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 ...

La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor

In 1961, the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) approved Dairyland Power Cooperative's proposal to construct and operate Wisconsin's first nuclear-fueled power plant. This reactor was part of a pilot program to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of nuclear reactors for ...

Third Brigade

Second Division - Second Corps

Army of the Potomac

Second Corps Second Division

Third Brigade

Col. Norman J. Hall

19th. 20th. Massachusetts 7th. Michigan

42d. 59th. (4 Cos.) New York Infantry

July 2 Took position on the line at the left of Second Brigade and of the ...

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 ...

Burgess' Water Hole

Called San Lorenzo by Juan Dominguez de Mendoza,1684. Later Charco Alzate in honor of an Apache chieftain. Water hole honoring John W. Burgess, pioneer freighter who here outwitted the Apaches. The emigrant road to California by the way of Chihuahua ...

The Albert Cook Memorial

To the Martyrs who fell

and the heroes who fought

in defense of Liberty and

the Union.

1861-1865

( Right Side )

“Liberty and Union

now and forever

one and inseparable.”

( Back Side )

“The Union it must

and shall be preserved.”

( Left Side )

“That government of the ...

Gabriel Marion

When Capt. John Nelson, sent by Gen. Marion, Jan., 1781, to the Sampit Road to reconnoitre, met Capt. Barfield and his Tories near White’s Bridge, a sharp fight ensued. Lieut. Gabriel Marion, nephew of Gen. Marion, was captured and inhumanely ...

Brigadier General John Gibbon

(Front):John Gibbon

Brigadier General

July 2-3, 1863

At Gettysburg commanded 2nd Division, II Corps on July 3, 1863 serving with "conspicuous gallantry and distinction" in the repulse of Longstreet's Assault, until he was wounded and carried from the battlefield.

At the beginning of the ...

Sandy Beach Cove

Sandy Beach Cover lies below the fort. The principal port of the settlement was 19 miles to the south at Port Rumiantsev (Bodega Bay), where there was a deep-water anchorage and a warehouse. Russian Navy and Russian-American Company ships frequently ...