Bibb Furnace

The Bibb County Iron Company under the direction of C. C. Huckabee of Newbern, Alabama, constructed a furnace here and poured the first iron in November 1862. Within a year, the Confederate government purchased the works and completed a second ...

Fairfield Boulder

This boulder commemorates

the settlement of Fairfield

by Roger Ludlow in 1639

and the burning of the Town

by the British July 8, 1779.

From the founding of the Town

the religious, military and civic life

of the people

has centered around this Green

Marker is at the intersection ...

The Battle at Belmont, Missouri

7 November 1861

Read Me First

The following maps and text illustrate the battle at Belmont, Missouri. The battle is broken into sections that explain the components of the overall battle. To understand the progression of the battle, match the number above ...

Wisconsin Heights Battlefield

Near this site the Sauk chieftain Black Hawk and his band were overtaken by Wisconsin and Illinois troops on July 21, 1832

Marker is on State Highway 78 0.4 miles south of County Road Y, on the left when traveling south. ...

Ricketts' Battery

Batteries F and G

(Front):Ricketts' Battery

1st Penna. Light Artillery

Penna. Reserve Corps

(Back):Present at Gettysburg Consolidated Battery F & G 3 officers & 141 men

Killed & died of wounds 7 men

Wounded 1 officer & 13 men

Captured or missing 3 men

Total 24

F

Recruited in Schuylkill ...

Prescott National Bank

The Prescott National Bank was organized by William Bashford, R.N. Fredericks and others in March, 1893. In October, 1900 Bank President Frank N. Murphy announced the construction of a new bank building on the "Old Wooster Block" at Prescott's "banking ...

James Bridger Gravesite

picture of Jim Bridger

James Bridger

1804 · 1881

Celebrated as a hunter, trapper, fur trader, and guide. Discovered Great Salt Lake 1824, the South Pass 1827. Visited Yellowstone Lake and Geysers 1830. Founded Ft. Bridger 1843. Opened Overland Route ...

John S. Roberts

Sheriff in Natchitoches Louisiana in 1826. One of the leaders in Battle of Nacogdoches. Member of Consultation 1835. Commanded the Nacogdoches company in storming of Bexar, 1835. Signer of Texas Declaration of Independence. Born in Virginia, July 13 1796. Died ...

Cedarburg Mill

Built of native limestone in 1855 by Frederick Hilgen and William Schroeder at a cost of $22,000, on land at $1 per acre, this mill ground 120 barrels of flour daily. Burchard Weber was the builder.

Marker is on Columbia Road ...

Home of Eugene V. Debs

Debs (1855-1926) was leading pioneer in industrial unionism, social reformer, and peace advocate.

Founded American Railway Union, 1893; cofounded American Socialist Part, 1900; and ran five times for United States Presidency.

Home built in 1890; declared National Historic Landmark, 1966.

Marker is ...