Sounds from the past...hoof beats and heartbeats.

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

Pro- and anti-slavery forces made their way to this area on horseback and on foot in the fight over whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. Skirmishes, scuffles and screams could be heard ...

The Battle of Olustee

(Front):The Battle of Olustee was fought

on this ground

February 20th, 1864.

Between 5,000 Confederate troops

commanded by General Joseph E. Finegan

and 6,000 Federal troops under

General Truman Seymour.

The Federals were defeated with

a loss of 2,000 men.

The Confederate loss

was less than 1,000.

(Back):To the men who ...

Sounds along the byway...anxiety and anticipation in the creak o

Frontier Military Scenic Byway

Westward bound settlers crossed and traveled the Frontier Military Road as they headed to new land and new lives. These migrants faced the unknown with anxiety and anticipation in search of a better life. The Sante Fe ...

Hampton Roads – World’s Greatest Harbor

Historical Events Passing the Shores of Olde Wythe

The body of water before you, named Hampton Roads, is one of the world’s biggest, deepest, natural harbors. It is formed at the mouths of the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth Rivers and empties ...

Mathias Roeser

Here from 1740 to 1771 lived one of colonial America's most important gunsmiths. His work was central to development of the Pennsylvania rifle. Other family members and an apprentice, William Henry, Sr., became leading gunsmiths & supplied arms to the ...

Pioneer St. James Catholic Church

of Menomonee Falls

Congregation began in Irish settlement between old Lannon Springs and Templeton about 1841. First mass was said in James Brogan’s log cabin.

Original church built of local stone and dedicated, 1848, by parishioners and Fr. James Colton, ...

Battery Garesché

Historical Site

Defenses of Washington

1861-1865

Battery Garesché

Here stood Battery Garesché, constructed late in 1861 to control the higher ground dominating Fort Reynolds, 200 yards to the southeast. It had a perimeter of 166 yards and emplacements for 8 guns.

Marker is at the ...

Lynn O. Eaton Memorial Pin Oak

This pin oak tree has been placed here in living memory of Lynn O. Eaton, a charter member of the Springboro Lions Club. Lion Eaton was ever ready to assist his fellow man in all and every manner needed. He ...

Lannon Lists itself as “Amateur Baseball Capital of Waukesha Cou

Baseball has always been a very important part of the Village of Lannon. With the coming of the Land O’Lakes (LOL) Leagues in 1922, Lannon came to the front as the Capital of Amateur baseball in Waukesha County.

The Lannon LOL ...

The 14th & 20th A.C. Cross at Pace's Ferry

July 17, 1864. Palmer’s 14th and Hooker’s 20th A. C. [US] crossed to the Fulton Co. side of the river on two pontoon bridges. This passage was covered by Wood’s 4th A.C. div., which marched down Mt. Paran Rd. from ...