The Route of the Hiawatha- This Place Had a Name?

During the 1910 fires, fire fighters hopping off a train here at two in the morning wondered, “why anyone bothered to give this spot a name.”

In fact, Adair started out several years earlier as a boisterous railroad construction tent camp ...

Isle of Wight County Confederate Monument

1861-1865

Confederate Dead

Isle of Wight’s loving tribute,

to her heroes of 1861 to 1865.

“They bravely fought

They bravely fell

They wore the gray

They wore it well”

“Bright were the lives they gave for us;

The land they struggled to save for us

Will not forget its ...

First Restaurant in Town

On this site, Joseph Zwinge built the first restaurant - tent - in 1853 known as the American Restaurant. After losing his buildings to three fires, Zwinge erected a permanent stone structure in 1855, in 1857 a brick extension was ...

Site of Samuel Huston College

Samuel Huston College traces its history to 1876 when the Rev. George W. Richardson founded a college in Dallas for the education of African American youth. St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church was leased for the private school, named Andrews Normal ...

Protection of the Hudson River

On July 12th, 1776, the British warships Phoenix and Rose sailed beneath the unarmed Bluff Rock, later named Fort Lee. This provocative action led Congress to order General Washington “By every art and whatever expense to obstruct effectively the navigation ...

Metcalf House

Thomas Metcalf built this charming Eastlake-style Victorian house on the southwest corner of Dracena and C Streets near downtown Bakersfield in 1885.

Thomas Metcalf, born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, enlisted to fight for the Union Army as a private during ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Traveler

An astonishing contraption called “The Traveler”, a giant rolling crane, erected Kelly and Clear Creek Trestles in record time.

The Milwaukee decided to build Kelly and Clear Creek Trestles out of steel right From the beginning.

Horse and mule teams had already ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- The Big Blowup

The forest fires of August, 1910, burned millions of acres in Idaho, Montana and Washington. On the night of August 20, engineer Johnnie Mackedon, returning from a trip to St. Paul Pass, found the Falcon siding on fire. Over one ...

Site of Edward Mandell House Home

Edward Mandell House (1858-1938), heir of a wealthy Houston businessman, moved to Austin in 1885 to be at the center of state politics, his primary interest. He managed the successful campaigns of four Texas Governors and became an important figure ...

Battle of Marion

Here, on December 17-18, 1864, General Stoneman, raiding to Saltville, fought an engagement with John C. Breckinridge, Confederate commander in southwest Virginia.

Marker is on North Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling north.

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