“We had a hardscrabble up…”

Union forces now occupied Fort Johnson and were moving to capture Staunton. “Stonewall” Jackson, moving with speed and secrecy, had arrived at the foot of Shenandoah Mountain and moved west to defeat Union Generals John C. Fremont and R.H. Milroy ...

North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company

This was a major hydraulic operation in California. Its vast system of canals and flumes using a drainage tunnel 7800 feet long was termed a feat of engineering skill. It was the principal defendant in an anti-debris lawsuit settled by ...

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge / Fannie Askew Williams Park

Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge

According to the May 2, 1883 minutes of the Early County Board of Commissioners, a commission was appointed "to inquire into the practicability of construction a bridge across Coheelee Creek at McDonald Ford." However, the construction contract ...

The Union Attacks Begin

In 1862 the ground in front of you was an open plain stretching from here to the outskirts of Fredericksburg, one-half mile away. As Union troops left the town to attack Marye's Heights, they had to break ranks to cross ...

Beehive Geyser

this geyser, named for its 4-foot high cone, resembles an old fashioned beehive. Though its cone is modest by comparison to others in the Upper Geyser Basin, Beehive is one of the most powerful and impressive geysers in Yellowstone. The ...

7th Combat Cargo Squadron

2nd Combat Cargo Group, 54th Troop Carrier Wing

In honor of the men of the

7th Combat Cargo Squadron

Curtiss C-46 Commando

Activated: 1 May, 1944

Deactivated: 15 Jan, 1946

Syracuse, N.Y.

Nadzab, New Guinea

Biak, Dutch E. Indies

Dulag, Leyte, P.I.

Bolo Pt., Okinawa

Yokota, Japan

They Did All That Was ...

“... tolerable well fortified”

My Dear Penelope

Wee are now tolerable well fortified; got 12 pieces of cannon and places all fixed for the men to shoot from; that is, fortifications for cannon with openings to shoot through so the men can man the cannon ...

97th Bombardment Group

Hdqts., 340th, 341st, 342nd, 414th [Bomb Squadrons]

Dedicated to

the Americans who served

their country

as members of

The

97th Bombardment Group

1942 - 1945

483 missions flown

Materials for this memorial were obtained

from the theatres where the 97th Bombardment

Group operated in World War II

The Linden tree from England

The ...

Vancouver Barracks Parade Ground

On May 13, 1849, from the deck of the USS Massachusetts, the first U.S. Army troops in the Pacific Northwest spotted the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Fort Vancouver. “Mr. Douglas, the resident Governor received us very politely and Major Hatheway [U.S. ...

Franklin School Bell

Memorial Tower

Originally there were 3 school buildings in the community. This bell sat atop the large two story, eight room brick building that was originally the high school and later became the grade school. The schools were in operation from ...