Blacksmith Shop

Circa 1935

In competition with Henry Ford’s Blacksmith Shop which had 4 sides and 4 corners, David Boothe designed this Blacksmith Shop with 44 sides and 44 corners. He offered $5.00 to anyone who found something missing and he never had ...

Big Moccasin Gap

In March, 1775, Daniel Boone made a road through this gap to Boonesboro, Kentucky. It followed the original Indian path and was known as the Wilderness Road. For a long time it was the main route to Kentucky from the ...

The Route of the Hiawatha- Rough & Tumble Camps

Primitive construction camps dotted the Bitterroot Mountains between 1906 and 1912.

Hardy colorful gangs of workers from around the globe called these bleak and often ugly temporary settlements home.

The hard work and disagreeable conditions on the Milwaukee’s Western Extension ...

Lindsay Point

Site of the First Building in Stockton

In August 1844, the first settlers arrived at Rancho del Campo de los Franceses. One of the company, Thomas Lindsay, built the first dwelling, a tule hut, on this site. He was later murdered ...

Good News Productions

1952 - 1974

In 1952, Good News Productions (GNP) purchased the property and buildings of the village of Yellow Springs and brought the movie industry to this rural community. The primary goal of GNP was to produce religious films in ...

1st Corps Headquarters

Major General John Newton

Army of the Potomac

1st. Corps Headquarters

Major General

John Newton

July 2. 3. 4. 1863

Marker is on Pleasonton Avenue, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Route of the Hiawatha- St. Paul Pass Tunnel

The Milwaukee Road faced the daunting task of drilling a tunnel 23 feet high, 16 feet wide and 1.7 miles long into Idaho.

It was a damp, dark, dirty dig. After the approaches were prepared in 1906, and a faltering start ...

Weber Point Home – 1850

The residence of Captain Charles M. Weber, who founded Stockton in 1849, was located 450 feet west of this monument. The tower was often used by Weber to watch riverboats navigating the San Joaquin River and Stockton Channel. In 1917 ...

Merritt Parkway Toll Booth Plaza

Merritt Parkway Toll Booth Plaza

Built in the late 1930s, the Merritt Parkway was designed for beauty as well as efficiency in traveling through southern Connecticut. The intent of the road was to bring the weary city driver into ...

Saint Bartley Primitive Baptist Church

Located here 1872-1964

Organized 1820 by William Harris, a slave, who was minister more than 50 years. Original church, called Huntsville African Baptist, stood 4 blocks south in Old Georgia Graveyard. In 1870, this church and 3 others formed Indian Creek ...