The Napoleon 12-Pounder Field Gun Model 1857

(Left panel)

The twelve-pound Napoleon smoothbore cannon

was developed in France in 1853 and was named

for the Emperor Napoleon III. It was adopted and

manufactured in the United States in 1857.

It was the mainstay of artillery for both the Union

and Confederate ...

Maxwell House Coffee Plant

From Field to Factory in Hoboken

The Maxwell House Coffee Plant stretched along Hoboken's waterfront from Tenth to Twelfth Streets. It was a marvel of its time, the largest coffee processing plant in the world, and a local landmark. Before the ...

Saint Thomas Hospital

On April 11, 1898, at the request of Nashville Bishop Thomas Byrne, the Daughters of Charity opened St. Thomas Hospital on this site in the former home of Judge J.M. Dickinson. Named for Byrne's patron saint, the hospital began as ...

“We Fought Desperately”

The Breakthrough Trail

The passage of the picket posts and abatis shattered regimental formations in the Vermont Brigade. The attack degenerated into a rush of disorganized men rather than an example of textbook tactics. Orderly Sergeant Thomas H. McCauley of the ...

B & O Depot

Built 1892, following the completion of railroad in 1887. Lost Creek grew to become largest shipping point for cattle in West Virginia in 1915 and on entire B & O system, east of Mississippi in 1923.

Marker is at the ...

Maxcy Gregg Park

(Front)

This city park, established in 1911, was named for Confederate General Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862). It was one of several parks in Columbia proposed by landscape architect Harlan P. Kelsey of Boston, whose 1905 plan was commissioned by the Civic ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 War Memorial

Prisoners of War

Missing in Action

Never Forgotten

"He who sheds his blood

with me will always be

my brother

WWII

1941 - 1945

Dedicated to the over

6 million men and women

who answered their nation's

call on December 7, 1941

"A date which will live in infamy."

Franklin D. Roosevelt

December 8, ...

Industry Shapes the Valley

The presence of industry changed the physical appearance and social composition of the Cuyahoga Valley. In the early years of the 20th century, both the Cleveland Akron Bag Company and the Jaite Paper Mill built new structures that impacted the ...

Portola Journey's End

November 6 -10, 1769

Near "El Palo Alto" the tall tree, the Portola Expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had traveled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco. ...

William Polke House

Built in 1834 by William Polke, first white settler in Fulton County, this is the oldest and first frame house in the county and the first frame house built north of Wabash River. It was called the White House ...