In Commemoration of Old Toby the Shoshone Indian

Members of the Lewis & Clark Expedition - August and September 1805

In commemoration of

Old Toby

the Shoshone Indian

who guided the Lewis & Clark expedition from the Salmon to the Bitterroot Valley after he had shown Captain Clark that the Salmon River ...

Battle of Maryland Heights

Maryland's First Civil War Battle

(Preface): After Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's smashing victory over Union Gen. John Pope at the Second Battle of Manassas, Lee decided to invade the North to reap the fall harvest, gain Confederate recruits, earn foreign ...

F.D. Crockett

Built in 1924 in Seaford, VA by Alex Gaines and John Smith

This historic vessel is the last largest log boat built for power.

The Deltaville Maritime Museum, with John England as project manager, is restoring the “Crockett” for ...

First School House and Council House in Iron County

"I commenced a grammar school in my wickiup by the light of the fire and only one grammar book." Diary of George A. Smith, February 25, 1851.

The first school house, 18 x 24 feet, was built west of the Council ...

John C. Freemont Memorial

Seeking a suitable railroad route through the central Rockies, John C. Freemont and Company reached Parowan February 6, 1854.

These are Freemont's own words, "We were all so feeble we could barely drag ourselves down the trail, but the Mormons took ...

Parowan Cotton Factory

On this site, in 1862 the first Cotton Factory was erected in the west. Designed and operated by William Marsden and owned by Ebenezer Hanks. Here the first ball of Cotton Yarn was made west of the Mississippi River.

Girls That ...

Site of Clifton-By-The-Sea

Established in 1910 through the partnership of area landowners G. C. Perkins and W. Y. Fuqua, Clifton-by-the-Sea is a reminder of the era in which prosperity returned to Galveston County following the devastating 1900 storm. Developed as a bayside resort ...

Ben Franklin III

The Ben Franklin III, launched in 1989, was designed and constructed in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Designed as a freighter, the vessel is 75’ long and has a beam (or width) of 12’. Constructed of wood and fiberglass, it holds approximately 75 ...

Flint Electric Membership Corporation

Flint Electric Membership Corporation provided electrical service to Wellston, Georgia in 1939. Population about 43 people. In 1943, when the name was changed to Warner Robins, a major commitment was made by Flint EMC to serve the electrical needs of ...

League of United Latin American Citizens, Council 60

On February 17, 1929, representatives from three organizations met in Corpus Christi to merge and form the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). The new group sought to unify statewide efforts to challenge racism and inequities toward Texas' Hispanic ...