

Athletic Programs at Dorchester Academy 1926-1940

Dorchester Academy

Founding the athletic programs was considered one of Principal Elizabeth Moore's greatest achievements. School teams came to be known as the Dorchester Academy Tigers and Tigerettes, with "Shag" the tiger as their mascot. Dorchester Academy participated in it's first ...

Sparta Free Library

Prior to the construction of this building in 1902, the Sparta Free Library had several homes in the community. Schick and Roth, a LaCrosse architectural firm, designed the library building.

Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie provided construction funds. The Carnegie Foundation ...

Preservation and the Archaeological Record

Organic materials, including the human body, decompose when buried in the ground. Clothing made of animal skins or hides does not survive after many years of burial. Likewise, most pigments used to paint the body do not survive. Foodstuffs placed ...

Old City Plaza

Dedicated in 1849 to the use of future generations by CAPTAIN JOHN A. SUTTER

Later used as a hay market, miners gathering place, civic celebrations and since 1873 as a public park.

Marker is on 10th Street, on the left when traveling ...