Return to Bodie

During the California gold rush, E Clampus Vitus was a fraternal order and benevolence society for miners. It was rumored to be one of the secret societies in the town of Bodie during its heyday.

Today, ECV is dedicated to the ...

“Wee are faring badly…”

Camp Shenandoah

April 9th, 1862

My Dear Penelope,

I take the opportunity this morning to write you a few lines to let you know that I am yet in the land of the living and enjoying good health. I thought last week that ...

John Nicholas Building

1886

Called the "New Beer Hall," this single-story, mud-roofed, one-room deep, adobe Sonoran-style house was said to be "the coolest place in town" by owner John Nicholas. In 1890, the Arizona Weekly Enterprise, Florence's second newspaper, leased the building for its ...

“It was cold business”

February 23, 1862

My Dear Penelope,

I write a few lines this morning to let you know that I am well & doing as well as I have since Iv been in the service.

Well, Dear, wee had an alarm Friday knight about ...

Dewberry Drugs and Phenix Insurance Company Buildings

The two commercial buildings on this corner lot are some of the earliest surviving business houses in Birmingham. The Dewberry building appeared on the corner about 1881, and it housed the first and longest surviving drug store in the city, ...

Nation's Oldest Bank

[Upper Marker:]

22/26 Market Square

Built 1803

The Oldest Bank Building

New Hampshire Bank 1803-1842

Portsmouth Savings Bank 1823-C.1950

Piscataqua Bank 1842-1863

Piscataqua Exchange Bank 1844-1863

First National Bank of Portsmouth 1863-C.1950

Portsmouth Trust Company C.1950-1977

Restored by James A. Shanley 1977 - 1078

Listed in the

National Register of Historic Places

September ...

The Berry Cabin

Thomas Lincoln proposed to Nancy Hanks in this house, originally located on Beech Creek about one mile from here. At the time, Nancy was living with her cousin, Francis Berry, and his family.

Lucy Shipley Hanks and her daughter, Nancy, emigrated ...

Columbia Seminary Chapel

This building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansion of Ainsley Hall; Chapel of Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), 1830-1927; first home of Winthrop College, 1886-1887. Woodrow Wilson accepted ...

John Nicholas Saloon and Beer Hall

Designed by prominent Arizona Architect James M. Creighton, this is the oldest standing fired-brick building in Florence. Soon after completion, French-born rancher-farmer John Nicholas moved his saloon to this building in 1889. Tradition has it that Nicholas' patrons were cooled ...

Jesus Preciado de Luna/Bernardina Lorona Residence

In 1880, Juan Luna built this single-story, Sonoran-style adobe house for his wife and put the title in her name. According to Spanish tradition, it was the polite thing to do. The building's two L-shaped wings are one-room deep, and ...