Paha Sapa, Black Hills

Geologic History of the Lakotas' Sacred Hills

Also known as "Temple of the Sioux," Sundance Mountain rises majestically in the southwest. It belongs to the Bear Lodge Mountain Range, which defines the northwestern edge of the Black Hills. It was named ...

Northwest Bastion

Protecting the fort against land attack

Armed with smaller field and siege guns, the landward bastions could deliver a sustained cannonade of 12- and 30-pounder shells. The long central traverse provided protection and contained magazines and bombproofs.

Marker can be reached from ...

United States Battalion of Engineers

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

United States Battalion of Engineers

Captain George H. Mendell commanding

With the Army of the Potomac in the Gettysburg Campaign from the Rappahannock to the Potomac and engaged in arduous duties from June 13th to July ...

Jacob Fontaine

Jacob Fontaine was born in Arkansas and came to Austin about 1850 as a slave of Episcopal minister Edward Fontaine. In 1864 Jacob began preaching separate services for fellow slaves attending the First Baptist Church, then founded the First Baptist ...

Central Warehouse Building

This reinforced concrete warehouse with a brick facade was built in 1929 for George E. Chandler, founder of the Central Warehouse Company. Part of the Warehouse District in the Salt Lake City Multiple-Resource Area, this structure helps document the development ...

Engineer Brigade

Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

Engineer Brigade

Brig. Gen. Henry W. Benham

15th New York (3 Companies)

Major Walter L. Cassin

50th New York

Col. William H. Pettes

United States Battalion

Capt. George H. Mendell

Engaged in arduous duties from June 13 to July 18 1863 bridging ...

The Vore Buffalo Jump

Hunting Large Bison Took Teamwork and Ingenuity

Located a short distance to the east and camouflaged by the red eroded landscape is the Vore Buffalo Jump. This sinkhole served early residents as a slaughterhouse. using the natural pit as a trap, ...

The Rev. John Martin Bolzius -The Rev. Israel Christian Gronau

In this cemetery are buried the Rev. John Martin Bolzius and the Rev. Israel Christian Gronau, ministers who came to Georgia with the first company of Salzburgers. In March 1734, the Rev. Mr. Bolzius was Superintendent of the Latin Orphan ...

Bird of the Black Hills

The Black Hills are Home to more than 200 Species of Glorious Birds

The Red Valley surrounding you belongs to the transition zone between the flat, treeless Great Plains and the pine-forested Black Hills. Artesian springs and creeks draining from the ...

Snowmobile

Wisconsinites experimented with over-snow vehicles before 1900, trying bicycles on runners with gripping fins, steam-propelled sleighs and later Model T Fords converted with rear tractor treads and skis in front. In the first races held near Three Lakes in 1926, ...