New Haven Memorial Flagpole

[ battle names inscribed on the marble base ]

Chemin-Des Dames • Aisne • Seichpry • St-Mihiel • Chateau-Thierry • Verdun • Meuse-Argonne • Marne

[ plaque 1 ]

In Grateful Memory

of

Her Heroic Sons

Who Fell in The Service of Their Country

1917 – ...

First Baptist Church

Built 1849 by members.

Square nails; hand-sawn lumber. Pegs join sills, floors, framing.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

Marker is on Loop Road 177 north of Farm to Market Road 350, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Flambeau Trail – The Mercer Depot

Iron County Heritage Area

The arrival of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad in 1889 was a major factor in the economic development of Mercer’s isolated logging settlement. Timber and other natural resources could now be shipped year ‘round to ...

Swift Berry

“Mr. Clamper”

Born Nebraska 1887. Educated Biltmore Forest School, North Carolina. Began career 1908 in California with U.S.F.S.

Major U.S. Army A.E.F. 1917 – 1919

General Manager

Michigan California Lumber Co. 1925 – 1949

California State Senator 1952 – 1960

We salute our esteemed Clampatriarch and ...

The French Hotel and Bar

1437 Highway 395

Owned at one time by Baptiste Borda and later leased to the Mitcheo family. Raymond Borda, upon returning from World War II, owned and operated the hotel for many years. The French Hotel was one of the three ...

Flambeau Trail – Turtle Portage

Iron County Heritage Area

For centuries Native Americans and voyagers using the Flambeau Trail carried their birch bark canoes and cargo across the wide “plain” where you are standing, between Echo Lake (called Big Turtle Lake) and Grand Portage Lake (Little ...

LaFayette Visits Augusta

This is the site of the old Planter`s Hotel, which was burned in 1839. There the Marquis de LaFayette was entertained during his visit to Augusta in March 1825. LaFayette landed at Savannah on March 19th and traveled to Augusta ...

Flambeau Trail – Flambeau Trail Crossing

Iron County Heritage Area

You are standing on the ancient Flambeau Trail, an important route for commerce for Native Americans, voyagers, and explorers travelling between settlements at LaPointe on Madeline Island and Lac du Flambeau 90 miles to the south.

Until railroads ...

46th Pennsylvania Infantry

Knipes' Brigade - Williams' Division

(Front):46th Pennsylvania Infantry

1st. Brigade [Knipes]

1st. Division [Williams]

12th. Corps [Slocum]

Joe Hooker's command.

(Back):

This regiment rendered important service as rear guard in

the movements and actions of the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps

in opening and maintaining communications with

the Army of the ...

Flambeau Trail – Gateway to the Flambeau Trail

Iron County Heritage Area

The most popular gateway to the Flambeau Trail started here, on the shore of Oronto Bay. Also known as the “Montreal River Trail”, it was the only route inland into the dense virgin forest until the late ...