Casa Peralta

Three descendants of land grant recipient Luís Maria Peralta lived in this home. In 1926, Herminia Peralta Dargie (pictured above) remodeled the home in the style of a Spanish villa. Tiles depict the story of Don Quixote, and adobe bricks ...

The Bristol Municipal Stadium

The Stone Castle

The Bristol Municipal Stadium was built with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration between 1934 and 1937. The stone came from nearby Beaver Creek. A dedication ceremony was held on October 8, 1936, before the Tennessee High ...

Old State Capitol

Erected in 1852, this historic building was ostensibly intended for Benicia City Hall, offered as the State Capitol and promptly accepted, it had that honor from February 4, 1853 to February 25, 1854. Deeded to state in 1951, it was ...

Padre-Eusebio-Francisco-Kino, S.J.

Born Segno, Italy, 1645 – Educated at Jesuit Colleges

Entered society of Jesus, 1665 – His petition to be sent upon

a distant and dangerous mission granted, 1678 – Began missionary labors in Lower California, April 1, 1683 – Among ...

Methodist Episcopal Church South

First United Methodist Church of Apalachicola was established in 1839 when Reverend Peter Haskew was appointed to serve the St. Joseph and Apalachicola Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The original sanctuary, built and dedicated around 1846, was destroyed ...

The Marine Township Hall

The Marine Township Hall was constructed in 1872 as a meeting hall and jail. The building was erected on property donated by Orange Walker. Its construction was financed by Morgan May who took the town's bonds for the necessary $2,000. ...

Robert Semple

Robert Semple, chief founder of Benicia, negotiated with General M.G. Vallejo for the land and suggested new city be named after General’s wife, Francisca Benicia, selecting Francisca. Officials of Yerba Buena objected and by ordinance changed that city’s name to ...

World War II POW Camp

[Front]:

German prisoners of war were held in a camp on this site from November 1943 to May 1946. This camp, one of 21 in S.C., was at first a sub-camp of the POW camp at Camp Gordon (now Fort Gordon), ...

Barbara Fox, Pioneer Lady Inventor

Miss Barbara Fox came to Napoleon in 1852 as a child and lived next door to the Railroad House Hotel. She received United States patents in 1892 and 1895 for a fire escape. On October 12, 1895 she invited people ...

Rib Mountain State Park

The summit of this rock is the

highest known point in the state

–1940 feet above sea level–

This land, forty acres in area,

was presented to the commonwealth

on January 26, 1923, by the estate of

Jacob Gensman

The park was enlarged to 160 ...