Tower Bridge: Gateway to the Capital

Identifying A Need

By the early 1930’s, Americans were moving away from trains and ships and turning to automobiles as their mode of transporation. As a result, traffic on roadways increased dramatically. In Sacramento, M Street (now Capital Mall), one of ...

Temple-Ryan Farmhouse

Temple-Ryan Farmhouse c. 1750

Has Been Placed on the

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

By the New Jersey

Department of Environmental Protection

May 6, 1971

And on the

National Register of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

September 10, 1971

Marker can be reached from the ...

Mississippi County Court House

The county seat of Mississippi County, created in 1833, was located at Osceola in 1836. Since about 1900 the county has maintained another court house at Blytheville for the northern district. The county was named for the great river which ...

The Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps of Fort Ancient

Side A: The Civilian Conservation Corps

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the federal government established the Civilian Conservation Corps, known as the CCC or triple C's under the direction of President ...

Micajah McPherson

We have Fought the Good Fight and Kept Our Faith

Micajah McPherson, a trustee of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church and abolitionist, was lynched about a mile and a half southeast of here. Although there are different stories about his lynching, ...

Berkeley Municipal Pier

Berkeley History

Berkeley's original shoreline was about where Second Street and the eastern side of Aquatic Park are located today. In 1853 a private wharf was built at the foot of what is now Delaware Street, and a working waterfront with ...

"...the most historic covered bridge in Pennyslvania..."

Built for the County by workers under David Stoner in 1852, the Sachs Bridge is an Adams County landmark. It was crossed by both armies during the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and carried parts of the Army of Northern ...

Peralta House

First brick house built in Alameda County. Constructed 1860 by W. R. Toler for Ignacio Peralta. Early San Leandro Spanish settler, whose father, Don Luis Maria Peralta, received land grant from Spanish Governor Don Pablo Vicente de Sola, October 20, ...

Famous Travelers Along the Turnpike

In its 82 year history, the Warm Springs Turnpike was used by many noted travelers. Daniel Boone, when an old man, used the road when he visited the sons of his boyhood friend Henry Miller at Mossy Creek Ironworks to ...

Shoshone Falls Project

Owned and operated by Idaho Power, the Shoshone Falls Hydroelectric Project located on the Snake River, is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as Project No. 2778.

The reservoir provides recreation opportunities for boating, fishing, hunting and sightseeing. Public access ...