Mumma Farm Lane

This portion of the historic Mumma Farm Lane looked much the same in 1862. Confederate soldiers burned the farm buildings to prevent their use by Federal sharpshooters. Only the white-washed stone springhouse (on the left) survived as does this short ...

Fragments

Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Honoring the men and women from Wisconsin who served in Vietnam.

We left pieces of ourselves in Vietnam. We brought parts of Vietnam home.

Each fragmented figure supports the others. A close inspection of the figure with the helmet ...

The Town of Waelder

In 1875 an 1876, when the Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Railroad built through Gonzales County, this town was laid out to serve as a shipping point for the surrounding agricultural and ranching area. Hopkinsville, a thriving community five miles ...

Freedom's Hill Church

First Wesleyan Methodist

Church in the South

1848

Marker is on Wesleyan Drive, on the right when traveling east.

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Trail of Death

On September 11, 1838, about 850 Potawatomi Indians camped at Pleasant Run, having traveled 17 miles that day on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas.

Marker is at the intersection of County Route N 800 W and County Route W ...

Trail of Death

September 10, 1838

Here at Chief Winamac's old village, about 900 Potawatomi Indians camped on their forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. A child and a man died here during the encampment. They also left behind 24 too sick to continue.

Marker ...

Wells, Fargo & Company Express Office

The discovery of gold in California in 1849 started one of the greatest migrations in American history.

After moving west to seek their fortune in California, people living in mining camps had to travel long distances to a large ...

State Fish Hatchery

This fish cultural station was established in 1930 for hatching and rearing trout for the trout waters of Virginia.

Marker is at the intersection of Virginia Route 16 and Old Prather Road (County Route 688), on the left when traveling ...

First Presbyterian Church

Organized in 1860 as “The Englewood Presbyterian Church”, the first edifice was erected on this site in the same year. It was the first church building in Englewood and the first Presbyterian congregation in Bergen County. Today’s structure was built ...

“The Strongest Line of Works Ever Constructed”

The Breakthrough Trail

The main line of entrenchments behind you was only one part of the entire defensive network established here by the Confederates. Southern soldiers removed all the trees in front of their works to create a clear field of ...