The Million Penny Parade

Dr. Kate NewComb had a dream -- a hospital for the Lakeland area. Through contributions and volunteer help, the hospital was started. Because of the lack of funds the building was discontinued. Pennies would now help to complete the hospital.

The ...

First Forest Patrol Flight

?First Forest Patrol Flight was made from Trout Lake by Jack Vilas June 29, 1915. Vilas was commissioned "Official Aviator" by the Wisconsin State Board of Forestry (now Wisconsin Conservation Department) and on his own request received no salary other ...

32-Pounder

The modern cannon beside you is an accurate reproduction of a ca. 1760-1780 English 32-pounder cannon. The term “32-pounder” refers to the weight of the cannonball, not the cannon itself, which weighs nearly 6,000 pounds. The casting for this reproduction ...

Washington Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church at Washington was organized in 1790, under the Presbytery of South Carolina, with the Rev. John Springer as first pastor. Services were held in private homes, in the Court House, the Academy, and in the Methodist Church, ...

Lone Tipi

June 25, 1876

Advancing down Reno Creek, Custer pauses at a tipi located behind this ridge. The tipi contains the remains of a Sans Arc warrior killed a week before at the Battle of the Rosebud. Indians flee toward the village, ...

11th Bombardment Group (H)

In proud memory of

the members of the

11th Bombardment Group (H)

who served in the Pacific

from December 7, 1941 to

VJ Day

They Asked Little

and Gave Much

July 23, 1981

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Route of the Hiawatha- Temporary Trestles

Get the Line Open Quickly!

That was the policy of the Milwaukee Road. To do this in 1907 and 1908, the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railroad built numerous sturdy, but short-lived, wood trestles to prepare the new line for track ...

485th Bomb Group (Heavy)

In honor of the men of the

485th Bomb Group (Heavy)

15th Air Force, World War II.

Activated 1 Oct 1943

Gowen Field, Idaho. Trained at

Fairmont AAF, Nebraska.

Flew B-24's from Venosa, Italy

over Southern, Central, and Eastern

Europe 10 May 44 to 25 Apr 45

Distinguished Unit ...

St. Paul Church / Oak Grove

St. Paul Church

One of the first black churches after the Civil War, St. Paul AME began as Oak Grove African Methodist Episcopal Church. Local tradition says that the original small congregation worshipped in the 1850s in the "Bush Arbor;" ...

483rd Bombardment Group (H)

Dedicated 30 September 1983

to the men of the

483rd

Bombardment Group (H)

5th Wing, 15th Air Force

Sterparone (near Foggia), Italy

Activated 22 September 1943

Ephrata, Washington

Deactivated 25 September 1945

Pisa, Italy

Flew 215 combat missions in B-17's

12 April 1944 to 26 April 1945

Destroyed 76 enemy aircraft

Lost 74 ...