Elsberry

This project will focus on historical sites an markers around Elsberry, MO and the surrounding rural area.

Porter Wood Burning Locomotive

Porter wood burning locomotive

representing type of engine

employed during the 1880's on the

St. Johns Railway, St. Augustine's

first passenger line - chartered

in 1858 and in active operation

until 1894.

Donated to City

by

Greville Bathe

January 8, ...

B and O Railroad Station

"No malice in my heart"

At this intersection, President Abraham Lincoln spoke from a railroad car platform to Frederick residents assembled in the street on October 4, 1862. He had just returned from viewing the battlefields of South Mountain and ...

Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

Boston, the Navy Yard, and the War of 1812

When the Federal government established a navy yard in Massachusetts in 1800, it naturally looked to Boston Harbor. A thriving town of more than 34,000 people, Boston was home to hundreds of ...

The Dempsey Building

William H. Dempsey built this building in 1896 at 41 Virginia Street. The two story building became a three story at the request of Seneca Masonic Lodge #113. The Lodge paid $2,500 for the third floor. This floor became the ...

The Lincolns at Knob Creek

Abraham and his sister attended the local school, located two miles northeast of here. Two teachers, Zachariah Riney and Caleb Hazel, gave young Abraham his first formal schooling. Lincoln’s classroom education, however, would not last. The demands of the frontier ...

Camp Ford - Establishment of the Camp

In March 1862, the movement of the Confederate army in Northern Arkansas to the Mississippi River left the northern frontier of the Trans-Mississippi virtually defenseless. Immediate efforts in Texas were made to raise new regiments for service in Arkansas. ...

Fay and Bowen Engine Company

Known for its boats, the Fay & Bowen Engine Company built quality pleasure craft and marine and industrial engines near this site from 1904 to 1929. Fay & Bowen sold launches and runabouts worldwide that earned them the reputation - ...

Porte de Béziers

[The Bezier Gate]

L’enceinte du XIVème siècle, ponctuée de tours de diverses formes, disposait de cinq ports dont certaines avec « tour et maison attenante ».

En 1775, les portes dites de Carcassonne, de Saïsses et de Béziers sont remises en état ...

Le Bassin Rond

[The Round Basin]

1861, le vignoble est en plein essor et avec lui le village dont la population a plus que doublé depuis le début de siècle.

Pour les 2700 habitants, deux fontaines publiques ne suffisent plus. Une troisième, par souscription, est ...