John Hossack House

The John Hossack House was built in 1854 for businessman John Hossack. A Scottish born immigrant, Hossack came to Ottawa from Chicago, where he had done contract work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. In Ottawa, Hossack was engaged ...

George B. Hitchcock House

The home of Reverend George B. Hitchcock in Lewis, Iowa was a welcome respite for runaway slaves and abolitionists who traveled through the state. A minister of the Congregational Church, Hitchcock was an ardent abolitionist and an agent for ...

Tabor Antislavery Historic District

The town of Tabor in southwestern Iowa played a significant role in the 1850s as a center for the western antislavery movement. Tabor found itself in a strategic position to impact the future of slavery in the West. The ...

John Brown Cabin

John Brown (1800--1859) came to Osawatomie from his farm in upstate New York in October 1855 after three of his sons, who had arrived earlier in the year, appealed to him for help against proslavery forces in the area. ...

Two Medicine Fight Site

In mid-July 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis, Reuben and Joseph Field, and George Drewyer embarked on an exploration of the Marias River to determine its northern reaches. The captains had learned from other Indians that this territory was home to the ...

Lewis and Clark Pass

On June 30^th, 1806, Lewis and Clark stopped at Traveler’s Rest while on their eastward journey home. The leaders had agreed to split the expedition at this point in order to maximize the range of their return explorations.

Captain Lewis traveled ...

Decision Point

On June 2, 1805, the Corps of Discovery made camp under a grove of cottonwood trees on the bank of the Missouri River. From where you are standing you can see the same problem that presented itself to the expedition ...

Camp Disappointment

In early July 1806, the Corps of Discovery split into two main groups at Traveler’s Rest, near Missoula, Montana. Captain Meriwether Lewis’ main mission was to determine the northern reaches of the Marias River. Lewis and his detachment ...

Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail-Trail

Just west of bustling downtown Jacksonville, the Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail-Trail, one of north Florida's oldest, traverses a rural setting of hardwood uplands, wetlands and pine flatwoods. A dense tree canopy shelters much of the nearly 15-mile paved path, providing habitat for ...

Cement Industry

Limestone and quartzite, two of the primary ingredients used to manufacture cement, are plentiful in Pend Oreille County. Add to this an abundance of water with the potential to generate electricity, and the county had nearly everything necessary to develop ...