The Great Pine

This huge log was cut from a mighty white pine which grew southwest of the armory on 2nd Avenue South in Wisconsin Rapids and escaped the axe of the lumberjacks for many decades. The tree was 181 years of age. ...

Bob Powers

June 7, 1924 – September 11, 2002

A fifth generation native of Kern River Valley, Bob is best remembered for the 9 history books he wrote. Without him much of what happened in our valley’s past would have been lost. He ...

Chapel of the Franciscan Venerable Third Order

Here once stood the Chapel of the Franciscan Venerable Third Order. Housed the Congregation of the Third Order of Saint Francis established in 1611 by Fr. Jose de Santa Maria, O.F.M. Chapel built in 1618. Stone edifice built in 1678. ...

Plank Road Pioneer Barn

This barn was built by an early settler in 1853 was used by regional farmers driving cattle to the Milwaukee market over the Milwaukee-Watertown Plank Road. It was moved from the Plank road area east of the Rock River to ...

Grant Birthplace

1st President born in a "mobile home"

Point Pleasant was a tiny huddle of cabins in what was considered the raw Western frontier in 1822. Grant's family lived here until he was about a year old and then moved to Georgetown, ...

The Jesuit Compound

This block was occupied by the Jesuits upon their arrival in 1581 until their expulsion in 1768. The Church of Santa Ana (1587), Colegio Maximo de San Ignacio (1595), Colegio de San Jose (1601), and the first church and convent ...

Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus

On this site stood the house of the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, first Filipino congregation of religous women. Founded in 1684 by Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese mestiza from Binondo. The Archbishop of Manila approved the rules ...

A Bridge to the Past

In 1819 a covered bridge was built to span this part of the Saluda River. Confederate Troops burned the bridge in 1865 hoping to stop the advance of General Sherman's army.

The burning didn't halt Sherman -- he ordered the construction ...

“A Stupendous Failure”

“It is agreed that the thing was a perfect success, except that it did not succeed.”

- Major Charles F. Adams, Jr., USA

The explosion cleared the Union path to Petersburg. But instead of pushing through, the first waves of Union ...

The Pagoda

This building

with 10 acres of land

was given to

the City of Reading

by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Mould

April 21, 1911

In memory of

James Matz

Carpenter-Contractor & Builder

and sons

Chas. E. & Jas. A. Matz

Designers of this Pagoda

Courtesy hmdb.org