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 ...

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 ...

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa / Ó Donnabháin Rosa

(1831 - 1915)

Ni dhéanfaidh gáeil bhearmao orc go brách

[Gaelic transcription is best effort]

———

Erected in 1954. An uncut rock of Wicklow granite symbolises the patriot's unbreakable spirit. Into the rock is set a plaque bearing an impression of O'Donovan Rossa's head.

Courtesy ...

Control of the Mechanicsburg Gap

Federal Battery E, 1st (West) Virginia Volunteer Artillery was assigned to the command at Fort Mill Ridge. The Battery was armed with six 3-inch rifled cannons. It is believed that two of these cannons were positioned in the central redoubt.

The ...

The Weir - Pittsburg Coalfield

With the discovery of coal in Cherokee and Crawford Counties in the late 1860's, thousands came to work the mines. Some came from American towns and cities but most were immigrants from Europe. Over fifty nationalities settled in this area. ...

Council Grove National Bank Building

1887

The Council Grove National Bank began August 23, 1878, as the Morris County State Bank of Kansas. It became a national bank in 1900.

An 1886 fire destroyed the bank, then located between the Hays House and this building. Constructed in ...

Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

under the provisions of the

Historical Sites Act of August 21st 1935.

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1968

Marker is on Sinclair Lewis Avenue, on the ...

Brewster Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to All From

Brewster / Southeast

Who Served in the Armed Forces

Of the United States of America

During Time of Conflict

September 30, 2007

Designed by John Degnan and John Folchetti

Committee

Denis Castelli – Chairman

Thomas Acerno • Todd Atkinson • Amy Campanaro • ...

St. Andrew By-The-Lake

After the Toronto Island parish was established in 1875 Bishop Arthur Sweatman was the prime mover in the building of this Anglican church. Designed by Arthur R. Denison, architect, the Early English Gothic style frame church was opened at the ...

Restoration of Georgetown’s Call Boxes

Georgetown’s Call Box restoration project is part of a city-wide effort to rescue the District’s abandoned fire and police call boxes. Known as Art on Call, the project has identified more that 800 boxes for restoration. Neighborhood by neighborhood, ...